Gas Processing Journal

Reactor Rearrangement of an Industrial Ethylbenzene Production Unit

Hossein Soltanalizadeh Maleki; Alireza Behroozsarand; Kamran Ghasemzadeh

Volume 6, Issue 2 , October 2018, , Pages 61-74

https://doi.org/10.22108/gpj.2019.113339.1042

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In this paper, an industrial ethylbenzene production unit and two new reactor arrangements have been simulated and the results were compared. In most petrochemical plants, ethylene ... Read More

Plant-wide Simulation of an Integrated Zero-Emission Process to ‎Convert Flare Gas to Gasoline

Mostafa Jafari; Sadaf Ashtab; Alireza Behroozsarand; Kamran Ghasemzadeh; David A Wood

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22108/gpj.2018.111048.1028

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The Gas to Gasoline (GTG) process includes conversion of natural, flare, and associated gas into synthetic fuels that can be compositionally upgraded and adjusted into different useful ... Read More The Gas to Gasoline (GTG) process includes conversion of natural, flare, and associated gas into synthetic fuels that can be compositionally upgraded and adjusted into different useful hydrocarbon fuels including gasoline, liquid petroleum gas (LPG), and fuel gas. Commonly, the GTG process involves three stages: 1) Synthesis gas (syngas) production unit 2) Methanol production unit 3) Methanol to Gasoline production unit (MTG). In this study, an integrated Flare Gas to Gasoline (FGTG) process for converting flare gas to gasoline, LPG and fuel gas is simulated using the Aspen HYSYS v. 8.8 simulator. The steam methane reforming (SMR) unit, the syngas to methanol unit, and the MTG unit are configured for simulation as an integrated FGTG process. In order to reduce carbon dioxide gas emissions to the atmosphere, a novel closed arrangement for the FGTG process (recycling configuration) is described and simulated. The simulation results demonstrate that by recycling all gas emissions, such as flare and off gas from the methanol and MTG units back into the process cycle, gasoline and LPG productivity can be increased on average by about 53% and 10%, respectively, compared to a base FGTG configuration that does not involve such recycling. The integrated simulation is supported by sensitivity analysis based on FGTG plants of various natural gas capacities (from 70,000 to 130,000 lb./hr.) as the adjustable (independent) variable and gasoline, LPG, and fuel gas selectivity as the dependent variables. Results of the simulation cases reveal that the total productivity of the integrated FGTG process could be increased in terms of flare gas mass flow, with the selectivity of products remaining approximately fixed for different plant capacities (i.e., at 75% for the gasoline product). Moreover, the utilities and energy consumption of the FGTG process is compared for several sensitivity cases. The results reveal that by increasing the capacity of the gas feed (natural gas mass flow) the Energy Index (i.e., total utilities consumption to product flow rate) decreased by about 8% and 47% in the base and recycling configurations, respectively. This finding suggests that an FGTG plant becomes more energy efficient at in higher-capacity plants.

Separation of Carbon Dioxide from Natural Gas by Matrimid-Based Mixed Matrix Membranes

Akbar Samadi; Amir Hosein Navarchian

Volume 4, Issue 2 , August 2016, , Pages 1-18

https://doi.org/10.22108/gpj.2017.102840.1009

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Spherical MgO nanoparticles and Flake-like clay minerals modified with polyaniline (PAni) are applied in Matrimid in order to fabricate mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) having improved ... Read More

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Reactor Rearrangement of an Industrial Ethylbenzene Production Unit

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Plant-wide Simulation of an Integrated Zero-Emission Process to ‎Convert Flare Gas to Gasoline

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Separation of Carbon Dioxide from Natural Gas by Matrimid-Based Mixed Matrix Membranes

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