Iranian Scientists Manufacture Ultrasonic Separators for Natural Gas Dehumidification
“The process investigated in this project can omit the use of chemical inhibitors (which are used to dehumidify natural gas), such as glycols, which have adverse effects on the environment, and simultaneously recover the gas condensates with the same amount of energy and increase the economic profit by nearly three times,” said Sina Nabati Shoql, a Ph.D. graduate of Amirkabir University of Technology.
Noting that the new ultrasonic separators were designed and built in a bid to indigenize and assess the performance of this process, he added, “In this research, instead of using a laboratory-scale device, we designed a device that can be used on a semi-industrial scale. This is a cyclonic ultrasonic separator whose cooling efficiency has been optimized and the way of rotating the current has been changed with angular injection.”
Nabati Shoql said that the most important application of this project is in the oil and gas industry, adding, “This device has a direct application in natural gas dehumidification and gas condensate recovery.”
Dehumidification is one of the stages of natural gas purification. After separating oil from gas, some free water and natural gas are separated from the gas by simple separation methods at or near the wellhead.
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