Invention Application
- Patent Title: Configurations And Methods For Processing High Pressure Acid Gases With Zero Emissions
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Application No.: US14924311Application Date: 2015-10-27
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Publication No.: US20170114295A1Publication Date: 2017-04-27
- Inventor: John Mak
- Applicant: Fluor Technologies Corporation
- Main IPC: C10L3/10
- IPC: C10L3/10 ; C01B17/04

Abstract:
Plants, processes, and methods for reducing the H2S and CO2 contents of shale gasses from fields that produce shale gasses having varying H2S and CO2 contents are provided. Acid gas enters an absorber and is scrubbed using a lean physical solvent, producing a treated gas and a rich physical solvent. The H2S content of the treated gas is further reduced in an amine absorber, producing a pipeline gas and a semi-lean amine. The pipeline gas contains lower levels of H2S and CO2 than gas produced using a polishing bed. A physical solvent regeneration unit regenerates the lean physical solvent from the rich physical solvent for feeding into the absorption unit. An amine regeneration unit regenerates the lean amine from the semi-lean amine for feeding into the amine absorber. Contemplated plants may further comprise a Claus Unit or a Redox unit for oxidizing H2S to elemental sulfur.
Public/Granted literature
- US09902914B2 Configurations and methods for processing high pressure acid gases with zero emissions Public/Granted day:2018-02-27
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