Modelling and assessment of acid gas removal processes in coal-derived SNG production

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-135

  Koytsoumpa, E I ^a   Atsonios, K ^a,b   Panopoulos, K D ^b   Karellas, S ^a   Kakaras, E ^a,b   Karl, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid gas removal; AspenPlus ; Coal to SNG; K2CO3; MDEA; Rectisol ; Selexol ; SNG

Indexed keywords

COAL; GAS FUEL STORAGE; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; NATURAL GAS; POTASH;

ACID GAS REMOVAL; K2CO3; MASS AND ENERGY ANALYSIS; MDEA; NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE; SOLID FUEL CONVERSION; STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATIONS; SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS;

NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84918821578     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.02.026     Document Type: Article

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