Offshore processing of CO2 rich natural gas with supersonic separator versus conventional routes

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 199-221

  Arinelli, Lara de Oliveira ^a   Trotta, Thiago Affonso F ^a   Teixeira, Alexandre Mendonça ^a   de Medeiros, José Luiz ^a   Araújo, Ofélia de Queiroz F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CO2 removal; Membrane permeation; Natural gas conditioning; Supersonic separator; Unit operation extension

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027517248     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2017.07.010     Document Type: Article

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