Advanced exergy analysis of novel flash based Helium recovery from natural gas processes

Energy

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-83

  Mehrpooya, Mehdi ^a   Shafaei, Arash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cryogenic process; Exergy; Flash based separation; Helium recovery; Phase envelop

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; HELIUM; NATURAL GAS; RECOVERY;

CRYOGENIC PROCESS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; PHASE ENVELOP; PHASE ENVELOPE; PROCESS COMPONENT; RECOVERY PROCESS;

EXERGY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HELIUM; NATURAL GAS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SEPARATION;

EID: 84981244395     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.07.169     Document Type: Article

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