HYDROCARBON GAS PROCESSING

A PROCESS AND AN APPARATUS ARE DISCLOSED FOR A COMPACT PROCESSING ASSEMBLY TO RECOVER C₂(OR C₃) COMPONENTS AND HEAVIER HYDROCARBON COMPONENTS FROM A HYDROCARBON GAS STREAM. THE GAS STREAM IS COOLED AND DIVIDED INTO FIRST AND SECOND STREAMS. THE FIRST STREAM IS FURTHER COOLED, EXPANDED TO LOWER PRESS...

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Hauptverfasser: LYNCH, JOE T, TYLER, L. DON, CUELLAR, KYLE T, LEWIS, W. LARRY, HUDSON, HANK M, JOHNKE, ANDREW F, WILKINSON, JOHN D
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Zusammenfassung:A PROCESS AND AN APPARATUS ARE DISCLOSED FOR A COMPACT PROCESSING ASSEMBLY TO RECOVER C₂(OR C₃) COMPONENTS AND HEAVIER HYDROCARBON COMPONENTS FROM A HYDROCARBON GAS STREAM. THE GAS STREAM IS COOLED AND DIVIDED INTO FIRST AND SECOND STREAMS. THE FIRST STREAM IS FURTHER COOLED, EXPANDED TO LOWER PRESSURE, AND SUPPLIED AS A BOTTOM FEED BETWEEN TWO ABSORBING MEANS. THE SECOND STREAM IS EXPANDED TO LOWER PRESSURE AND SUPPLIED AS A BOTTOM FEED TO THE LOWER ABSORBING MEANS. A DISTILLATION LIQUID STREAM FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWER ABSORBING MEANS IS HEATED IN A HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MEANS TO STRIP OUT ITS VOLATILE COMPONENTS. A DISTILLATION VAPOR STREAM FROM THE TOP OF THE HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MEANS IS COOLED BY A DISTILLATION VAPOR STREAM FROM THE TOP OF THE UPPER ABSORBING MEANS, THEREBY FORMING A CONDENSED STREAM THAT IS SUPPLIED AS A TOP FEED TO THE UPPER ABSORBING MEANS.