Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications. Volume 4: Natural Gas Dehydration
- 1st Edition - March 5, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Mohammad Amin Makarem, Maryam Meshksar
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 2 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 2 2 - 7
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications is a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discusses in detail the theoretical basics and practical methods of various aspects of natural gas from exploration and extraction, to synthesizing, processing and purifying, producing valuable chemicals and energy. The volumes introduce transportation and storage challenges as well as hydrates formation, extraction, and prevention.
Volume 4 titled Natural Gas Dehydration introduces in detail different natural gas dehydration methods. The book covers absorption with different solvents such as glycols, ionic liquids, and DES which is one of the important dehydration techniques, as well as natural gas dehydration with adsorption-based technologies utilizing various materials including zeolites, carbonaceous sorbents, metal oxides, etc. It discusses in detail membrane-based processes with various types (such as hollow-fiber and polymeric membranes) and includes novel technologies for sweetening natural gas by using supersonic technology.
- Introduces natural gas dehydration concepts and challenges
- Describes various absorption and adsorption processes for natural gas dehydration
- Discusses novel methods for natural gas dehydration including membrane and supersonic technologies
Researchers in academia, students and professors in chemical engineering, oil and gas engineering, and mechanical engineering.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Reviewer acknowledgments
- Section I. Natural gas dehydration concepts
- 1. Introduction to natural gas dehydration methods and technologies
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Determination of natural gas water contents
- 3. Natural gas dehydration techniques
- 4. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 2. Challenges of wet natural gas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principles and procedures of wet gas and its impact
- 3. Wet gas processes and challanges
- 4. Current applications and cases
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 3. Environmental challenges of natural gas dehydration technologies
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Natural gas dehydration technologies
- 3. Current applications and cases
- 4. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Section II. Absorption techniques for natural gas dehydration
- 4. Natural gas dehydration using glycol absorbents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Glycol absorbents in natural gas dehydration
- 3. Natural gas dehydration process via glycols
- 4. Natural gas dehydration with TEG using process simulation
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 5. Natural gas dehydration using ionic liquids
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principles of natural gas dehydration with ionic liquids
- 3. Natural gas dehydration processes with ionic liquids
- 4. Current applications and cases
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 6. Deep eutectic solvents for natural gas dehydration
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overview of natural gas treatment plants
- 3. Overview of conventional dehydration methods
- 4. Dehydration processes using DESs
- 5. Comparison of dehydration processes
- 6. Safety and environmental considerations
- 7. Conclusions and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Section III. Adsorption techniques for natural gas dehydration
- 7. Swing processes for natural gas dehydration: Pressure, thermal, vacuum, and mixed swing processes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methods for natural gas dehydration
- 3. Comparative study on PSA, TSA, and PVSA
- 4. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 8. Carbonaceous sorbents for natural gas dehydration
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Challenges posed by water associated with natural gas and natural gas dehydration technologies
- 3. NG-dehydration technologies
- 4. Fundamentals of carbonaceous sorbent–water interactions in NG dehydration and sorbent regeneration
- 5. Current applications and cases
- 6. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 9. Zeolite and molecular sieves for natural gas dehydration
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Absorption by liquid for natural gas dehydration
- 3. Adsorption by solid desiccant for natural gas dehydration
- 4. Condensation (direct cooling) for natural gas dehydration
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 10. Metal-oxide adsorbents and mesoporous silica for natural gas dehydration
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Adsorbent materials
- 3. Mesoporous silica
- 4. MOFs
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Section IV. Membrane technology for natural gas dehydration
- 11. Hollow-fiber membranes for natural gas dehydration
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Natural gas dehydration
- 3. Membrane separation technology
- 4. Basic aspects of hollow fiber membrane
- 5. Conclusions and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 12. Polymeric membranes for natural gas dehydration
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principles of gas separation via membranes
- 3. Enhancing efficiency in gas dehydration via membranes
- 4. Current applications and cases
- 5. Conclusions and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Section V. Other technologies for natural gas dehydration
- 13. Supersonic technology for natural gas dehydration
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Supersonic technologies for natural gas dehydration
- 3. Supersonic separator technologies
- 4. Supersonic separator designs
- 5. Design comparison
- 6. Applications
- 7. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 5, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 570
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443192210
- eBook ISBN: 9780443192227
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Mohammad Reza Rahimpour
Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a professor in Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University joint with University of Sydney, Australia 1988. He started his independent career as Assistant Professor in September 1998 at Shiraz University. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour, was a Research Associate at University of California, Davis from 2012 till 2017. During his stay in University of California, he developed different reaction networks and catalytic processes such as thermal and plasma reactors for upgrading of lignin bio-oil to biofuel with collaboration of UCDAVIS. He has been a Chair of Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University from 2005 till 2009 and from 2015 till 2020. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour leads a research group in fuel processing technology focused on the catalytic conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and renewable fuels such as bio-oils derived from lignin to valuable energy sources. He provides young distinguished scholars with perfect educational opportunities in both experimental methods and theoretical tools in developing countries to investigate in-depth research in the various field of chemical engineering including carbon capture, chemical looping, membrane separation, storage and utilization technologies, novel technologies for natural gas conversion and improving the energy efficiency in the production and use of natural gas industries.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, IranMM
Mohammad Amin Makarem
Dr. Mohammad Amin Makarem is a research associate at Taylor's University, Malaysia. He former worked at Shiraz University. His research interests are gas separation and purification, nanofluids, microfluidics, catalyst synthesis, reactor design and green energy. In gas separation, his focus is on experimental and theoretical investigation and optimization of pressure swing adsorption process, and in the gas purification field, he is working on novel technologies such as microchannels. Recently, he has investigated methods of synthesizing bio-template nanomaterials and catalysts. Besides, he has collaborated in writing and editing various books and book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley, as well as guest editing journals special issues.
Affiliations and expertise
Taylor's University, MalaysiaMM
Maryam Meshksar
Maryam Meshksar is a research associate at Shiraz University. Her research has focused on gas separation, clean energy, and catalyst synthesis. In gas separation, she is working on membrane separation process, and in the clean energy field, she has worked on different reforming-based processes for syngas production from methane experimentally. She has also synthesized novel catalysts for these processes which are tested in for the first time. Besides, she has reviewed novel technologies like microchannels for energy production. Recently, she has written various book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, IranRead Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications. Volume 4: Natural Gas Dehydration on ScienceDirect