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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Jaime A. Valencia, Houston, TX (US);
Ransdall K. Smith, Spring, TX (US);
E. Lawrence Kimble, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Scott D. Kelman, Houston, TX (US);
Jaime A. Valencia, Houston, TX (US);
Ransdall K. Smith, Spring, TX (US);
E. Lawrence Kimble, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Scott D. Kelman, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for feeding a feed gas including methane (CH) and carbon dioxide (CO) to a cryogenic distillation column are provided herein. The method includes flowing a freeze zone COvapor stream into a freezing section of the column to produce an overhead stream that exits the column. The method includes heating the overhead stream via a heating component to reduce or prevent solidification of the COin the overhead stream.