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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jorge H. Foglietta, Missouri City, TX (US);
Hazem Haddad, Houston, TX (US);
Earle Ross Mowrey, Houston, TX (US);
Sanjiv N. Patel, Sugarland, TX (US);
Ajit Sangave, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ABB Lummus Global, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/314 ;
Abstract
A cryogenic process and apparatus for separating multi-component gaseous hydrocarbon streams to recover both gaseous and liquid compounds. More particularly, the cryogenic processes and apparatus of this invention utilize a high pressure absorber to improve the energy efficiency of processing natural gas for pipeline gas sales and recovering natural gas liquids (NGL) gas from gaseous hydrocarbon streams.