Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications. Volume 5: Natural Gas Impurities and Condensate Removal
- 1st Edition - March 21, 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 3 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 2 4 - 1
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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 5 titled Natural Gas Impurities and Condensates Removal comprehensively discusses related techniques for particulates like arsenic and condensates removal techniques from natural gas as well as mercury, nitrogen, and helium removal from natural gas by absorption, adsorption, cryogenic, and membrane-based processes.
- Introduces different impurities and condensates of natural gas with their characteristics
- Includes common methods for particulates and condensates removal from natural gas such as adsorption, absorption and cryogenic techniques
- Describes various membrane technologies for particulates and condensates removal from natural gas
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. Particulates and condensates removal from natural gas
- 1. Introduction to nonacidic impurities of natural gas: Particulates, condensates, mercury, nitrogen, helium
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The constituents of natural gas
- 3. Mercury cycle
- 4. Helium
- 5. Nitrogen
- 6. Nonacidic component removal from natural gas
- 7. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviation and symbols
- 2. Arsenic removal from natural gas condensate
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Arsenic removal
- 3. Case study
- 4. The effects of arsenic exposure on human health
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 3. Condensate stabilization process
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Condensate stabilization
- 3. Design considerations of stabilization column
- 4. Trays and packing
- 5. Storage of condensate
- 6. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 4. Refrigeration process for condensate recovery from natural gas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Liquefied natural gas and process of liquefaction
- 3. Refrigerant process mixed with propane precooler
- 4. Self-refrigeration
- 5. Dual mixed refrigerant process
- 6. Multistage mixed refrigerant process
- 7. Cryogenic refrigeration
- 8. Classification of existing refrigeration processes in the LNG production industry
- 9. Single nitrogen expansion liquefaction process
- 10. Dual nitrogen expansion liquefaction process
- 11. Solid bed adsorption
- 12. Membrane separation process
- 13. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 5. Membrane technologies for condensate recovery from natural gas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Membrane separation mechanisms
- 3. Current applications and cases of membranes for condensate recovery
- 4. Conclusions and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 6. Supersonic technology for condensate removal from natural gas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Natural gas purification technologies
- 3. Natural gas condensates removal
- 4. Supersonic technology for condensates removal in natural gas
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Greek symbols
- Section II. Mercury removal from natural gas
- 7. Mercury removal from natural gas by absorption and adsorption processes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Systems for the removal of mercury
- 3. Resistance of H2S and H2O
- 4. Functional groups and active sites
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 8. Membrane technologies for mercury removal from natural gas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Mercury in natural gas
- 3. Mercury removal methods
- 4. MOF material stability
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviation and symbols
- Section III. Nitrogen removal from natural gas
- 9. Nitrogen separation from natural gas using absorption and cryogenic processes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methods for nitrogen separation from natural gas
- 3. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 10. Nitrogen rejection from natural gas by adsorption processes and swing technologies
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Convectional technologies for N2 rejection from natural gas
- 3. Adsorption, merits, and shortcomings
- 4. N2 rejection from natural gas by adsorption processes
- 5. N2 rejection from natural gas by swing adsorption
- 6. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 11. Membrane technology for nitrogen separation from natural gas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Nitrogen separation from methane technologies
- 3. Membrane module configuration
- 4. Flow pattern
- 5. Process design
- 6. Application and cases
- 7. Polymers
- 8. Effect of different parameters on membrane performance
- 9. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Section IV. Helium removal from natural gas
- 12. Adsorption processes and swing technologies for helium removal from natural gas
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principles of helium removal using swing technologies
- 3. Helium recovery from natural gas
- 4. Current application and cases
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 13. Helium removal from natural gas by membrane technologies
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Helium separation by membrane technology
- 3. Membranes used for helium separation
- 4. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 21, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 630
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443192234
- eBook ISBN: 9780443192241
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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 5: Natural Gas Impurities and Condensate Removal on ScienceDirect