Gas Conditioning and Processing - Special - G-5

The course has been designed to cover sweet gas processing and NGL recovery topics in a 5-day format using a commercial simulator to perform calculations. A basic working knowledge of the commercial process simulation package being used will provide the best opportunity to achieve the learning objectives of this course. Volumes 1 and 2 of the John M. Campbell text books, Gas Conditioning and Processing, are used as the basis for the material presented in this course. A comprehensive course exercise based on a typical gas processing facility which can be applied to either onshore or offshore facilities is used for this course. The problem is developed in stages, as the material is covered, using a commercial simulator package (typically Promax? or UNISIM?). At the completion of the course the participant will have developed a process simulation model that includes a dew point control process, a mechanical refrigeration process with economizers, hydrate inhibition using MEG, and NGL liquid product stabilization with recycle.

Engineers needing an intensive training in natural gas processing and associated liquids recovery processes with emphasis on the use and benefits of a simulation package. Those having a good understanding of basic sweet gas processing operations or who have attended the G-4 Gas Conditioning and Processing course will benefit most from this course.

You will Learn:

• To determine the water content and hydrate formation conditions for gas streams using both a commercial process simulator and hand calculation methods
• Techniques to inhibit hydrate formation including injection of equilibrium inhibitors such as methanol and MEG
• Preliminary design and evaluation of TEG dehydration processes using quick hand calculations
• Design of processes used to control the hydrocarbon dew point of sales gas streams by removing NGL's using mechanical refrigeration processes
• Various techniques to optimize mechanical refrigeration systems
• How to use the process simulator to evaluate the impact that pressure and temperature changes have on the sizing of process equipment and levels of NGL recovery
• How to use short-cut distillation calculations to provide input to rigorous distillation simulations in order to obtain consistent convergence
• Which thermodynamic property correlations are the best applications for various gas processing systems
• Limitations associated with commercial simulation packages and how the simulation results can be quickly checked for relative accuracy