Membrane separation apparatus for fuel gas conditioning

摘要

Disclosed herein is a membrane separation apparatus that includes an integrated filter element and a membrane element housed within a single vessel. The vessel is configured to allow liquids to be trapped and removed from the vessel, and gases to flow to and through the membrane element. The apparatus is useful in the conditioning of fuel gas to separate methane from C2+ hydrocarbons.

主权项

1. A gas separation apparatus comprising,
A vessel housing at least the following components:
(i) a filter element,(ii) a membrane module containing a gas separation membrane selective between methane and other gases; the membrane module having a feed side and a permeate side wherein the vessel includes:
(i) a feed inlet in fluid communication with the filter element,(ii) at least one liquid outlet,(iii) means for allowing access to the filter element,(iv) means for extracting a residue stream from the feed side,(v) means for extracting a permeate stream from the permeate side,(vi) means for allowing access to the membrane module, and(vii) means for directing a filtered gas stream to the feed side.