Natural Gas Processing – Dehydration, Refrigeration, and Fractionation

Natural Gas Processing – Dehydration, Refrigeration, and Fractionation

INTRODUCTION

This five-days course is designed to familiarize technical professionals with the design and operation of several common gas plant processing blocks. This course will be spent on dehydration systems used in typical field gathering and plant facilities, including a review of options available. Also will focus on mechanical propane refrigeration systems typically used in Hydrocarbon Dew Point and NGL Recovery systems, including a review of design and performance enhancements. And will focus on tower operations and troubleshooting used in absorption and fractionation services, with optimization and key performance indicators discussed for each tower in each application.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The course is aimed at engineers, technologists and operators involved in the operation and optimization of gas processing facilities.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Water Content of Natural Gas
• Hydrate Formation, Prevention and Handling
• Options for Dehydration
• Glycol Dehydrator Sizing
• Troubleshooting and System Optimization
• Refrigeration Circuit Basic Design/Operation
• Capacity Control
• Power-Reducing Modifications
• Troubleshooting H/C Dew Point Control Problems
• Gas Expander – Propane Refrigerant Comparison
• Absorption and Fractionation Tower Design
• Tower Internals
• Capacity Control and Issues
• Turn-Up and Turn-Down Problems