Definition Problem

A separation scheme is operated at 20 bar and 313.15 K with a gas flowrate of 25 m3/s.
Table 1 lists the components of the gas stream after CO2 injection into the well, together with the
corresponding volume fraction of each component.

With these conditions, the critical temperature of the natural gas feed is 188.87 K and the
critical pressure, 67.08 bar (Huang & Guo, 1995). From here, the compressibility factor Z is
computed to be 1.0182 using correlations by Beggs and Brill (Fayazi, Arabloo, & Mohammadi,
2013). Because this value of Z only has a 1.80% difference from 1.00, the natural gas stream is
assumed an ideal gas mixture hereafter.

Using the ideal gas equation, the molar flowrate of the natural gas feed is 19203.6116
mol/s. The molar fraction is then taken to be equal to the volume fraction of each component
through Amagats law (Atkins & de Paula, 2006). Table 2 lists the molar flowrate of each
component.

In this project, three alternative schemes to produce different streams of a C1-rich fuel, a
recycle CO2 and H2S-free natural gas of C2+ hydrocarbons will be established. Carbon dioxide
reduces the gas heating value of natural gas and in concentrations of more than 2% or 3 % the
gas is unmarketable. Sulfuric acid is an extremely toxic gas that is also tremendously corrosive to
equipment (Metrohm, 2015). Sweetening processes remove these contaminants so that the gas is
marketable and suitable for transportation. Calculations are done under the assumption that each
operation has achieved steady state. The sets of key separation equipment for each scheme are to
be specified and accordingly described. Moreover, an approximate material balance, using data
from literature, is to be given for each stream. The pros and cons of each process scheme are also
to be discussed.

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