Natural Gas Sweetening Using an Energy-Efficient, State-of-the-Art, Solid–Vapor Separation Process
<p>With the anticipated rise in global demand for natural gas (NG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG), sour gas reserves are attracting the attention of the gas industry as a potential resource. However, to monetize these reserves, sour natural gas has to be sweetened by removing acid gases (carb...
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| author | Hani Ababneh (9218272) |
| author2 | Ahmed AlNouss (9872265) Iftekhar A. Karimi (15945059) Shaheen A. Al-Muhtaseb (825838) |
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| author_facet | Hani Ababneh (9218272) Ahmed AlNouss (9872265) Iftekhar A. Karimi (15945059) Shaheen A. Al-Muhtaseb (825838) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Hani Ababneh (9218272) Ahmed AlNouss (9872265) Iftekhar A. Karimi (15945059) Shaheen A. Al-Muhtaseb (825838) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2022-07-21T00:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.3390/en15145286 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Engineering Chemical engineering Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy natural gas sweetening solid phase formation ternary mixture separation solid-vapor equilibrium cryogenic CO2 separation |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Natural Gas Sweetening Using an Energy-Efficient, State-of-the-Art, Solid–Vapor Separation Process |
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| description | <p>With the anticipated rise in global demand for natural gas (NG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG), sour gas reserves are attracting the attention of the gas industry as a potential resource. However, to monetize these reserves, sour natural gas has to be sweetened by removing acid gases (carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulfide) before liquefaction. The solidification of these acid gases could be the basis for their separation from natural gas. In this study, a state-of-the art solid-vapor (SV) separation unit is developed for removal of acid gases from methane and simulated using a customized Aspen Plus operation unit. The operating principles and conditions, mathematical model, and performance results are presented for the SV unit. Further performance analyses, means of optimization and comparisons to conventional methods used by the industry were studied. Results showed that for similar sweet gas purity, the developed SV unit consumes only 27% of the energy required by the amine sweetening unit. Furthermore, it saves on capital costs, as it requires less equipment and does not suffer from high levels of corrosion.</p> <h2>Other Information</h2> <p>Published in: Energies<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br> See article on publisher's website: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15145286" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15145286 </a></p> |
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| spelling | Natural Gas Sweetening Using an Energy-Efficient, State-of-the-Art, Solid–Vapor Separation ProcessHani Ababneh (9218272)Ahmed AlNouss (9872265)Iftekhar A. Karimi (15945059)Shaheen A. Al-Muhtaseb (825838)EngineeringChemical engineeringResources engineering and extractive metallurgynatural gas sweeteningsolid phase formationternary mixture separationsolid-vapor equilibriumcryogenic CO2 separation<p>With the anticipated rise in global demand for natural gas (NG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG), sour gas reserves are attracting the attention of the gas industry as a potential resource. However, to monetize these reserves, sour natural gas has to be sweetened by removing acid gases (carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulfide) before liquefaction. The solidification of these acid gases could be the basis for their separation from natural gas. In this study, a state-of-the art solid-vapor (SV) separation unit is developed for removal of acid gases from methane and simulated using a customized Aspen Plus operation unit. The operating principles and conditions, mathematical model, and performance results are presented for the SV unit. Further performance analyses, means of optimization and comparisons to conventional methods used by the industry were studied. Results showed that for similar sweet gas purity, the developed SV unit consumes only 27% of the energy required by the amine sweetening unit. Furthermore, it saves on capital costs, as it requires less equipment and does not suffer from high levels of corrosion.</p> <h2>Other Information</h2> <p>Published in: Energies<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br> See article on publisher's website: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15145286" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15145286 </a></p>2022-07-21T00:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.3390/en15145286https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Natural_Gas_Sweetening_Using_an_Energy-Efficient_State-of-the-Art_Solid_Vapor_Separation_Process/23252411CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/232524112022-07-21T00:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | Natural Gas Sweetening Using an Energy-Efficient, State-of-the-Art, Solid–Vapor Separation Process Hani Ababneh (9218272) Engineering Chemical engineering Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy natural gas sweetening solid phase formation ternary mixture separation solid-vapor equilibrium cryogenic CO2 separation |
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| title | Natural Gas Sweetening Using an Energy-Efficient, State-of-the-Art, Solid–Vapor Separation Process |
| title_full | Natural Gas Sweetening Using an Energy-Efficient, State-of-the-Art, Solid–Vapor Separation Process |
| title_fullStr | Natural Gas Sweetening Using an Energy-Efficient, State-of-the-Art, Solid–Vapor Separation Process |
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| title_short | Natural Gas Sweetening Using an Energy-Efficient, State-of-the-Art, Solid–Vapor Separation Process |
| title_sort | Natural Gas Sweetening Using an Energy-Efficient, State-of-the-Art, Solid–Vapor Separation Process |
| topic | Engineering Chemical engineering Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy natural gas sweetening solid phase formation ternary mixture separation solid-vapor equilibrium cryogenic CO2 separation |