Studying the effect of feed composition variation on typical natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes

In this work, the different process schemes used for known NGL recovery methods have been studied with various feed compositions. The original turbo-expander process scheme (ISS) was considered as a base case. The GSP, CRR, RSV and RSVE process schemes are those which focus on improvement at the top...

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Main Authors: Woldetensay, Mesfin, Khan, M., Long, N., Lee, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20275
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author Woldetensay, Mesfin
Khan, M.
Long, N.
Lee, M.
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Khan, M.
Long, N.
Lee, M.
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description In this work, the different process schemes used for known NGL recovery methods have been studied with various feed compositions. The original turbo-expander process scheme (ISS) was considered as a base case. The GSP, CRR, RSV and RSVE process schemes are those which focus on improvement at the top of the demethanizer column, while the IPSI-1 and IPSI-2 at the bottom of the demethanizer column. All the process schemes have initially built using ASPEN HYSYS with a common set of operating criteria. Numerous simulation runs have been made later by taking various typical feed compositions classified as lean and rich. Regardless of the common operating conditions set to each process schemes, there exist different performance results obtained from the simulation. Accordingly, the reboiler duty requirement is high for the GSP, CRR, RSV and RSVE due to the need for external refrigeration. However, the IPSI-1 and IPSI-2 simulation result show relatively lower reboiler duty requirement for the self-refrigeration system applied to the systems.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-202752017-09-13T13:51:44Z Studying the effect of feed composition variation on typical natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes Woldetensay, Mesfin Khan, M. Long, N. Lee, M. process scheme lean feed rich feed Feed composition In this work, the different process schemes used for known NGL recovery methods have been studied with various feed compositions. The original turbo-expander process scheme (ISS) was considered as a base case. The GSP, CRR, RSV and RSVE process schemes are those which focus on improvement at the top of the demethanizer column, while the IPSI-1 and IPSI-2 at the bottom of the demethanizer column. All the process schemes have initially built using ASPEN HYSYS with a common set of operating criteria. Numerous simulation runs have been made later by taking various typical feed compositions classified as lean and rich. Regardless of the common operating conditions set to each process schemes, there exist different performance results obtained from the simulation. Accordingly, the reboiler duty requirement is high for the GSP, CRR, RSV and RSVE due to the need for external refrigeration. However, the IPSI-1 and IPSI-2 simulation result show relatively lower reboiler duty requirement for the self-refrigeration system applied to the systems. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20275 10.1016/B978-0-444-59507-2.50073-1 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle process scheme
lean feed
rich feed
Feed composition
Woldetensay, Mesfin
Khan, M.
Long, N.
Lee, M.
Studying the effect of feed composition variation on typical natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes
title Studying the effect of feed composition variation on typical natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes
title_full Studying the effect of feed composition variation on typical natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes
title_fullStr Studying the effect of feed composition variation on typical natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes
title_full_unstemmed Studying the effect of feed composition variation on typical natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes
title_short Studying the effect of feed composition variation on typical natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes
title_sort studying the effect of feed composition variation on typical natural gas liquid (ngl) recovery processes
topic process scheme
lean feed
rich feed
Feed composition
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20275