WO2011041361A1 - Gas purification configurations and methods - Google Patents
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- the field of the invention is removal of acid gases from a feed gas, and particularly relates to acid gas removal from high pressure gases with high C02 and H2S content and the production of a pipeline quality product gas and a concentrated C02 stream for re-injection.
- Acid gases can be removed using a conventional amine process, however, such process is typically not economical as the amine solvent circulation must be increased proportionally with the feed gas acid gas content, requiring higher steam heating duty in solvent regeneration, and hence higher greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, there is also an upper limit in the acid gas loading capacity (i.e., mol of acid gas per mole of amine) which is predominantly controlled by the chemical equilibrium between amine and the acid gases. To overcome at least some of these problems, physical solvents may be employed that operate on the principal of Henry's law in which acid gas loading of the solvent increases with the acid gas content and partial pressure. Thus, and at least conceptually, physical solvent absorption of acid gas is relatively attractive for high acid gas fields.
- Solvent regeneration can be accomplished, to at least some extent, by flash regeneration that eliminates the need for heating and so reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
- physical solvent can only be partially regenerated and is therefore often unsuitable for treatment of sour gases to produce a product that meets pipeline gas specifications (e.g., 1 mol% C02, 4 ppmv H2S).
- pipeline gas specifications e.g. 1 mol% C02, 4 ppmv H2S
- H2S high mol% C02, 4 ppmv
- a sulfur scavenger bed can be used to adsorb H2S in the feed gas or product.
- such solution is temporary, and in most cases requires the presence of a sulfur plant.
- disposal and handling of the spent sulfur contaminated beds is often environmentally unacceptable.
- the present inventive subject matter is drawn to systems, configurations, and methods of acid gas removal from a feed gas in which a physical solvent absorption process is used to produce a treated gas and a C02-rich stream.
- H2S is removed from the treated gas with one or more molecular sieves that are then regenerated using the C02-rich stream to so produce an H2S-enriched C02 product, which is preferably dehydrated and re-injected.
- a method of treating a C02 and H2S -containing feed gas includes one step of removing C02 from a feed gas in an absorber using a flashed lean physical solvent to form a treated gas and a rich solvent.
- H2S is removed from the treated gas using a molecular sieve bed to form an H2S loaded molecular sieve bed
- the rich solvent is flashed to produce the flashed lean solvent that is reintroduced into the absorber and to further produce a C02-rich stream.
- the H2S loaded molecular sieves are then regenerated using the C02- rich stream to thereby form an H2S-enriched C02 product.
- H2S is removed from the C02-rich stream prior to the step of regenerating the H2S loaded molecular sieves using an additional molecular sieve bed, and/or water is removed from the H2S-enriched C02 product. It is further generally preferred that the H2S-enriched C02 product is compressed and re-injected into a formation or other suitable location for sequestration or enhanced oil recovery. Additionally, it is preferred that the C02-rich stream is heated for the step of regenerating the H2S loaded molecular sieve bed.
- the step of flashing the rich solvent comprises a step of vacuum flashing, and/or that the step of flashing the rich solvent is performed over multiple flashing stages, wherein at least one of the multiple flashing stages produces a hydrocarbon-enriched vapor, which is most preferably compressed and combined with the feed gas.
- substantially all (i.e., at least 80%, more typically at least 90%, and most typically at least 95%) of the C02-rich stream is formed from the rich solvent without heating the rich solvent.
- the feed gas is dehydrated and chilled to condense and remove C5+ hydrocarbons from the feed gas.
- a method of regenerating an H2S loaded molecular sieve bed in which in one step a molecular sieve bed is contacted with a treated feed gas from which C02 has been removed to so form the H2S loaded molecular sieve bed. In another step, the H2S loaded molecular sieve bed is contacted with the C02 to thereby regenerate the molecular sieve bed and form an H2S-enriched C02 product.
- the H2S has been removed from the C02 using an additional molecular sieve bed prior to the step of contacting the H2S loaded molecular sieve bed with the C02, and/or that water is condensed and removed from the H2S-enriched C02 product.
- the H2S-enriched C02 product is re-injected into a formation or other suitable location.
- an acid gas treatment plant that includes an absorber in which a lean flashed physical solvent adsorbs C02 and H2S from a feed gas to produce a treated gas and a rich solvent.
- a first vessel comprising a molecular sieve bed is coupled to the absorber to allows adsorption of H2S and water from the treated gas, while a flash vessel is coupled to the absorber and is configured to receive the rich solvent and to produce a C02-rich stream and the flashed lean solvent.
- a second vessel comprising an H2S loaded molecular sieve bed is fluidly coupled to the flash vessel to receive the C02-rich stream, thereby producing an H2S-enriched C02 product and a regenerated molecular sieve bed.
- Contemplated plants will preferably further include a heater fluidly coupled between the flash vessel and the second vessel and to heat the C02-rich stream, and/or a medium pressure flash vessel fluidly coupled between the absorber and the flash vessel to produce a hydrocarbon recycle stream. It is still further preferred that a recycle conduit is provided to allow combining the hydrocarbon recycle stream with the feed gas.
- contemplated plants will also include a third vessel with an additional molecular sieve bed and to remove H2S from the C02-rich stream.
- a chiller is fluidly coupled upstream of the absorber to chill the feed gas to a temperature for condensation and removal of water and C5+ hydrocarbons from the feed gas.
- Figure 1 is an exemplary schematic for acid gas removal using a physical solvent for a plant according to the inventive subject matter.
- the present invention is directed to configurations and methods of removing C02 and H2S from a feed gas using a two stage removal process in which an acid gas is removed in a first step using a conventional physical solvent absorption process, and in which residual acid gas, and particularly H2S and water are removed from the treated gas in a second step using one or more molecular sieve beds.
- the H2S loaded molecular sieve bed is regenerated using a C02-rich stream that is produced from the first removal step.
- a C02-rich stream that is produced from the first removal step.
- a physical solvent unit is used to remove of the bulk of the acid gases from a feed gas, and the so formed rich physical solvent is preferably regenerated in multi-stage flash regeneration separators, while recovering and recycling hydrocarbons content.
- hydrocarbon losses are reduced by the recycling loop to less than 5%, more preferably less than 4%, and most preferably less than 2%, while allowing for production of an acid gas from the last flash stage(s) that is used for regeneration of the molecular sieve bed.
- the acid gas from the last flash stage(s) is most preferably subjected to an H2S removal step, typically using an additional molecular sieve bed.
- the molecular sieve adsorption stage includes at least two adsorption beds, preferably four, or even more adsorption beds that adsorb the residual H2S content of the treated gas from the physical solvent absorption step, producing a treated gas with an H2S and/or water content of less than 4 ppmv, and more preferably less than 2 ppmv.
- At least a portion of the C02-rich stream from the flash regeneration stage(s) is passed through one or more molecular sieve beds to produce an H2S depleted C02 stream that is then used for regenerating H2S loaded molecular sieve bed, typically using a cooling and heating cycle (e.g., at 400 to 600°F and 400 to 600 psig).
- a cooling and heating cycle e.g., at 400 to 600°F and 400 to 600 psig.
- the drying step is typically necessary to avoid hydrate formation in the C02 absorber 51. Additionally, the drying and chilling step also allows for recovery of a C5+ hydrocarbons product.
- the dried gas is then mixed with the recycle gas stream 9 forming stream 5 and is counter-currently scrubbed by flashed lean solvent stream 2 at about -15°F producing a treated gas stream 3 at about -10°F and a rich solvent stream 4 at about -1°F.
- the absorber contains contacting devices, including packings or trays, or other suitable media for acid gas absorption.
- the treated gas stream 3 contains about 2 mol%> C02 and about 6 to 10 ppmv H2S (or even higher) and is fed to molecular sieve beds 63 and 64 to further reduce its H2S content to below 4 ppmv (preferably below 1 ppmv) and water content to below 2 ppmv to meet sales gas pipeline specifications as product stream 6.
- the rich solvent stream 4 is letdown in pressure via hydraulic turbine 52 to about 350 to 750 psig forming stream 7, at -8°F.
- the letdown stream is then separated in separator 53, producing a flashed hydrocarbon-enriched vapor stream 8 and a flashed liquid stream 10.
- the hydrocarbon-enriched vapor stream 8 is compressed by recycle gas compressor 62 to feed gas
- C02-rich stream 20 is then treated in an additional molecular sieve bed 67 for H2S adsorption producing an H2S depleted C02-rich stream 21, which is used for cooling the molecular sieve bed 66 producing heated C02-rich stream 22 that is further heated in heater 71 to about 500 to 600°F to so form stream 23, that is then used for the regeneration of H2S loaded molecular sieve bed 65.
- the H2S-enriched C02 product stream 24 is cooled in cooler 70 to about 90°F forming stream 25.
- H2S is then removed from the treated gas using a molecular sieve bed to thereby form an H2S loaded molecular sieve bed that is regenerated using at least a portion of the C02-rich stream to thereby form an H2S-enriched C02 product, wherein the C02-rich stream is produced by flashing the rich solvent.
- a molecular sieve bed to thereby form an H2S loaded molecular sieve bed that is regenerated using at least a portion of the C02-rich stream to thereby form an H2S-enriched C02 product, wherein the C02-rich stream is produced by flashing the rich solvent.
- H2S can be removed from the treated gas stream in a continuous manner such that one bed is fluidly coupled to the absorber to receive the treated gas while the other bed is fluidly coupled to the outlet of the additional molecular sieve bed. Consequently, especially preferred configurations are those in which at least one of the molecular sieve beds in the adsorption section (e.g., replacing, in parallel, or in series to 63 or 64) can be fluidly coupled to at least one position (e.g., replacing, in parallel, or in series to 65, 66, or 67) in the regeneration section.
- at least one of the molecular sieve beds in the adsorption section e.g., replacing, in parallel, or in series to 63 or 64
- at least one position e.g., replacing, in parallel, or in series to 65, 66, or 67
- redundant molecular sieve beds are preferably arranged and coupled to allow continuous flow of treated gas and/or H2S-enriched C02 product (not shown) while changing a H2S loaded molecular sieve bed to a regenerated molecular sieve bed.
- flow can be manually switched between various vessels.
- one or more vessels can be physically exchanged to replace regenerated and/or saturated vessels.
- the pressure of such gases may vary considerably, and that the nature of the gas will at least in part determine the pressure. It is particularly preferred, however, that the feed gas has a pressure of at least 400 psig, more typically at least 1000 psig, and most typically at least 1200 psig.
- numerous feed gas compositions are deemed suitable for use in conjunction with the teachings presented herein.
- the feed gas comprises at least 10 mol%, and most preferably 30 mol% and higher C02, and at least 100 ppmv and most preferably at least 1000 ppmv H2S, while the treated gas from the physical solvent unit typically contains 2% C02 and 10 ppmv or higher H2S.
- the H2S concentration is equal or less than 5 ppmv, more preferably equal or less than 3 ppmv, and most preferably equal or less than 1 ppmv.
- the nature of the solvent may vary considerably, and that all physical solvents and mixtures thereof are deemed appropriate for use herein.
- exemplary preferred physical solvents include FLUOR SOLVENTTM (propylene carbonate), NMP (normal-methyl pyrrolidone), SELEXOLTM (dimethyl ether of polyethylene glycol), and TBP (tributyl phosphate), and/or various polyethylene glycol dialkyl ethers.
- FLUOR SOLVENTTM propylene carbonate
- NMP normal-methyl pyrrolidone
- SELEXOLTM dimethyl ether of polyethylene glycol
- TBP tributyl phosphate
- other solvents including enhanced tertiary amine (e.g., piperazine) or other solvent or a mixture of solvents may be employed having similar behavior as physical solvent.
- Flashing of the rich solvent may be performed using numerous devices, and it is generally contemplated that all pressure reduction devices are suitable for use herein.
- the rich solvent (after providing work and/or cooling) is first let down in pressure to a pressure sufficient to release flashed vapors with methane content of about 20 to 70%. These vapors are most preferably recycled to the absorber minimizing methane losses to less than 5% and most preferably less than 1%.
- the pressure of the solvent is then preferably reduced to atmospheric pressure or sub-atmospheric pressure, most typically in at least two stages.
- the C02 stream so produced from the (vacuum) flash stages typically contains C4+ hydrocarbons at less than 5 mol %, and more typically of less than 2.5 mol%, which renders such H2S-enriched C02 product suitable for EOR. Where desirable, water is removed from the H2S-enriched C02 product using condensation and/or known dehydration units.
- the hydraulic turbine operates an energy efficient device as it generates refrigeration cooling by expansion and flashing of the acid gas content while providing shaft work to provide work (e.g. , drive the solvent circulation pump or generate electric power).
- the multi-stage separators can be used to further improve efficiency and may be configured as stacked separators to minimize the plot space footprint and equipment cost, resulting in an even more efficient design.
- contemplated that the configurations according to the inventive subject matter will significantly reduce overall energy consumption and capital cost for high acid gas removal as compared to conventional acid gas removal processes including amine or other physical solvents, or membranes.
- contemplated configurations and processes will typically not require an external heat source, and heat, if required, will be supplied by the feed gas or heat of compression either from refrigeration and/or feed gas compression system to so further reduce energy consumption and adverse impact on the environment.
- enhanced oil recovery projects will frequently encounter an increase in acid gas concentration in the feed gas, typically from 10% up to as high as 60%. Contemplated configurations and processes can accommodate these changes with essentially the same solvent circulation.
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