Unit : Date : GLYCOL (TEG) DEHYDRATION UNIT CHARACTERISTICS
Unit Yadana 105.5 49 495.36 14
Rev.:
Tunu north 66 45 495.36 14
Alwyn 68.5 32 318.44 9
Timimoun 80 60 106.15 3
GAS CHARACTERISTICS at absorber inlet
Minimun pressure Maximun temperature Maximun gas flowrate (1 Sm3=35,383 SCF) Maximun gas flowrate bar abs C 10^6 SCFD 10^6 Sm3/day
WATER DEW POINT REQUIRED
Water dew temperature required Reference pressures Dry gas water content Dry gas water content C bar abs kg/10^3 Sm3 lb/10^6 Scuft -4.2 105 0.0642 4.00 10 66 0.219 13.65 -11 68 0.055 3.43
AMOUNT OF WATER TO BE REMOVED
Maximun water content of inlet gas (Fig.IV-A1) Wi Design water dew temp. of dry gas ( dew temp.required - 5C ) Maxi water content of dry gas ( Fig. IV-A1) Amount of water to be removed by TEG unit Wo kg/10^3 Sm3 kg/h kg/10^3 Sm3 1.25 -9.2 0.046 772.57 1.6 5 0.16 840.00 0.72 -16 0.04 255.00 1 -5 0.05 118.75
(With the margin of 10% recommended in SPEC GS ECP 101)
Minimun lean TEG concentration Equilibrium water dew temp. (design water dew temp.-10 C) Minimun lean TEG concentration (Fig.VII-B2) Activity coefficient ( Fig.VII-B3) C Gamma C %w -19.2 99.65 0.617 -5 98.8 0.667 -26 99.55 0.63 -15 99.55 0.57
Main process parameters of the absorption
Lean TEG concentration adopted (range : 98,8 - 99,9) Activity coefficient correspondent (Fig. VII-B3) Lean TEG / removed water ratio adopted Number of theoritical plates for the absorber adopted Absorption factor calculated Lean TEG concentration calculated C Gamma r ( kg/kg ) n A R C %w %w 99.7 0.617 27 23.63 2.2 5.16 329.66 99.70 98.85 0.667 24 22.20 2 4.21 86.08 98.85 99.8 0.58 35.4 27.28 1.5 7.01 504.38 99.80 99.5 0.59 28 25.00 2 5.60 194.19 99.49
Minimun specified by SPEC GS ECP 101( Average value:27,5 kg/kg ; range:15 - 35 )
( C adopted is modified untill its value is equal to the C calculated)
AB SORB ER Gas density @ drying process conditions Gas molar mass Absorber diameter with bubble caps plates (with an over design of 10%) Absorber diameter with structured packing Glycol flowrate with structured packing ( mini = 1m/h ) kg/m3 kg/kmol m m m/hour 87.20 20.28 3.69 2.84 2.71 62.90 20.28 3.98 3.06 2.47 73.00 20.64 3.10 2.39 1.81 63.00 18.00 1.74 1.34 2.15