公开(公告)号：US11048842B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16135465

申请日：2018-09-19

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Agnes Dittel ,  Ralf Notz ,  Sergey Vorobyev ,  Rainer Herget ,  Torsten Katz ,  Gerald Vorberg ,  Kim Hoeffken

IPC: G06F17/11 ,  B01D53/14 ,  B01D53/04 ,  H04L12/26 ,  G06F30/331 ,  G06F111/10

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for determination of unit operations of a chemical plant for acid gas removal, the method carried out by a computer or a distributed computer system and the method comprising the steps of: providing a first set of parameters for the unit operations; providing a second set of parameters for the unit operations based on the provided first set of parameters and based on data retrieved from a database; determining a digital model of the chemical plant based on the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters, wherein the digital model comprises a system of equations defining the unit operations of the chemical plant; selecting starting points for an equation-based solution method of the system of equations, wherein the starting points are at least partially selected from the: (i) the first set of parameters; (ii) the second set of parameters; and (iii) the data retrieved from the database; determining resultant settings for the unit operations of the chemical plant using the equation-based solution method for the system of equations initialized by the selected starting points.

公开(公告)号：US11000796B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US16320183

申请日：2017-07-27

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Torsten Katz ,  Ralf Notz ,  Christian Kunkelmann

IPC: B01D53/14 ,  C01B3/52 ,  C10K1/00

Abstract: In a process for removing CO2 from a fluid stream by means of an aqueous absorption medium, a) the fluid stream is introduced into a first absorption zone and treated with partially regenerated absorption medium, b) the treated fluid stream is treated with regenerated absorption medium in a second absorption zone, giving a fluid stream which has been freed of CO2 and a loaded absorption medium, c) the loaded absorption medium is depressurized in a first flash vessel to a pressure of from 1.2 to 3 bar absolute, giving a sub-partially regenerated absorption medium and a first CO2-comprising gas stream, d) the sub-partially regenerated absorption medium is depressurized in a second flash vessel to a pressure of from 1 to 1.2 bar absolute, giving a partially regenerated absorption medium and a water vapor-comprising, second CO2-comprising gas stream, e) a substream of the partially regenerated absorption medium is fed into the first absorption zone and a further substream of the partially regenerated absorption medium is fed into a stripper in which the partially regenerated absorption medium is thermally regenerated, with regenerated absorption medium and a third CO2-comprising gas stream being obtained and the stripper being operated at a pressure which is at least 0.9 bar higher than the pressure in the first flash vessel, f) the regenerated absorption medium is recirculated to the second absorption zone, g) the water vapor-comprising, second CO2-comprising gas stream is compressed by means of a jet pump and brought into direct heat exchange contact with the loaded absorption medium in the first flash vessel, with the jet pump being operated by means of the third CO2-comprising gas stream. The latent heat of the water vapor-comprising gas streams remains in the process and the use of a costly compressor is dispensable.

公开(公告)号：US10207217B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-19

申请号：US15506635

申请日：2015-08-20

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Thomas Ingram ,  Ralf Notz ,  Gerald Vorberg ,  Georg Sieder

IPC: B01D53/14 ,  B01D53/52 ,  B01D53/78 ,  B01D53/96 ,  C07C217/08 ,  C07C217/28 ,  C07C217/42

Abstract: A process for removing hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from a fluid stream comprises a) an absorption step in which the fluid stream is contacted with an absorbent comprising an aqueous solution (i) of an amine of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R4 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R5 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; X is OH or NH(CR1R2R3); m is 2, 3, 4 or 5; n is 2, 3, 4 or 5; and o is 0 or 1; and optionally (ii) at least one tertiary amine, where the molar ratio of (i) to (ii) is greater than 0.05; wherein at least 90% of the hydrogen sulfide is removed from the fluid stream and selectivity for hydrogen sulfide over carbon dioxide is not greater than 8, wherein a CO2- and H2S-laden absorbent is obtained; b) a regeneration step in which at least a substream of the CO2- and H2S-laden absorbent is regenerated and a regenerated absorbent is obtained; and c) a recycling step in which at least a substream of the regenerated absorbent is recycled into the absorption step a). The process allows a high level of hydrogen sulfide removal with a simultaneously high coabsorption of carbon dioxide.