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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Kaaeid A. Lokhandwala, Fremont, CA (US);
Maliha Williamson, Antioch, CA (US);
Sachin Joshi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kaaeid A. Lokhandwala, Fremont, CA (US);
Maliha Williamson, Antioch, CA (US);
Sachin Joshi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a process for conditioning natural gas containing Chydrocarbons, so that it can be used as combustion fuel to run gas-powered equipment, including gas engines and turbine-driven compressors, in the gas field or the gas processing plant. The claimed process use glassy polymeric membranes that are preferentially permeable to methane over Chydrocarbons to produce a partially purified methane stream. The process operates at a stage cut of at least about 5%.