What are the benefits from mass transfer rate-based simulation?
07.01.2011
| Weiland, R. H., Optimized Gas Treating, Inc., Houston, Texas; Hatcher, N. A., Optimized Gas Treating, Inc., Houston, Texas
Models are highly detailed and predictive
Keywords:
[amines]
[acid gases]
[treating]
Alkanolamines have been successfully used for 80 years for sweetening hydrocarbon products. Despite the longevity and track record of amine treating as a process, it is common to find that calculation methods rely heavily on rules-of-thumb and the now-antiquated approximation of ideal or theoretical stages. The advent 30 years ago of high-speed, desktop computing power makes this approach not just severely limiting, but also unnecessary.
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