Cryogenic system for removing acid gases from a hydrocarbon gas stream, and method of removing acid gases
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F25J-003/00
F25J-003/02
C10L-003/10
B01D-053/00
B01D-053/04
출원번호
US-0255219
(2010-01-22)
등록번호
US-9423174
(2016-08-23)
국제출원번호
PCT/US2010/021785
(2010-01-22)
§371/§102 date
20110907
(20110907)
국제공개번호
WO2010/123598
(2010-10-28)
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/ 주소
Northrop, Paul Scott
Kelley, Bruce T
Mart, Charles J
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ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
대리인 / 주소
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company—Law Department
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A system for removing acid gases from a raw gas stream the system includes a cryogenic distillation tower. The tower receives and separates the raw gas stream into an overhead methane stream and a bottom liquefied acid gas stream. Refrigeration equipment downstream of the cryogenic distillation towe
A system for removing acid gases from a raw gas stream the system includes a cryogenic distillation tower. The tower receives and separates the raw gas stream into an overhead methane stream and a bottom liquefied acid gas stream. Refrigeration equipment downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower cools the overhead methane stream and returns a portion of the overhead methane stream to the cryogenic distillation tower as liquid reflux. The system also may include a first molecular sieve bed upstream of the distillation tower and a second molecular sieve bed downstream of the distillation tower. The first molecular sieve bed adsorbs water while the second molecular sieve bed adsorbs additional acid gases from the cooled overhead methane stream.
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1. A system for removing acid gases from a raw gas stream, comprising: a distillation tower for receiving and then separating the raw gas stream into an overhead methane stream and a bottom liquefied acid gas stream;a first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the distillation tower for at least partiall
1. A system for removing acid gases from a raw gas stream, comprising: a distillation tower for receiving and then separating the raw gas stream into an overhead methane stream and a bottom liquefied acid gas stream;a first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the distillation tower for at least partially removing a first contaminant from the raw gas stream; anda second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the distillation tower for adsorbing a least some of a second contaminant from the cooled overhead methane stream, wherein the second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the distillation tower is a regenerated solid adsorbent bed configured for service as the first solid absorbent bed upstream of the distillation tower when saturated with the second contaminant,wherein the distillation tower is a cryogenic distillation tower, the system further comprising:refrigeration equipment downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower for cooling the overhead methane stream and returning a portion of the overhead methane stream to the cryogenic distillation tower as liquid reflux;wherein the refrigeration equipment generates liquid reflux in a sufficient quantity to remove acid gases from the raw gas stream within the cryogenic distillation tower down to a first selected composition, and delivers the overhead methane stream to the second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower to remove the remaining acid gases down to a second selected composition. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein: the second contaminant is carbon dioxide;the quantity of the generated liquid reflux is sufficient to remove carbon dioxide from the raw gas stream down to the first composition of about 1 to 4 mol. percent; andthe second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the distillation tower removes additional carbon dioxide from the overhead methane stream down to the second composition of about 0.2 to 3.0 mol. percent. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the second contaminant is carbon dioxide, and wherein the second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower removes carbon dioxide from the overhead methane stream down to a composition less than about 100 ppm. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the second contaminant is carbon dioxide, and wherein the second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower removes carbon dioxide from the overhead methane stream down to a composition less than about 50 ppm. 5. The system of claim 2, wherein the second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower is a molecular sieve bed. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein: the second contaminant is hydrogen sulfide; andthe molecular sieve bed of the second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower removes hydrogen sulfide from the overhead methane stream down to a composition less than about 10 ppm. 7. The system of claim 6, wherein the second contaminant is hydrogen sulfide, and wherein the molecular sieve bed of the second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower removes hydrogen sulfide from the overhead methane stream down to a composition less than about 4 ppm. 8. The system of claim 5, wherein: the first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower is a molecular sieve bed; andthe system further comprises at least one additional solid adsorbent bed in reserve, wherein the at least one additional solid adsorbent bed in reserve is also a molecular sieve bed. 9. The system of claim 2, further comprising: one or more vessels downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower for further separating carbon dioxide from methane using either ionic liquids, physical solvents, or chemical solvents. 10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a control system for controlling cycle times of the first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the distillation tower. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first contaminant is water, and wherein the control system comprises: a measurement device for measuring the composition of water in the raw gas stream upstream of the first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the distillation tower; anda flow meter for measuring the rate of flow of the raw gas stream into the first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the distillation tower. 12. The system of claim 10, wherein the first contaminant is water, and wherein the control system comprises: a measurement device for measuring the composition of water of the effluent of the first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the distillation tower; andthe control system is configured to shut off the flow of fluids through the first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the distillation tower when the measurement device senses a predetermined level of water. 13. The system of claim 1, wherein the second contaminant is carbon dioxide, and wherein: a quantity of the generated liquid reflux is sufficient to remove carbon dioxide from the raw gas stream down to a first composition that meets a pipeline specification; andthe second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower removes carbon dioxide from the overhead methane stream down to the second selected acid gas composition that meets an LNG specification. 14. The system of claim 1, wherein the refrigeration equipment comprises an open loop refrigeration system. 15. The system of claim 1, wherein the refrigeration equipment comprises a closed loop refrigeration system. 16. The system of claim 1, wherein: the raw gas stream further comprises nitrogen; andthe system further comprises a third solid adsorbent bed downstream of the distillation tower for adsorbing at least some nitrogen from the cooled overhead methane stream. 17. A method for removing acid gases from a raw gas stream, comprising: providing a cryogenic distillation tower, the tower having a lower distillation zone and an intermediate controlled freezing zone that receives a cold liquid spray comprised primarily of methane;receiving the raw gas stream into the cryogenic distillation tower;separating the raw gas stream in the cryogenic distillation tower into an overhead methane stream and a bottom acid gas stream;passing the overhead methane stream through a refrigeration system downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower, the refrigeration system cooling the overhead methane stream;returning a first portion of the cooled overhead methane stream to the cryogenic distillation tower as liquid reflux to serve as the cold liquid spray;passing a second portion of the cooled overhead methane stream through a first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower so as to remove additional acid gases comprising a first contaminant and to generate a polished gas stream;producing, with the refrigeration system, the liquid reflux at a sufficient quantity as to remove acid gases from the raw gas stream within the cryogenic distillation tower down to a first selected composition, and delivering the overhead methane stream to the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower to remove additional acid gases down to a second selected composition;at least partially dehydrating the raw gas stream by passing the raw gas stream through a second solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower to remove a second contaminant, wherein the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower and the second solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower are each molecular sieve beds; andsaturating the second solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower with adsorbed water and replacing the second solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower with the molecular sieve bed of the first solid adsorbent bed that has become saturated with acid gas through use as the second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower, wherein saturating the second solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower with adsorbed water at least partially displaces acid gas components from the second solid adsorbent bed that were adsorbed while the second solid adsorbent bed was in service downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein: the acid gases comprise carbon dioxide; generating the quantity of liquid reflux is sufficient to remove carbon dioxide from the raw gas stream down to a first composition of about 1 to 4 mol. percent; andremoving additional carbon dioxide from the overhead methane stream down to a second composition of about 0.2 to 3.0 mol. percent in the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower. 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising: providing one or more vessels downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower for further separating carbon dioxide from methane using either ionic liquids, physical solvents, or chemical solvents. 20. The method of claim 18, wherein: the acid gases further comprise hydrogen sulfide; andremoving hydrogen sulfide from the overhead methane stream down to a composition less than about 10 ppm in the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein: the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower is a molecular sieve bed; andremoving hydrogen sulfide from the overhead methane stream down to a composition less than about 4 ppm in the molecular sieve bed of the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower. 22. The method of claim 17, wherein: generating the quantity of liquid reflux is sufficient to remove carbon dioxide from the raw gas stream down to the first composition that meets a pipeline specification; andremoving carbon dioxide from the overhead methane stream down to the second selected composition that meets an LNG specification in the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the pipeline specification requires a carbon dioxide content that is less than about 3.0 mol. percent. 24. The method of claim 22, wherein the LNG specification requires a carbon dioxide content that is less than about 50 ppm. 25. The method of claim 22, removing carbon dioxide from the overhead methane stream down to a composition less than about 100 ppm in the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower. 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower is a molecular sieve bed. 27. A method for removing acid gases from a raw gas stream, comprising: providing a cryogenic distillation tower, the tower having a lower distillation zone and an intermediate controlled freezing zone that receives a cold liquid spray comprised primarily of methane;receiving the raw gas stream into the cryogenic distillation tower; separating the raw gas stream in the cryogenic distillation tower into an overhead methane stream and a bottom acid gas stream;passing the overhead methane stream through a refrigeration system downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower, the refrigeration system cooling the overhead methane stream;returning a first portion of the cooled overhead methane stream to the cryogenic distillation tower as liquid reflux to serve as the cold liquid spray;passing a second portion of the cooled overhead methane stream through a first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower so as to remove additional acid gases and to generate a polished gas stream;producing, in the refrigeration system, liquid reflux at a sufficient quantity as to remove acid gases from the raw gas stream within the cryogenic distillation tower down to a first selected composition, and delivering the overhead methane stream to the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower to remove additional acid gases down to a second selected composition, wherein;the acid gases comprises a first contaminant,the first contaminant is carbon dioxide,generating the quantity of the liquid reflux is sufficient to remove carbon dioxide from the raw gas stream down to a first composition of about 1 to 4 mol. percent, andremoving additional carbon dioxide from the overhead methane stream down to a second composition of about 0.2 to 3.0 mol. percent in the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower;at least partially dehydrating the raw gas stream by passing the raw gas stream through a second solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower and removing a second contaminant, wherein the second contaminant is water;replacing the second solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower with a molecular sieve bed that has become saturated with acid gas through use as the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower; andat least partially displacing acid gas components from the first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower by saturating the first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower with adsorbed water. 28. The method of claim 27, further comprising: regenerating the molecular sieve bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower after the molecular sieve bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower becomes substantially saturated with water. 29. The method of claim 28, wherein regenerating the molecular sieve bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower uses either thermal swing adsorption or pressure swing adsorption. 30. The method of claim 28, further comprising: replacing the molecular sieve bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower when the molecular sieve bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower becomes substantially saturated with carbon dioxide with a regenerated molecular sieve bed previously in service for dehydration upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower. 31. A method for removing acid gases from a raw gas stream, further comprising: providing a cryogenic distillation tower, the tower having a lower distillation zone and an intermediate controlled freezing zone that receives a cold liquid spray comprised primarily of methane;receiving the raw gas stream into the cryogenic distillation tower;separating the raw gas stream in the cryogenic distillation tower into an overhead methane stream and a bottom acid gas stream;passing the overhead methane stream through a refrigeration system downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower, the refrigeration system cooling the overhead methane stream;returning a first portion of the cooled overhead methane stream to the cryogenic distillation tower as liquid reflux to serve as the cold liquid spray;passing a second portion of the cooled overhead methane stream through a first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower so as to remove additional acid gases and to generate a polished gas stream;producing, with the refrigeration system, liquid reflux at a sufficient quantity as to remove acid gases from the raw gas stream within the cryogenic distillation tower down to a first selected composition, and delivering the overhead methane stream to the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower to remove additional acid gases down to a second selected composition, whereinthe acid gases comprise a first contaminant;the first contaminant is carbon dioxide,generating the quantity of the liquid reflux is sufficient to remove carbon dioxide from the raw gas stream down to a first composition of about 1 to 4 mol. percent, andremoving additional carbon dioxide from the overhead methane stream down to a second composition of about 0.2 to 3.0 mol. percent in the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower;injecting at least a portion of the bottom acid gas stream into a subsurface formation through at least one acid gas injection well;at least partially dehydrating the raw gas stream by passing the raw gas stream through a second solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower and removing a second contaminant, wherein the second contaminant is water, and wherein the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower is a molecular sieve bend and the second solid adsorbent bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower is a molecular sieve bed; andsaturating the molecular sieve bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower with adsorbed water and replacing the molecular sieve bed upstream of the cryogenic distillation tower with the molecular sieve bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower that has become saturated with acid gas through use as the first solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower.
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