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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Applicant:
John Mak, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Inventor:
John Mak, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fluor Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gas processing plant has a de-ethanizer () and a refluxed absorber (), wherein the absorber () operates at higher pressure than the de-ethanizer (), and wherein at least a portion of the absorber bottoms product () is expanded to provide cooling for the absorber reflux stream and/or the distillation column feed stream. Especially contemplated gas processing plants include propane and ethane recovery plants, and where the gas processing plant is an ethane recovery plant, it is contemplated that the ethane product comprises no more than 500 ppm carbon dioxide.