Iran-Made Centrifuge Reactor Separates Associated Petroleum Gas
“Our knowledge-based company was able to invent a type of reactor to separate associated petroleum gas by amine absorption method,” said Vahid Reza Dehnavi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.
“Fortunately, at the end of last year, this reactor was evaluated and approved by the Oil Industry Research Institute,” he added.
Noting that the APGs have a very low pressure and require equipment with large tools to collect and process them, Dehnavi said, “This centrifuge reactor is capable of processing associated gases at atmospheric pressure, which has resolved the problem in the oil industry.”
APG is a form of natural gas which is found with deposits of petroleum, either dissolved in the oil or as a free "gas cap" above the oil in the reservoir.
The gas can be utilized in a number of ways after processing: sold and included in the natural-gas distribution networks, used for on-site electricity generation with engines or turbines, reinjected for secondary recovery and used in enhanced oil recovery, converted from gas to liquids producing synthetic fuels, or used as feedstock for the petrochemical industry, but much of it worldwide is flared.
APG is primarily a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules that are classified as alkanes.
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