S8 threatens natural gas operations, environment

The presence of elemental sulfur (S8) in natural gas can have serious consequences for gas production, processing and pipeline operations. Elemental sulfur within a gas stream can be costly not only because of equipment damage and resulting poor reliability, but also because of extensive plant downt...

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Published inThe Oil & gas journal Vol. 95; no. 17; pp. 74 - 79
Main Authors CHESNOY, A.B, PACK, D.J
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tulsa, OK Pennwell 01.01.1997
Endeavor Business Media
Subjects
Applied sciences
Chemical reactions
Corrosion
Energy
Exact sciences and technology
Experiments
Fuels
Gas conditioning and treatments. Desulphurization. Liquefaction
Gas industry
Kinetics
Measuring instruments
Natural gas
Natural gas industry
Oil and gas operations
Oil and gas production
Pipelines
Proposals
Statistical analysis
Studies
Sulfur
Turbines
Assay
Chemical reaction
Pollution control
Gas industry
Combustion
Sulfur
Pollutant emission
Natural gas
Environmental protection
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Summary:The presence of elemental sulfur (S8) in natural gas can have serious consequences for gas production, processing and pipeline operations. Elemental sulfur within a gas stream can be costly not only because of equipment damage and resulting poor reliability, but also because of extensive plant downtime. S8 has been found to affect the accuracy of flow-measuring instruments, to damage turbine blades because of passage of loose S8 particles and to cause severe plugging of exchangers. The kinetics leading to S8 are not well understood and need further investigation. Several proposals are submitted whose adoption by operators could lead to a better understanding.
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ISSN:0030-1388
1944-9151