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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
Shwetha Ramkumar, Cypress, TX (US);
Donald P. Shatto, Houston, TX (US);
P. Scott Northrop, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Sean T. Philbrook, Houston, TX (US);
Shwetha Ramkumar, Cypress, TX (US);
Donald P. Shatto, Houston, TX (US);
P. Scott Northrop, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Sean T. Philbrook, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A hydrogen sulfide (HS) scavenging system for removing HS, mercaptans, and/or other sulfur-containing compounds from a natural gas stream. A co-current contacting system is located in-line within a pipe and receives the natural gas stream and a liquid scavenger stream. The co-current contacting system includes a co-current contactor including a droplet generator and a mass transfer section. The droplet generator generates droplets from the liquid scavenger stream and disperses the droplets into the natural gas stream. The mass transfer section provides a mixed, two-phase flow having a vapor phase and a liquid phase. The liquid phase includes the liquid scavenger stream with HS, mercaptans, and/or other sulfur-containing compounds absorbed from the natural gas stream, and the vapor phase includes the natural gas stream. A separation system separates the vapor phase from the liquid phase.