Advances in Natural Gas. Volume 4. : Formation, Processing, and Applications / Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Mohammad Amin Makarem, and Maryam Meshksar, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rahimpour, Mohammad Reza, editor.

Makarem, Mohammad Amin, editor.

Meshksar, Maryam, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dehydration (Physiology).

Natural gas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Elsevier Inc., [2024]

Summary:

Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications is a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discusses in detail the theoretical basics and practical methods of various aspects of natural gas from exploration and extraction, to synthesizing, processing and purifying, producing valuable chemicals and energy. The volumes introduce transportation and storage challenges as well as hydrates formation, extraction, and prevention.Volume 4 titled Natural Gas Dehydration introduces in detail different natural gas dehydration methods. The book covers absorption with different solvents such as glycols, ionic liquids, and DES which is one of the important dehydration techniques, as well as natural gas dehydration with adsorption-based technologies utilizing various materials including zeolites, carbonaceous sorbents, metal oxides, etc. It discusses in detail membrane-based processes with various types (such as hollow-fiber, polymeric, zeolite membranes) and includes novel technologies for sweetening natural gas by using direct cooling and compression, supersonic technology and micro-reactors.- Introduces natural gas dehydration concepts and challenges- Describes various absorption and adsorption processes for natural gas dehydration- Discusses novel methods for natural gas dehydration including membrane and supersonic technologies

Contents:

Front Cover

ADVANCES IN NATURAL GAS: FORMATION, PROCESSING, AND APPLICATIONS

ADVANCES IN NATURAL GAS: FORMATION, PROCESSING, AND APPLICATIONS Natural Gas Dehydration

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

About the editors

Reviewer acknowledgments

I - Natural gas dehydration concepts

1 - Introduction to natural gas dehydration methods and technologies

1. Introduction

2. Determination of natural gas water contents

3. Natural gas dehydration techniques

3.1 Glycol-based natural gas dehydration

3.2 Adsorbent-based natural gas dehydration

3.2.1 Regenerable adsorbents

3.2.2 Consumable desiccants

3.3 Membrane-based natural gas dehydration

3.4 Natural gas dehydration with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents

3.5 Supersonic separator-based natural gas dehydration

3.5.1 Twister BV separator

3.5.2 3S separator

3.6 Comparison of dehydration techniques

4. Conclusion and future outlooks

Abbreviations and symbols

References

2 - Challenges of wet natural gas

2. Principles and procedures of wet gas and its impact

2.1 Retrograde condensation

2.2 Wet gas production

2.3 Associated gas production

2.4 Market specification and economics

3. Wet gas processes and challanges

3.1 Hydrate formation

3.2 Corrosion and damage to equipment

3.3 Inaccurate sampling and metering errors

3.4 Slugging

3.5 Liquid loading, hold-up, and increase in backpressure

3.6 High installation and operational costs

4. Current applications and cases

5. Conclusion and future outlooks

3 - Environmental challenges of natural gas dehydration technologies

2. Natural gas dehydration technologies

2.1 Glycol dehydration

2.1.1 Conventional TEG dehydration process.

2.1.2 Enhanced TEG dehydration process

2.1.3 Operational problems of glycol dehydrators

2.1.4 Environmental challenges of using glycol dehydration technique

2.2 Solid desiccant (adsorption) dehydration technologies

2.2.1 Molecular sieves

2.2.2 Silica gels

2.2.3 Activated alumina

2.2.4 Environmental challenges of using solid desiccants' (adsorption) dehydration technique

2.3 Membrane separation natural gas dehydration technology

2.3.1 Environment implication of using membrane dehydration technology

2.4 Dehydration by cooling technique

2.4.1 Environment implication of using dehydration by cooling technology

3. Current applications and cases

II - Absorption techniques for natural gas dehydration

4 - Natural gas dehydration using glycol absorbents

2. Glycol absorbents in natural gas dehydration

2.1 Properties of glycol absorbents

2.2 Study on phase equilibria

2.2.1 Gas solubility in water and glycols

2.2.2 Phase equilibria for glycol-water systems

3. Natural gas dehydration process via glycols

3.1 Process description

3.2 Equipment conditions

3.2.1 Absorber

3.2.2 Stripper column

3.2.3 Reboiler

4. Natural gas dehydration with TEG using process simulation

4.1 Thermodynamic model selection

4.2 A simplified natural gas dehydration study

5 - Natural gas dehydration using ionic liquids

2. Principles of natural gas dehydration with ionic liquids

2.1 The screening of ILs for natural gas dehydration

2.2.1 Methane solubility in ILs

2.2.2 Vapor pressure of mixtures of ILs and water

2.3 Natural gas dehydration experiment.

2.4 Mechanism insight into dehydration process

3. Natural gas dehydration processes with ionic liquids

4.1 Case 1: Natural gas dehydration with pure IL

4.2 Case 2: Natural gas dehydration with IL-based mixed solvents

6 - Deep eutectic solvents for natural gas dehydration

2. Overview of natural gas treatment plants

3. Overview of conventional dehydration methods

3.1 Absorption processes

3.2 Adsorption processes

3.3 Membrane processes

4. Dehydration processes using DESs

5. Comparison of dehydration processes

6. Safety and environmental considerations

7. Conclusions and future outlooks

III - Adsorption techniques for natural gas dehydration

7 . Swing processes for natural gas dehydration: Pressure, thermal, vacuum, and mixed swing processes

2. Methods for natural gas dehydration

2.1 Temperature swing adsorption (TSA)

2.2 Pressure swing adsorption (PSA)

2.3 Pressure-vacuum swing adsorption (PVSA)

2.4 Pressure-temperature swing adsorption (PTSA)

3. Comparative study on PSA, TSA, and PVSA

8 - Carbonaceous sorbents for natural gas dehydration

2. Challenges posed by water associated with natural gas and natural gas dehydration technologies

2.1 Water in natural gas (hydrate formation)

2.2 Low firing/poor heating value

3. NG-dehydration technologies

3.1 NG dehydration with carbonaceous solid desiccants

3.2 NG dehydration with triethylene glycol

3.3 NG dehydration via membrane

4. Fundamentals of carbonaceous sorbent-water interactions in NG dehydration and sorbent regeneration.

5. Current applications and cases

6. Conclusion and future outlooks

9 - Zeolite and molecular sieves for natural gas dehydration

2. Absorption by liquid for natural gas dehydration

3. Adsorption by solid desiccant for natural gas dehydration

3.1 Properties of solid desiccants

3.2 Types of solid desiccants

3.2.1 Activated alumina

3.2.2 Silica gel

3.2.3 Molecular sieves

3.2.3.1 Zeolites

3.2.4 Carbon adsorbent

4. Condensation (direct cooling) for natural gas dehydration

10 - Metal-oxide adsorbents and mesoporous silica for natural gas dehydration

2. Adsorbent materials

3. Mesoporous silica

3.1 Mesoporous silica in the natural gas dehydration

4. MOFs

4.1 MOFs in the natural gas dehydration

IV - Membrane technology for natural gas dehydration

11 - Hollow-fiber membranes for natural gas dehydration

1.1 Natural gas

2. Natural gas dehydration

3. Membrane separation technology

3.1 Limitations of membrane process in NG dehydration

3.2 Mechanism of gas and vapor transportation in membranes

4. Basic aspects of hollow fiber membrane

4.1 Mechanism of phase inversion during the creation of hollow fiber membranes

4.2 Types of hollow fibers and their preparation methods

4.2.1 Hollow fiber membranes derived from organic and inorganic materials

4.2.2 Composite hollow fiber membranes

5. Conclusions and future outlooks

12 - Polymeric membranes for natural gas dehydration

2. Principles of gas separation via membranes.

3. Enhancing efficiency in gas dehydration via membranes

V - Other technologies for natural gas dehydration

13 - Supersonic technology for natural gas dehydration

1.1.1 Natural gas applications

1.1.2 Natural gas properties and relevant use

2. Supersonic technologies for natural gas dehydration

2.1 Supersonic technology process

2.2 Supersonic separation components

2.3 Supersonic separation process

2.4 Supersonic separator

3. Supersonic separator technologies

3.1 Twister I vs. 3S nozzle

3.2 Supersonic separator design characteristics

3.3 Advantage of using supersonic technologies

4. Supersonic separator designs

4.1 Garrett design

4.2 Keisuke design

4.3 Van Holten design

4.4 Borissov design

4.5 Wen design

4.6 Beijing University of Technology's design

5. Design comparison

6. Applications

6.1 Natural gas water and hydrocarbon dewpoints

6.2 Natural gas liquefaction

6.3 Natural gas sweetening

6.4 Purification

6.5 Carbon capture

6.6 Subsea

6.7 Natural gas liquefaction

6.8 Other miscellaneous applications

7. Conclusion and future outlooks

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780443192227

0443192227