The invention provides systems and methods for separating ethane and heavier hydrocarbons from a natural gas stream. In aspects of the invention, an adsorption unit is integrated with a cryogenic gas processing plant in order to overcome methane recovery limitations by sending the tail gas from the adsorption unit to the cryogenic gas processing plant to recover methane that would otherwise be lost.
申请公布号
EP2554637(A2)
申请公布日期
2013.02.06
申请号
EP20120005598
申请日期
2012.08.01
申请人
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
发明人
PALAMARA, JOHN EUGENE;HUFTON, JEFFREY RAYMOND;GOLDEN, TIMOTHY CHRISTOPHER;PLOEGER, JASON MICHAEL