Course Objectives

To determine the water content of produced natural gas

• The problems and dangers of hydrate formation
• Effective methods of hydrate inhibition
• Principles and operational elements of TEG gas dehydration
• Principles and operational elements of Mole Sieve gas dehydration

COURSE CONTENT

• Types of dehydration processes: absorption, adsorption and condensation
• Water vapor content of gaseous hydrocarbons
• Hydrates and hydrate inhibition
• Dewpoint depression
• Mass transfer operations: absorption and stripping, trays vs. packing
• TEG equipment: gas scrubbers, glycol contactors, flash tank, filters, lean/rich heat exchanger, regenerator, stripping gas
• Operating procedures and problems for TEG systems: startup and shutdown, normal operations, glycol losses, corrosion, troubleshooting
• Care of the TEG solution
• Mole sieve gas dehydration
• Adsorbers and desiccants
• Mass transfer zone
• Regeneration system
• Operation and adsorbent life
• Mole Seive operating problems and troubleshooting