Glycol dehydrator emission control improved

For natural gas glycol dehydrators, evaporative cooling provides better emission control than conventional air-cooled or glycol-cooled condensation technologies. Recent developments in environmental regulations, including the upcoming Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards, have made...

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Published in:The Oil & gas journal 1995-02, Vol.93 (9), p.40-44
Main Authors: Fisher, Kevin S, Rueter, Curtis, Lyon, Mel, Gamez, Jorge
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
03 NATURAL GAS
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ALCOHOLS
Benzene
COMPILED DATA
Condensers
CONTROL
Cooling
COOLING TOWERS
DATA
DEHYDRATION
Electric rates
Emission standards
Emissions control
ENERGY SOURCES
Environmental monitoring
Environmental protection
Environmental regulations
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
Gas industry
GASES
GLYCOLS
Hazardous air pollutants
Heat exchangers
Hydrocarbons
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS RECOVERY
NATURAL GAS
Natural gas industry
NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS
NUMERICAL DATA
Oil and gas industry
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
Process engineering
PROCESSING
Q1
Refrigeration
Technological change
Temperature
Toluene
VAPOR CONDENSERS
VOCs
Volatile organic compounds
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING 030700 > Natural Gas-- Waste Management
Xylene
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Summary:For natural gas glycol dehydrators, evaporative cooling provides better emission control than conventional air-cooled or glycol-cooled condensation technologies. Recent developments in environmental regulations, including the upcoming Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards, have made emissions of benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTEX) from glycol dehydrators a major concern for the natural gas industry. This concern has led the gas industry to look for new ways to reduce and control hydrocarbon emissions from these systems. Gas Research Institute has sponsored the development of the R-BTEX process which uses evaporative cooling.
ISSN:0030-1388
1944-9151