Absorbers, regenerators and related pipelines in natural gas process plants contain coupled processes of multiphase flow, phase equilibrium, reaction equilibrium and energy transport. It is very difficult to analyze the complex process. To better…
There are currently several studies about the necessity of increasing access to sustainable electricity for isolated communities or in remote areas using alternative energy sources. There are about 212 energy grid isolated systems in Brazil, mainly…
Natural gas purification, especially with high sulfur content, is an energy-intensive chemical production process, for which there are considerable differences in the energy consumption patterns of different purification plants. Therefore, these…
The projected increase in the availability of gaseous fuels by growing popularity of household natural gas (NG) filling stations and the increase in the production of gaseous biogas-derived fuels is conducive to an increase in the use of NG fuel.…
Natural gas currently represents close to a third of U.S. primary energy consumption and has often been described as a bridge fuel in the context of the ongoing energy transition. As coal plants are retired and the share of variable renewable…
The aim of this paper is to assess the environmental impact of electricity production from one of the best available gas-fired power plants and to compare it with the current mix of electricity and the supply of electricity from a typical gas plant.…
The abnormal vibration of natural gas station pipelines seriously threatens the safety of pipeline transportation, and improper handling will cause huge economic losses. For the abnormal vibration of the pipeline, reasonable treatment must be carried…
The petrochemical supply chain is a worldwide undertaking, where final products will often travel thousands of miles from oil well to gas station pump. Within the crude oil supply chain, various entities compete and attempt to maximize their profits…
Nigeria is the 2nd biggest natural gas producer in Africa, with much of it exported as LNG, some re-injected while a small fraction serves the domestic market. The volume supplied to the domestic market plays an outsized role in the energy mix and…
Energy storage systems are an important component of the energy transition, which is currently planned and launched in most of the developed and developing countries. The article outlines development of an electric energy storage system for drilling…
Improved oil recovery from tight oil reservoirs to fulfill the fossil fuel requirements and the CO2 storage to meet the net carbon zero objectives are the two motivations of this work. CO2 is a major anthropogenic greenhouse gas and its emission to…
Unprocessed petroleum hydrocarbons often contain high concentrations of mercury (Hg), which can severely damage the metal components of a processing plant and pose a health risk to the workers and the natural environment. Although Hg removal units…
In this paper, we evaluate decarbonization opportunities for the power and industry sectors in Thailand by carbon capture and storage (CCS). Stationary CO2 sources from the power sector include coal-fired, natural gas-fired and waste-to-energy power…
The paper focuses on an operational gas expander beingused in a natural gas plant for over 10 years, whose recent realtime monitoring shows that the impeller back-side gap pressureis excessively low. To ensure the safe operation, an insight intothe…
Objectives/Scope: Carbon Capture processes have been utilized in various sectors, but limitations in its large parasitic load have been observed in its use in Natural Gas Process Plants, and that is mostly associated with the energy penalty incurred…
Nigeria is the 2nd biggest natural gas producer in Africa, with much of it exported as LNG, some re-injected while a small fraction serves the domestic market. The volume supplied to the domestic market plays an outsized role in the energy mix and…
Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) is the liquid product obtained from the bottom of the demethanizer in a gas processing plant. It consists of ethane, propane, butanes and natural gasoline (heavier hydrocarbons). Here in USA, the gas processors in the…
The development of floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plants has resulted in a focus on reducing the weight and size of the topside processing facilities for these units. The conventional fractionation of natural gas liquids (NGL) in LNG plants…
The global use of natural gas is growing quickly, and this is attributed primarily to its environmental advantage over fossil fuels such as crude oil and coal. This natural gas is usually flared in refineries because extra charges would be incurred…
This paper aims at modeling and optimizing a Middle East-based commercial natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery and fractionation plant, using a predictive process simulator. NGL units are known to be highly energy-intensive as steam-based heating and…
The propagation of information encoded in the fluctuations of chemical species of natural gas transported within natural gas distribution grids allows for a new gas tracking method. In contrast to state of the art gas and calorific value tracking…
The addition of thermal energy storage and natural gas as a complementary energy source improves the flexibility, reliability, and value of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. Nevertheless, due to the transient nature of solar energy, transitions…
The use of energy and the possibilities for energy recovery from pressurised fluid streams has been analysed for a petroleum production plant connected to an undersaturated oil field that was produced by water injection. The plateau production of oil…
Combined heat and power dynamic economic dispatch (CHPDED) is one of the key technologies for the efficient operation of natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plants in integrated energy systems. In this study, based on the actual operational…
Direct measurements of impurity freeze-out conditions in real time are needed to improve the reliability of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production. Benzene and carbon dioxide are two impurities in the feed mixtures processed by LNG plants that can…
A CO concentration analysis system for natural gas was developed based on the diffuse absorption band of CO gas molecules at 1.56m, combined with wavelength modulation and harmonic detection techniques. A long light path gas absorption cell was used…
The aim of this paper is to assess the environmental impact of electricity production from one of the best available gas-fired power plants and to compare it with the current mix of electricity and the supply of electricity from a typical gas plant.…
Nigeria is the 2nd biggest natural gas producer in Africa, with much of it exported as LNG, some re-injected while a small fraction serves the domestic market. The volume supplied to the domestic market plays an outsized role in the energy mix and…
Combined heat and power dynamic economic dispatch (CHPDED) is one of the key technologies for the efficient operation of natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plants in integrated energy systems. In this study, based on the actual operational…
Direct measurements of impurity freeze-out conditions in real time are needed to improve the reliability of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production. Benzene and carbon dioxide are two impurities in the feed mixtures processed by LNG plants that can…
In this paper, we evaluate decarbonization opportunities for the power and industry sectors in Thailand by carbon capture and storage (CCS). Stationary CO2 sources from the power sector include coal-fired, natural gas-fired and waste-to-energy power…