An integrated process for simultaneous desulfurization, dehydration, and recovery of hydrocarbon liquids from natural gas streams

Journal Article · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00075a021· OSTI ID:5173073

Sciamanna, S F; Lynn, S

Conventional processing schemes for desulfurizing, drying, and separating natural gas liquids from natural gas streams require treating the gas by a different process for each separation step. In a simpler process, based on the University of California, Berkeley, Sulfur Recovery Process (UCBSRP) technology, hydrogen sulfide, propane and heavier hydrocarbons and water are absorbed simultaneously by a pol(glycol ether) solvent containing a homogenous liquid-phase catalyst. The catalyst promotes the subsequent reaction of hydrogen sulfide with added sulfur dioxide to produce a high-quality sulfur product. Hydrocarbons are separated as two product streams with the split between propane and butane. This new process offers an overall reduction in both capital and energy costs.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (US)
• OSTI ID: 5173073
• Journal Information: Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.; (United States) Vol. 27:3; ISSN IECRE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKANES
BUTANE
CATALYSTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DEHYDRATION
DESULFURIZATION
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GLYCOLS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
KINETICS
LIQUIDS
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS
POLYMERS
PROPANE
REACTION KINETICS
RECOVERY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SULFIDES
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
YIELDS