The Effects of Amine Type and Lean Amine Temperature on Gas Sweetening Processes

Abdulrahman, Ribwar K. and Zangana, Mohammed H. S. (2020) The Effects of Amine Type and Lean Amine Temperature on Gas Sweetening Processes. ARO-THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF KOYA UNIVERSITY, 8 (2). pp. 78-81. ISSN 2410-9355

Text (PDF) ARO.10738-Vol8.No2.2020.ISSUE15-PP78-81.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike. Download (1MB)

Abstract

In the North Gas Company (NGC) in Kirkuk, Iraq, sour gas stream is loaded with considerable amounts of H2S and CO2 of 2.95% and 2.54%, respectively. A DEA amine system is currently used to reduce these sour component concentrations below 5 ppm and 2% for H2S and CO2, respectively. This study used Bryan Research and Engineering’s ProMax® process simulation software to optimize this amine sweetening system by adopting other amine types and blends, such as methyldiethanolamine (MDEA). It could be argued that a 50 wt% MDEA solution circulated at 414 m3/h was determined to be the optimum operating conditions. This design met sweet gas specifications and minimized the reboiler duty to 38 MW, 30.9% reduction in steam consumption. The experimental simulation work is also examined the effects of lean solvent temperature on the gas sweetening process efficiency and performance and find out that the lean amine temperature within the range of 43–48°C in all sceneries give acceptable sweetening results.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Gas sweetening, Lean amine temperature, Mixed amine, Natural gas industry, North gas company, Process simulation
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:	ARO-The Scientific Journal of Koya University > VOL 8, NO 2 (2020)
Depositing User:	Dr Salah Ismaeel Yahya
Date Deposited:	16 Aug 2021 21:23
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2021 19:32
URI:	http://eprints.koyauniversity.org/id/eprint/264

Actions (login required)

View Item