Simulation of a Process Unit for the Recovery of Light Ends from Natural Gas Mixture

Dagde Kekpugile Kenneth; Akpa Jackson Gonurubon; Adeloye Olalekan Michael; Nnanna Henry Douglas

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Simulation of a Process Unit for the Recovery of Light Ends from Natural Gas Mixture

Dagde Kekpugile Kenneth, Akpa Jackson Gonurubon, Adeloye Olalekan Michael, Nnanna Henry Douglas

Published in Bioprocess Engineering (Volume 6, Issue 2)

Received: 9 October 2021 Accepted: 1 November 2021 Published: 20 July 2022

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Simulation of a process unit for the recovery of light ends from natural gas was carried out in this study by considering a three stage process column. The three stage process column was designed and simulated for the recovery of methane, ethane and propane from natural gas mixture respectively. The unit operations adopted in achieving these separations were de-methanizer column for absorption of methane and distillation unit using de-ethanizer column for ethane and de-propanizer column for propane recovery respectively. The process was imulated using Aspen Hysys and the result obtained showed 98% recovery of methane from de-methanizer column, 97.7% of ethane from de-ethanizer column and 94.7% of propane obtained from de-propanizer column respectively. Functional parameters effects such as variations of temperature, pressure, molecular weight and flow were investigated in the three stage separator (De-methanizer, De-ethanizer and De-propanizer). In addition, methane was obtained from de-methanizer column at temperature of -92.69°C, pressure of 2275KPa, flow rate of 1322Kgmole/h and molecular weight of 16.37g/mole, ethane was obtained from de-ethanizer column at temperature of 5.299°C, pressure of 2725KPa, flow rate of 320Kgmole/h and molecular weight of 30.37g/mole and propane was obtained from de-propanizer column at temperature of 46.49°C, pressure of 1585KPa and molecular weight of 43.91g/mole respectively.

Published in	Bioprocess Engineering (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.be.20220602.14
Page(s)	27-33
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Natural Gas Mixture, Light Ends, De-Methanizer, De-Ethanizer, De-Propanizer, Aspen Hysys

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Dagde Kekpugile Kenneth; Akpa Jackson Gonurubon; Adeloye Olalekan Michael; Nnanna Henry Douglas. Simulation of a Process Unit for the Recovery of Light Ends from Natural Gas Mixture. Bioprocess Eng. 2022, 6(2), 27-33. doi: 10.11648/j.be.20220602.14

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Dagde Kekpugile Kenneth, Akpa Jackson Gonurubon, Adeloye Olalekan Michael, Nnanna Henry Douglas. Simulation of a Process Unit for the Recovery of Light Ends from Natural Gas Mixture. Bioprocess Eng. 2022;6(2):27-33. doi: 10.11648/j.be.20220602.14

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Dagde Kekpugile Kenneth

Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Akpa Jackson Gonurubon

Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Adeloye Olalekan Michael

Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Nnanna Henry Douglas

Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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AU  - Adeloye Olalekan Michael
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