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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2019
Applicants:
Robert D. Kaminsky, Houston, TX (US);
Marcel Staedter, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert D. Kaminsky, Houston, TX (US);
Marcel Staedter, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 21/34 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); B01D 53/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); C10L 3/10 (2006.01); C10L 3/12 (2006.01); F25J 1/00 (2006.01); F25J 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/065 (2013.01); B01D 21/34 (2013.01); B01D 53/002 (2013.01); B01D 53/265 (2013.01); C10L 3/104 (2013.01); C10L 3/106 (2013.01); C10L 3/12 (2013.01); F25J 1/0022 (2013.01); F25J 1/0052 (2013.01); F25J 1/0055 (2013.01); F25J 1/0212 (2013.01); F25J 1/0238 (2013.01); B01D 2221/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for removing contaminants, such as water and/or carbon dioxide, from a gas stream, such as a natural gas stream or a flue gas stream. One or more solid-tolerant heat exchangers are employed to chill the gas stream to a temperature at which the contaminants solidify. The solidified contaminants may then be separated and removed from the gas stream. In one or more aspects, the one or more solid-tolerant heat exchangers may include a scraped heat exchanger.