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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2016
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Matthew L. Rodgers, Midland, MI (US);
Brandon J. Kern, Midland, MI (US);
Scott T. Matteucci, Midland, MI (US);
H. Robert Goltz, Midland, MI (US);
Daryl J. Gisch, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for separating natural gas liquids (NGLs) from a hydrocarbon gas mixture containing natural gas liquids and methane, comprising the steps of: i) providing a bed of adsorbent selective for NGLs over methane; ii) passing a hydrocarbon gas mixture containing methane and NGL through the bed of adsorbent to at least partially remove NGLs from the gas mixture to produce: (a) NGL-loaded adsorbent and (b) NGL-depleted hydrocarbon gas mixture; iii) recovering the NGL-depleted hydrocarbon gas mixture; iv) regenerating the NGL-loaded adsorbent by at least partially removing NGLs from the adsorbent; and v) sequentially repeating steps (ii) and (iii) using regenerated adsorbent from step (iv).