Techno-economic analysis of potential natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes under variations of feed compositions
This paper presents the different process schemes used for known NGL recovery methods with respect to their economic performance. The original turbo-expander (ISS) was considered as base case plant. The GSP, CRR and RSV process schemes focus on improvement at the top of the demethanizer column. The...
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| description | This paper presents the different process schemes used for known NGL recovery methods with respect to their economic performance. The original turbo-expander (ISS) was considered as base case plant. The GSP, CRR and RSV process schemes focus on improvement at the top of the demethanizer column. The IPSI-1 and IPSI-2 schemes focus on the bottom of the demethanizer column. All the process schemes were initially built using Aspen HYSYS with a common set of operating criteria. Numerous simulation runs were made by taking various typical feed compositions classified as lean and rich. The economic assessment for each process scheme was later made by considering the capital cost, operating cost and profitability analysis. Results showed that the IPSI-1 process scheme gives the best economic performance with lowest TAC and payback time compared to the other process schemes. On the other hand, the RSV process gives higher TAC and payback time compared to others. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-305222017-09-13T15:32:25Z Techno-economic analysis of potential natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes under variations of feed compositions Woldetensay, Mesfin Mhadazir, S. Long, N. Lee, M. Gas processing Feed composition effect Turbo-expander process Demethanizer Techno-economic assessment NGL recovery process Natural gas liquid This paper presents the different process schemes used for known NGL recovery methods with respect to their economic performance. The original turbo-expander (ISS) was considered as base case plant. The GSP, CRR and RSV process schemes focus on improvement at the top of the demethanizer column. The IPSI-1 and IPSI-2 schemes focus on the bottom of the demethanizer column. All the process schemes were initially built using Aspen HYSYS with a common set of operating criteria. Numerous simulation runs were made by taking various typical feed compositions classified as lean and rich. The economic assessment for each process scheme was later made by considering the capital cost, operating cost and profitability analysis. Results showed that the IPSI-1 process scheme gives the best economic performance with lowest TAC and payback time compared to the other process schemes. On the other hand, the RSV process gives higher TAC and payback time compared to others. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30522 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.01.015 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | Gas processing Feed composition effect Turbo-expander process Demethanizer Techno-economic assessment NGL recovery process Natural gas liquid Woldetensay, Mesfin Mhadazir, S. Long, N. Lee, M. Techno-economic analysis of potential natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes under variations of feed compositions |
| title | Techno-economic analysis of potential natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes under variations of feed compositions |
| title_full | Techno-economic analysis of potential natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes under variations of feed compositions |
| title_fullStr | Techno-economic analysis of potential natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes under variations of feed compositions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Techno-economic analysis of potential natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes under variations of feed compositions |
| title_short | Techno-economic analysis of potential natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery processes under variations of feed compositions |
| title_sort | techno-economic analysis of potential natural gas liquid (ngl) recovery processes under variations of feed compositions |
| topic | Gas processing Feed composition effect Turbo-expander process Demethanizer Techno-economic assessment NGL recovery process Natural gas liquid |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30522 |