Drying process for gases making use of glycol including the separation of gaseous effluents

• Main Authors: LANDREAU, BENOIT, AMANDE, JEAN-CLAUDE, DOERLER, NICOLE, ROJEY, ALEXANDRE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.08.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; NATURAL GAS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE

A process for dehydrating natural gas or refinery gas, contg. methane and other light alkanes, BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylene), water and opt. CO2, N2 and/or H2S, using a liq. desiccant, comprises: (a) absorbing water and BTEX by contact with regenerated liq. desiccant (from step (...