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    NGL Fractionation

    Train
    Recovery of natural-gas liquids (NGL) from NG is usually done to:
    1. Produce transportable gas (free from heavier H.C.s which may condense
    in the pipeline)

    2. Meet a sales gas specification.

    3. Maximize liquid recovery (when liquid products are more valuable than
    the gas itself).

    NGL fractionation plant consists of 3 distillation columns: de-methanizer,


    de-ethanizer & de-propanizer.

    The de-methanizer bottom product is pumped to the de-ethanizer tower using a


    pump with outlet pressure as 2790 kPa. While the bottom product of the de-
    ethanizer plant expanded to 1690 kPa before it enters the last tower. The de-
    methanizer has a side heater whose heating duty = 2.1×106 kJ/hr.

    The feed to the de-methanizer feed is:


    Stream 1 2
    T (°C) -95 -85
    P (kPa) 2275 2290
    Flow rate (kmol/hr) 1590 215
    Composition (mole fraction)
    N2 0.0025 0.0057
    CO2 0.0048 0.0029
    C1 0.7041 0.7227
    C2 0.1921 0.1176
    C3 0.0706 0.0750
    i-C4 0.0112 0.0204
    n-C4 0.0085 0.0197
    i-C5 0.0036 0.0147
    n-C5 0.0020 0.0102
    n-C6 0.0003 0.0037
    n-C7 0.0002 0.0047
    n-C8 0.0001 0.0027

    1) De-Methanizer

    • No reflux to the tower.

    • 2 feed streams are fed to the tower; the 1st is fed to the top plate while the
    2nd is fed to the next plate.

    • Number of stages = 10.

    • Top stage pressure = 2275 kPa.

    • Bottom stage pressure = 2310 kPa.

    • Take the approximate T of the top = - 80 °C & for the bottom = 27 °C.

    • The overhead product rate = 1338 kmol/hr.

    2) De-Ethanizer

    • Tower is working under partial reflux.


    • Feed stream is fed to the tower at the 6th plate from the top.

    • Number of stages = 14.

    • Top stage pressure = 2760 kPa.

    • Bottom stage pressure = 2795 kPa.

    • The approximate T of the condenser = - 4°C & for the reboiler = 95 °C.

    • Condenser pressure = 2725 kPa.

    • Condenser ΔP = 35 kPa.

    • Reboiler pressure = 2792 kPa.

    • Reflux ratio = 2.5 (molar basis).

    • The overhead vapor rate = 320 kmol/hr.

    • No distillate from the tower.

    3) De-Propanizer

    • Tower is working under total reflux.

    • Feed stream is fed to the tower at the 11th plate from the top.

    • Number of stages = 24.

    • Top stage pressure = 1620 kPa.

    • Bottom stage pressure = 1655 kPa.

    • The approximate T of the condenser = 38°C & for the reboiler = 120 °C.

    • Condenser pressure = 1585 kPa.

    • Condenser ΔP = 35 kPa.

    • Reboiler pressure = 1655 kPa.

    • Reflux ratio = 1 (mole basis).

    • Distillate rate = 110 kmol/hr.

    Determine:
     The mole fraction of methane in the de-methanizer overhead.
    0.9528
     The molar flow rates of ethane & propane in the bottom product of the de-
    ethanizer.
    Ethane= 0.41424 kmol/hr
    Propane= 89.223 kmol/hr
     The mole fraction of propane in the de-propanizer overhead & bottom
    product.
    In the overhead product = 0.81069
    In the bottom product = 0.001274

    Modify your model to meet the following specs:


    • The mole fraction of C1 in the top product of the de-methanizer = 96%

    • C2/C3 ratio in the bottom product of the de-ethanizer= 0.01.

    • For the de-propanizer, i-C4 & n-C4 in the top product = 0.015.while C3 in
    the bottom product = 0.02.

    Determine:
     The flow rate (kmol/hr) of the overhead product for the de-methanizer.
    1328 kmol/hr
     The flow rate (kmol/hr)of the overhead vapor product for the de-ethanizer.

    302.4 kmol/hr

     The flow rate (kmol/hr) of the distillate & the bottom product for the de-
    propanizer.

    Distillate rate= 117.8 kmol/hr

    Bottom product rate= 56.81 kmol/hr

    Hints:
    Use Peng-Robinson as a fluid package.
    Use a refluxed absorber to simulate the de-methanizer.
    An energy stream is fed to the de-methanizer to represent the tower side heater.

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