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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2012
Jason Michael Ploeger, Perkasie, PA (US);
Timothy Christopher Golden, Nantes, FR;
Jeffrey Raymond Hufton, Fogelsville, PA (US);
John Eugene Palamara, Macungie, PA (US);
Jason Michael Ploeger, Perkasie, PA (US);
Timothy Christopher Golden, Nantes, FR;
Jeffrey Raymond Hufton, Fogelsville, PA (US);
John Eugene Palamara, Macungie, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides systems and methods for separating ethane and heavier hydrocarbons from a natural gas stream. In aspects of the invention, an adsorption unit is integrated with a cryogenic gas processing plant in order to overcome methane recovery limitations by sending the tail gas from the adsorption unit to the cryogenic gas processing plant to recover methane that would otherwise be lost.