Dirty Natural Gas as fuel
Dirty Natural Gas as fuel
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I am planning to change the fuel supply for a treater from propane to natural gas. The plant borders with a booster gas plant for produced natural gas. Obviously this gas is "dirty". Contains water and solids. What would be an effective way to cost-effectively clean this gas stream?





RE: Dirty Natural Gas as fuel
Is the natural gas a raw produced gas from a gas production field? If so, it very probably also contains hydrogen sulfide and, if you are in the USA or many other countries, there are some strict governmental limits on the sulfur content of fuel gas and/or the amount of sulfur dioxide emissions that you will have to meet. Meeting such regulations may be more costly than simply removing water and solids.
Milton Beychok
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RE: Dirty Natural Gas as fuel
If you do use a vapor-liquid separator, see FAQ798-1153 for how to design one.
Milton Beychok
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RE: Dirty Natural Gas as fuel
Now, as mentioned, if you have strict emission requirements and have low NOx burners, you should check with the burner vendor, low NOx burners can be pretty touchy about their fuel quality.