Process for the dehydration, deacidification and stripping of a natural gas, utilizing a mixture of solvents
US5782958A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10L3/10
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the dehydration, deacidification and stripping of a gas, characterized in that: PA1 (a) at least one fraction of the gas is contacted with an aqueous phase containing methanol, the resultant gas being thus charged with methanol being withdrawn from stage (a); PA1 (b) the gas withdrawn from stage (a) is contacted with a mixture of solvents comprising methanol, water, and a solvent heavier than methanol, the gas leaving stage (b) being thus at least in part freed of the acid gases which it contained initially; PA1 (c) the mixture of solvent obtained from stage (b) is at least in part generated by special reduction and/or heating while liberating at least part of the acid gases, the mixture of solvent being at least partially regenerated, or being at the outlet of stage (c) recycled through stage (b); and PA1 (d) the gas obtained from (stage b) is refrigerated while producing at least an aqueous phase containing methanol which is at least in part recycled through stage (a).
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