Presented at GasTech Centre of Technical Excellence 23 March 2011
Dmitry Simonov, Sulzer ChemTech
Rapid development in the gas industry during recent years means that designers and manufacturers of gas/liquid separators face an increasing challenge to meet performance requirements. Existing generic, industry standard design methods for gas/liquid separators often do not meet these new requirements, particularly in the large new gas fields which are located in the Arctic regions.
Production and transportation of large gas volumes in severe climatic conditions require the application of state-of-the-art, compact, high efficiency equipment, and is particularly important on offshore platforms. Considering gas production processes it is evident that low temperature separation units are applied more and more instead of conventional glycol dehydration units. Efficiency of separation equipment will have a significant influence on operational stability as well as the costs of gas production and subsequent transport to market from the North.
This paper shows industrial experience of Sulzer Chemtech in solving different separation problems in Russia. Results of tests on some new separation devices will be presented including some at high pressure conditions in a natural gas system.
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