Selective dehydration of high-pressure natural gas using supersonic nozzles

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 560-568

  Karimi, Anahid ^a   Abdi, Majid Abedinzadegan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compact process equipment design; Natural gas dehydration; Natural gas engineering; Natural gas processing; Supersonic nozzles

Indexed keywords

BACK PRESSURES; COMPACT PROCESS EQUIPMENT DESIGN; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; GAS VELOCITY; HYDROCARBON CONTENT; INLET PRESSURES; INLET TEMPERATURE; NATURAL GAS DEHYDRATION; NATURAL GAS PROCESSING; OUTLET PRESSURES; PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SUPERSONIC NOZZLES; WATER REMOVAL; WATER REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

ATOMIZERS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; GAS HYDRATES; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PRODUCERS; GASES; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS; NOZZLES; REMOVAL; WATER CONTENT;

GAS ENGINEERING;

EID: 57549096225     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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