Comparison of purification processes of natural gas obtained from three different regions in the world

Natural gases obtained from different regions in the world as Scholen-Germany, Saudi Arabia and Iran were purified with a package code and the obtained results were compared in this study. For purification process, both natural gases flowing in a vertical pipe and monoethanolamine (MEA) flowing as a film from the internal surface of a pipe were examined together. Both fluids were flown in a vertical and laminar regime. Binary diffusion coefficients, Schmidt numbers (Sc) and dynamical viscosities were calculated individually for three types of natural gases. It is demonstrated that the chemical absorption method by MEA process is the most appropriate method at high Damko¨hler (Da) numbers particularly for natural gases containing high concentrations of CO2 and H2S.     

家用天然气催化燃烧热水器的研制

天燃气传统的火焰燃烧存在一系列缺点[1],催化燃烧能改善燃烧过程,促进完全燃烧,降低有毒物质的形成[2]。本文以过渡金属为活性组分,氧化铝为载体,制备了家用燃烧热水器燃烧催化剂,其ＮＯｘ排放仅为24ｐｐｍ,远低于国家标准(小于80ｐｐｍ)[3],而一般的燃烧热水器则高达76ｐｐｍ。并且该催化燃烧热水器在热量接收不是很充分的情况下,其热效率已超过了一般的燃烧热水器。1　实验部分1 1　催化剂样品的制备用添加助剂Ｆｅ,Ｃｏ,Ｍｎ的硝酸盐溶液浸渍Ａｌ2Ｏ3粉末,100℃水浴烘干、600℃空气中焙烧2ｈ,制成浆液涂覆在堇青石400孔/ｉｎｃｈ2,9…     

An accurate empirical correlation for predicting natural gas viscosity

Natural gas viscosity is an important parameter in many gas and petroleum engineering calculations.This study presents a new empirical model for quickly calculating the natural gas viscosity.The model was derived from 4089 experimental viscosity data with varieties ranging from 0.01 to 21,and 1 to 3 of pseudo reduced pressure and temperature,respectively.The accuracy of this new empirical correlation has been compared with commonly used empirical models,including Lee et al.,Heidaryan et al.,Carr et al.,and Adel Elsharkawy correlations.The comparison indicates that this new empirical model can predict viscosity of natural gas with average absolute relative deviation percentage AARD (%) of 2.173.     

Temperature change from isenthalpic expansion of aqueous triethylene glycol mixtures for natural gas dehydration

In natural gas dehydration units, rich TEG solutions are decompressed before the TEG regeneration stage and the direction of the temperature change during the decompression has been debated. The temperature change from an isenthalpic expansion from (7000 kPa to 440 kPa was measured for the following aqueous mixtures: pure water, 99% pure triethylene glycol (TEG), aqueous TEG (99 wt% TEG + 1% water), aqueous TEG saturated with methane, aqueous TEG saturated with n-pentane, and aqueous TEG saturated with n-heptane. In all cases, the temperature increased upon expansion with the magnitude of the temperature change ranging from 1.4 K for pure water to 2.4 K for TEG. A simple equation of state model predicted the correct direction for the temperature change and the predicted values were within ±1 K of the experimental data.     

A novel correlation approach for prediction of natural gas compressibility factor

Gas compressibility factor (z-Factor) is one of the most important parameters in upstream and downstream calculations of petroleum industries. The importance of z-Factor cannot be overemphasized in oil and gas engineering calculations. The experimental measurements, Equations of State (EoS) and empirical correlations are the most common sources of z-Factor calculations. There are more than twenty correlations available with two variables for calculating the z-Factor from fitting in an EoS or just through fitting techniques. However, these correlations are too complex, which require initial value and more complicated and longer computations or have magnitude error. The purpose of this study is to develop a new accurate correlation to rapidly estimate z-Factor. Result of this correlation is compared with large scale of database and experimental data also. Proposed correlation has 1.660 of Absolute Percent Relative Error (E_(ABS)) versus Standing and Katz chart and has also 3.221 of E_(ABS) versus experimental data. The output of this correlation can be directly assumed or be used as an initial value of other implicit correlations. This correlation is valid for gas coefficient of isothermal compressibility (c_g) calculations also.     

Hydrate capture CO2 from shifted synthesis gas,flue gas and sour natural gas or biogas

CO₂ capture by hydrate formation is a novel gas separation technology, by which CO₂ is selectively engaged in the cages of hydrate and is separated with other gases, based on the differences of phase equilibrium for CO₂ and other gases. However, rigorous temperature and pressure, high energy cost and industrialized hydration separator dragged the development of the hydrate based CO₂ capture. In this paper, the key problems in CO₂ capture from the different sources such as shifted synthesis gas, flue gas and sour natural gas or biogas were analyzed. For shifted synthesis gas and flue gas, its high energy consumption is the barrier, and for the sour natural gas or biogas (CO₂/CH₄ system), the bottleneck is how to enhance the selectivity of CO₂ hydration. For these gases, scale-up is the main difficulty. Also, this paper explored the possibility of separating different gases by selective hydrate formation and reviewed the progress of CO₂ separation from shifted synthesis gas, flue gas and sour natural gas or biogas.     

基于金属氧化物脱硫剂的天然气深度脱硫

确立了基于GC-MS和GC-SCD的天然气中超微量硫化物定性定量分析方法与条件,并分析了北京城市天然气中的硫化物。结果表明,天然气中含有三种硫化物,主要成分为四氢噻吩(THT),占总硫的94.2%。采用共沉淀法制备了ZnO/Al₂O₃脱硫剂,采用浸渍法制备了ZnO/γ-Al₂O₃、CuO/γ-Al₂O₃和CuO-ZnO/γ-Al₂O₃脱硫剂,并进行了天然气中THT深度脱除的实验研究。结果表明, 采用浸渍法制备的CuO/γ-Al₂O₃和CuO-ZnO/γ-Al₂O₃脱硫剂同时具有良好的低温活性和高温活性,可在50~500℃的宽温下将THT脱除至物质的量分数10×10^-9以下,从而能够满足以天然气为燃料的分布式质子交换膜燃料电池电站对脱硫深度和脱硫温宽的要求。     

预混天然气在多孔介质燃烧器中的燃烧与传热

在一台小型渐变型多孔介质燃烧器上进行了预混天然气燃烧与传热试验研究,探讨了天然气速度和多孔介质厚度对多孔介质燃烧室的温度分布、排烟温度和流动阻力的影响。结果表明,天然气在渐变型多孔介质燃烧器中燃烧稳定,燃烧室与水冷夹套间的换热受天然气速度和多孔介质厚度影响,换热效果比空管中燃烧明显增强,同时预混天然气通过多孔介质的进出口压差随着天然气速度和多孔介质厚度的增加而增加。     

An accurate empirical correlation for predicting natural gas compressibility factors

The compressibility factor of natural gas is an important parameter in many gas and petroleum engineering calculations. This study presents a new empirical model for quick calculation of natural gas compressibility factors. The model was derived from 5844 experimental data of compressibility factors for a range of pseudo reduced pressures from 0.01 to 15 and pseudo reduced temperatures from 1 to 3. The accuracy of the new empirical correlation has been compared with commonly used existing methods. The comparison indicates the superiority of the new empirical model over the other methods used to calculate compressibility factor of natural gas with average absolute relative deviation percent (AARD%) of 0.6535.     

合成气甲烷化反应积炭过程的热力学分析

建立了煤制替代天然气工艺中合成气甲烷化过程的热力学计算模型,并对该反应体系的10个反应进行了分析计算,得到了各组分的平衡组成和各反应的标准化学平衡常数.研究了反应温度、操作压力、原料气组分浓度和产品气循环比等对催化剂床层积炭的影响,发现容易导致积炭的热力学条件为550~800 ℃的反应温度和0.1~1.5 MPa的操作压力,且温度在700 ℃左右、操作压力低于1.0 MPa时催化剂床层积炭量最大.本研究针对催化剂床层积炭规律提出了低温、相对高压、合理的原料气组成是有利于缓解催化剂床层积炭、提高产品收率及保持催化剂活性的优化反应操作条件.     

高硫石油焦制备高储气性能天然气吸附剂

以高硫石油焦为原料,KOH为活化剂,十二烷基苯磺酸钠（SDBS）为表面活性剂制备天然气吸附剂,分析了高硫焦基吸附剂的孔结构和孔分布特征,讨论了高硫焦制备吸附剂的活化机理。结果表明,预活化中加入表面活性剂SDBS可提高KOH与原料的混合均匀度,对活化效果有利。最优活化条件下制备的吸附剂样品GSR3和GSR4的微孔容积分别达到1.0985cm3·g－1 和1.3193cm3·g－1,孔径分布集中在0.9nm~1.5nm;在25℃、充放气压力3.5MPa和0.1MPa下,GSR3、GSR4对甲烷的质量吸附量分别达到0.139和0.145,有效体积脱附量达到111和115。粉体高硫焦基吸附剂的性能非常接近于低硫焦基吸附剂。     

固定床天然气与煤共气化火焰区温度影响因素的研究

用实验室固定床反应器模拟合成气制备炉，考察了该工艺中不同因素对火焰区温度的影响。实验中首先确定了使火焰区温度最低时的甲烷和氧气相对入口位置，然后在此条件下分别考察了进料中H2O/O2和CH4/O2摩尔比变化对火焰区温度的影响。结果表明，甲烷和氧气相对入口位置平齐时火焰区温度最低，火焰区温度均随进料中CH4/O2和H2O/O2摩尔比的增大而降低。     

Nanoporous carbons as promising novel methane adsorbents for natural gas technology

Nanoporous carbons were synthesized using furfuryl alcohol and sucrose as precursors and MCM-41 and mordenite as nanoporous templates.The produced nanoporous carbons were used as adsorbent for methane storage.The average pore diameter of the samples varied from 3.9 nm to 5.9 nm and the BET surface area varied from 320m2/g to 824m2/g.The volumetric adsorption experiments revealed that MCM-41 and sucrose had better performance compared with mordenite and furfuryl alcohol,correspondingly.Also,the effect of precursor to template ratio on the structure of nanoporous carbons and their adsorption capacities was investigated.The nanoporous carbon produced from MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieve partially filled by sucrose shows the best methane adsorption capacity among the tested samples.     

Comparison and evaluation of derivatization methods for gas chromatographic determination of various propane-diols

Summary Phenylamino-propanediols were analysed by capillary gas chromatography as various derivatives. Trimethylsilyl and methylboronic acid derivatives were detected with a FID. The trifluoroacetyl derivatives were analysed using an ECD. The structure of the derivatives was confirmed by GC-MS. Presented at the 15th International Symposium on Chromatography, Nürnberg, October 1984     

Acid‐catalysed glucose dehydration in the gas phase: a mass spectrometric approach

Understanding on a molecular level the acid‐catalysed decomposition of the sugar monomers from hemicellulose and cellulose (e.g. glucose, xylose), the main constituent of lignocellulosic biomass is very important to increase selectivity and reaction yields in solution, key steps for the development of a sustainable renewable industry. In this work we reported a gas‐phase study performed by electrospray triple quadrupole mass spectrometry on the dehydration mechanism of d ‐glucose. In the gas phase, reactant ions corresponding to protonated d ‐glucose were obtained in the ESI source and were allowed to undergo collisionally activated decomposition (CAD) into the quadrupole collision cell. The CAD mass spectrum of protonated d ‐glucose is characterized by the presence of ionic dehydrated daughter ion (ionic intermediates and products), which were structurally characterized by their fragmentation patterns. In the gas phase d ‐glucose dehydration does not lead to the formation of protonated 5‐hydroxymethyl‐2‐furaldehyde, but to a mixed population of m/z 127 isomeric ions. To elucidate the d ‐glucose dehydration mechanism, 3‐O‐methyl‐d ‐glucose was also submitted to the mass spectrometric study; the results suggest that the C3 hydroxyl group plays a key role in the reaction mechanism. Furthermore, protonated levulinic acid was found to be formed from the monodehydrated d ‐glucose ionic intermediate, an alternative pathway other than the known route consisting of 5‐hydroxymethyl‐2‐furaldehyde double hydration. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A novel correlation for estimation of hydrate forming condition of natural gases

An inherent problem with natural gas production or transmission is the formation of gas hydrates, which can lead to safety hazards to production/ transportation systems and to substantial economic risks. Therefore, an understanding of conditions where hydrates form is necessary to overcome hydrate related issues. Over the years, several models requiring more complicated and longer computations have been proposed for the prediction of hydrate formation conditions of natural gases. For these reasons, it is essential to develop a reliable and simple-to-use method for oil and gas practitioners. The purpose of this study is to formulate a novel empirical correlation for rapid estimation of hydrate formation condition of sweet natural gases. The developed correlation holds for wide range of temperatures (265–298 K), pressures (1200 to 40000 kPa) and molecular weights (16−29). New proposed correlation shows consistently accurate results across proposed pressure, temperature and molecular weight ranges. This consistency could not be matched by any of the widely accepted existing correlations within the investigated range. For all conditions, new correlation showed average absolute deviation to be less than 0.2% and provided much better results than the widely accepted existing correlations.     

Comparison of three gas chromatography methods for the determination of slip agents in polyethylene films

Polymers require the use of some slip agents, such as oleamide and erucamide, in order to reduce their friction coefficient and to make films easier to handle. In this communication, three analytical methods consisting in pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) and gas chromatography (GC) are used to determine oleamide and erucamide in polyethylene films. The sample was extracted with pure isopropanol (two times) at 105 degrees C for 16 min. Then, the liquid extract containing oleamide and erucamide was analyzed by GC and three different detection systems: flame ionization detector (FID), thermoionic selective detector (TSD) and ion-trap mass spectrometry detector (MSD). Oleamide and erucamide were separated using a 30 m x 0.25 mm (I.D.) 5% phenyl-95% dimethyl-polysiloxane capillary column in 12 min. The chromatographic methods were characterized and compared in terms of repeatability, linearity and sensitivity. The GC-FID and GC-TSD methods were linear up to about 60 microg ml(-1), whereas the linear range for the GC-MSD method was shorter, from 20.5 to 42 microg ml(-1). LODs identified with GC-MSD were two times higher than those identified with the other two methods. Repeatability values (expressed as relative standard deviation) of less than 2.5% were found for FID and TSD but they were above 10% for MSD. Finally, each method was applied to determine the content of erucamide and oleamide in several polyethylene films and the results obtained were compared with those obtained from the nitrogen content measured by pyrolysis and gas-phase chemiluminescence. No significant differences were observed between the results of the methods.     

Conversion of natural gas to C_2 hydrocarbons through dielectric-barrier discharge plasma catalysis

The experiments are carried out in the system of continuous flow reactors with dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) for studies on the conversion of natural gas to C2 hydrocarbons through plasma catalysis under the atmosphere pressure and room temperature. The influence of discharge frequency, structure of electrode, discharge voltage, number of electrode, ratio of H2/CH4, flow rate and catalyst on conversion of methane and selectivity of C2 hydrocarbons are investigated. At the same time, the reaction process is investigated. Higher conversion of methane and selectivity of C2 hydrocarbons are achieved and deposited carbons are eliminated by proper choice of parameters. The appropriate operation parameters in dielectric-barrier discharge plasma field are that the supply voltage is 20-40 kV (8.4-40 W), the frequency of power supply is 20 kHz, the structure of (b) electrode is suitable, and the flow of methane is 20-60 ml · min-1. The conversion of methane can reach 45%, the selectivity of C2 hydrocarbons i     

低活化比制备天然气吸附剂： 活化助剂提高吸附剂性能

以石油焦为原料、KOH为主活化剂,在低活化比m_KOH∶m_C＝2∶1下制备吸附剂,考察了活化助剂KNO₃、NaNO₃、Mg(NO₃)₂、Ni(NO₃)₂和HJ对吸附剂储气性能的影响,对活化助剂提高吸附剂性能的机理进行了分析。结果表明,活化物料中加入适量助剂KNO₃、Mg(NO₃)₂、Ni(NO₃)₂或HJ能显著提高吸附剂性能,HJ与Mg(NO₃)₂、Ni(NO₃)₂协同活化的效果最好。其中,Mg(NO₃)₂、HJ加入量均为10 %（助剂与石油焦质量分数）下制备的吸附剂样品在25℃、3.5MPa下对甲烷质量吸附量达0.143,有效体积释放量达117.1,性能超过活化比m_KOH∶m_C=3∶1、无助剂下制备的吸附剂。