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Modeling and Investigation of an Industrial Dehydration and Hydrocarbon-Removal Process by Temperature Swing Adsorption
by Hossein Ghasemzadeh, Mehdi Mehrpooya, Fathollah Pourfayaz, Azad Jarrahian and Mohammad Reza Ganjali
Catalysts 2022, 12(12), 1509; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121509 - 24 Nov 2022
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In this study, a water- and heavy hydrocarbon-removal process of a natural gas refinery currently in operation using the temperature swing adsorption method is modeled and investigated. The aim of this process is to decrease the hydrocarbon dew point to −10 °C and [...] Read more.
In this study, a water- and heavy hydrocarbon-removal process of a natural gas refinery currently in operation using the temperature swing adsorption method is modeled and investigated. The aim of this process is to decrease the hydrocarbon dew point to −10 °C and diminish the water content of the gas to about 0.1 ppm. This unit consists of four beds with two layers in which two beds are in the adsorption state, while the others are kept in the regeneration state. The gas composition and the bed specification are obtained from the available data from the refinery. The Ergun equation is considered for the pressure drop calculation. The results show that the developed model can predict the outputs with good accuracy. Sensitivity analysis of operating condition parameters such as temperature, pressure, and regeneration gas flowrate are carried out. Analysis of the regeneration temperature proved that temperature reduction from 268 °C to 210 °C can improve recovery of the heavy components. In addition, the regeneration gas flow rate can be reduced to about 0.4 kmole·s−1 as an optimum value. Moreover, 303 to 310 °C is the optimum range for the feed temperature. Due to the presence of the air cooler in the upstream process, and according to the ambient air temperature, feed temperature can be decreased to obtain better results. Full article
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