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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2016
Applicant:

Lummus Technology Inc., Bloomfield, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Thomas K. Gaskin, Spring, TX (US);

Fereidoun Yamin, Houston, TX (US);

Galip H. Guvelioglu, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Vanessa M. Palacios, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Lummus Technology Inc., Bloomfield, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/02 (2006.01); F25J 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/08 (2013.01); F25J 3/0209 (2013.01); F25J 3/0233 (2013.01); F25J 3/0238 (2013.01); F25J 3/0242 (2013.01); F25J 3/0247 (2013.01); F25J 3/0295 (2013.01); F25J 2200/04 (2013.01); F25J 2200/76 (2013.01); F25J 2200/78 (2013.01); F25J 2205/04 (2013.01); F25J 2205/50 (2013.01); F25J 2210/04 (2013.01); F25J 2210/60 (2013.01); F25J 2215/02 (2013.01); F25J 2215/04 (2013.01); F25J 2220/60 (2013.01); F25J 2220/64 (2013.01); F25J 2230/32 (2013.01); F25J 2230/60 (2013.01); F25J 2240/02 (2013.01); F25J 2240/40 (2013.01); F25J 2245/02 (2013.01); F25J 2260/20 (2013.01); F25J 2280/10 (2013.01); F25J 2290/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and system for removing high freeze point components from natural gas. Feed gas is cooled in a heat exchanger and separated into a first vapor portion and a first liquid portion. The first liquid portion is reheated using the heat exchanger and separated into a high freeze point components stream and a non-freezing components stream. A portion of the non-freezing components stream may be at least partially liquefied and received by an absorber tower. The first vapor portion may be cooled and received by the absorber tower. An overhead vapor product which is substantially free of high freeze point freeze components and a bottoms product liquid stream including freeze components and non-freeze components are produced using the absorber tower.


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