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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Fei Chen, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Xukun Luo, Allentown, PA (US);
Christopher Michael Ott, Laurys Station, PA (US);
Mark Julian Roberts, Kempton, PA (US);
Gowri Krishnamurthy, Allentown, PA (US);
Fei Chen, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Xukun Luo, Allentown, PA (US);
Christopher Michael Ott, Laurys Station, PA (US);
Mark Julian Roberts, Kempton, PA (US);
Gowri Krishnamurthy, Allentown, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of removing heavy hydrocarbons from a natural gas feed stream, the method comprising using first and second hydrocarbon removal systems in series such that the first system processes the natural gas feed stream to produce a heavy hydrocarbon depleted natural gas stream and the second system processes at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon depleted natural gas stream from the first system to produce a natural gas stream lean in heavy hydrocarbons, wherein one of said systems is a adsorption system that comprises one or more beds of adsorbent for adsorbing and thereby removing heavy hydrocarbons from a heavy hydrocarbon containing natural gas, and the other of said systems is a gas-liquid separation system for separating a heavy hydrocarbon containing natural gas into a heavy hydrocarbon depleted natural gas vapor and a heavy hydrocarbon enriched liquid.