Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for closed loop regeneration of gas dehydration units using liquid petroleum gas
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Application No.: US15451450Application Date: 2017-03-07
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Publication No.: US10099168B2Publication Date: 2018-10-16
- Inventor: Saham Sam Tafreshi , Piyush Balkrishna Shah , Kamalkumar Ishwar Gursahani , Craig Charles Manion
- Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Ramon
- Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
- Current Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Ramon
- Agent Karen D. DiDomenicis
- Main IPC: B01D3/14
- IPC: B01D3/14 ; B01D53/04 ; B01D53/26 ; B01D5/00 ; B01D17/02 ; B01J20/34

Abstract:
Water-saturated desiccant in a dehydration unit, having previously been used to dehydrate natural gas, is regenerated in a closed loop process using liquid petroleum gas (LPG). LPG is pumped from a storage tank, vaporized and superheated. The superheated LPG gas enters the dehydration unit such that the hot gas passes over the desiccant thereby regenerating the desiccant. An overhead stream from the dehydration unit passes to a condenser where the temperature of the hot gas from the dehydration unit is dropped to form a fluid stream containing LPG, water and non-condensable gases. The fluid stream passes to a three phase separator for separating the fluid stream into a gas stream, a water stream, and a liquid stream containing LPG which is then returned to the storage tank for reuse in the closed loop process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180257020A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOSED LOOP REGENERATION OF GAS DEHYDRATION UNITS USING LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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