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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Total SA, Courbevoie, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOTAL SA, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/02 (2006.01); C10L 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/0233 (2013.01); C10L 3/10 (2013.01); C10L 3/104 (2013.01); F25J 3/0209 (2013.01); F25J 3/0238 (2013.01); C10L 2290/06 (2013.01); C10L 2290/08 (2013.01); C10L 2290/10 (2013.01); C10L 2290/24 (2013.01); C10L 2290/46 (2013.01); C10L 2290/48 (2013.01); C10L 2290/543 (2013.01); C10L 2290/544 (2013.01); C10L 2290/56 (2013.01); F25J 2200/04 (2013.01); F25J 2200/06 (2013.01); F25J 2200/40 (2013.01); F25J 2200/74 (2013.01); F25J 2200/78 (2013.01); F25J 2205/02 (2013.01); F25J 2205/04 (2013.01); F25J 2215/60 (2013.01); F25J 2220/60 (2013.01); F25J 2235/80 (2013.01); F25J 2260/80 (2013.01); F25J 2270/12 (2013.01); Y02C 10/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the treatment of natural gas containing carbon dioxide, methane and paraffins. The method comprising: a step of extracting the paraffins from the natural gas in a paraffin-removal column, and a step of separating the carbon dioxide and the methane in a distillation column. The operation of the two columns being provided by means of the thermal coupling of said two columns using a thermal coupling heat exchanger.