Removal of CO2 from Natural Gas Using Membrane Separation System: Modeling and Process Design

Natural Gas (NG) processing is one of the major industrial separation processes. Membrane process, a relatively new technology among other available techniques, can be used for the removal of impurities like carbon dioxide from NG. Membrane performance has been described by different mathematical mo...

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Main Authors: Lau, Kok Keong, Ahmad, Faizan, M Shariff, Azmi
Format: Citation Index Journal
Language:English
Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2010
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M Shariff, Azmi
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description Natural Gas (NG) processing is one of the major industrial separation processes. Membrane process, a relatively new technology among other available techniques, can be used for the removal of impurities like carbon dioxide from NG. Membrane performance has been described by different mathematical models over the decades. In this work, a simple mathematical model has been suggested to be incorporated with ASPEN HYSYS in order to design the membrane system for CO2/CH4 separation. Parameter sensitivities were analyzed by changing the operating conditions, such as feed composition and pressure and membrane properties (including selectivity of the membrane). Moreover, different configurations have been investigated for the optimized design including single stage (with and without recycle) and double stage membrane systems. It is shown that methane recovery can be improved by recycling permeate stream as well as by using double stage membrane system.
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:25512017-01-19T08:24:48Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2551/ Removal of CO2 from Natural Gas Using Membrane Separation System: Modeling and Process Design Lau, Kok Keong Ahmad, Faizan M Shariff, Azmi TP Chemical technology Natural Gas (NG) processing is one of the major industrial separation processes. Membrane process, a relatively new technology among other available techniques, can be used for the removal of impurities like carbon dioxide from NG. Membrane performance has been described by different mathematical models over the decades. In this work, a simple mathematical model has been suggested to be incorporated with ASPEN HYSYS in order to design the membrane system for CO2/CH4 separation. Parameter sensitivities were analyzed by changing the operating conditions, such as feed composition and pressure and membrane properties (including selectivity of the membrane). Moreover, different configurations have been investigated for the optimized design including single stage (with and without recycle) and double stage membrane systems. It is shown that methane recovery can be improved by recycling permeate stream as well as by using double stage membrane system. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2010 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2551/1/JAS.pdf Lau, Kok Keong and Ahmad, Faizan and M Shariff, Azmi (2010) Removal of CO2 from Natural Gas Using Membrane Separation System: Modeling and Process Design. [Citation Index Journal] 10.3923/jas.2010.1134.1139 10.3923/jas.2010.1134.1139 10.3923/jas.2010.1134.1139
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Lau, Kok Keong
Ahmad, Faizan
M Shariff, Azmi
Removal of CO2 from Natural Gas Using Membrane Separation System: Modeling and Process Design
title Removal of CO2 from Natural Gas Using Membrane Separation System: Modeling and Process Design
title_full Removal of CO2 from Natural Gas Using Membrane Separation System: Modeling and Process Design
title_fullStr Removal of CO2 from Natural Gas Using Membrane Separation System: Modeling and Process Design
title_full_unstemmed Removal of CO2 from Natural Gas Using Membrane Separation System: Modeling and Process Design
title_short Removal of CO2 from Natural Gas Using Membrane Separation System: Modeling and Process Design
title_sort removal of co2 from natural gas using membrane separation system: modeling and process design
topic TP Chemical technology
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http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2551/1/JAS.pdf