Experimental investigation of the performance of a large-scale scrubber operating at elevated pressure on live natural gas

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1281-1288

  Austrheim, Trond ^a   Gjertsen, Lars H ^a   Hoffmann, Alex C ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Axial flow cyclone; Gas scrubber; High pressure; Hydrocarbon fluids; Large scale

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS; SEPARATION; STORMS;

AXIAL-FLOW CYCLONE; GAS SCRUBBERS; HYDROCARBON FLUIDS;

SCRUBBERS;

EID: 40249112365     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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