The design of any of the distillation processes discussed requires choosing an operating pressure, bottoms temperature, reflux condenser temperature and number of trays. This is…
Category: Gas Processing
The bottoms liquid from any gas plant may be sold as a mixed product. This is common for small, isolated plants where there is insufficient…
Figure 9-3 shows a typical cryogenic plant where the gas is cooled to -100°F to ~150°F by expansion through a turbine or Joule-Thompson (J-T) valve.…
In a refrigeration plant the inlet gas is cooled to a low enough temperature to condense the desired fraction of LPG and NGL. Either freon…
The oldest kind of gas plants are absorption/lean oil plants, where a kerosene type oil is circulated through the plant as shown in Figure 9-1.…
The term “gas processing” is used to refer to the removing of ethane, propane, butane, and heavier components from a gas stream. They may be…