Simple Amine System V1.0
Simple Amine System V1.0
Simple Amine System V1.0
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An excellent design article - a must have for every student designing an amine system.
Max acid gas pickup, moles / mole amine 0.33 0.3 0.65 0.8 0.3
Acid gas in rich solution, moles / mole amine 0.43 0.4 0.75 0.9 0.4
Steam, reboiler heat flux, btu / h r/ sf 9,000 9,000 9,000 9,000 9,000
Reboiler heat duty, btu / usg lean amine solution 1,000 900 1,000 1,000 1,100
(high H2S / CO2 ratio gases may require additional heat)
TEA (HOC2H4)3N 148.19 1.124 0.7 230 @ 14.7 psia 1013 @ 68F
Sulfinol
7
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variable
9,000
7,500
260
N.A.
1,100
Pc Tc Therm Cond
psia deg F ?? btu/hr/ft^2 F/ft
868 662 0.148
355 957.7
Circulation Rate
The ratio of CO2 to H2S in the feedgas is of considerable importance in the selection of MDEA as the sweetening agent.
The more CO2 in relation to H2S, the more attractive economically itwill appear to remove only the H2S.
The original CO2 to H2S ratio for the Forestburg plant was 6:1 which was the initial indication that MDEA wasworth considering.
In addition, preliminary simulations indicated that 1/4 grain/100 SCFspecification with slightly less than 2% CO 2 in the outlet gas
was readily achievable.
When initially designing an MDEA facility, a first estimateof the circulation rate is required.
A good approximation is to calculate the amine raterequired to remove all the H2S and half of the CO2.
RD2 Calc'd
moles acid gas = 8,059.82 8,059.8
moles MEA = 7,936.96 7,950.1
ML = mol loading, moles acid gas / mole MEA= 1.015 1.014
Hence, for design, use a ML loading of 0.33 moles of acid gas per mole of 15% MEA
Note, the Design Case clear liquid residence time is 2.8 seconds.
No Trays 25
Total residence time = 69.1 sec
Rules of thumb for Amine stripper design for 15 wt% MEA.
NGPSA RD LHC#2
For the stripper reboiler, provide 1000 BTU per usg of lean solution circulated. 56.604 MM btu/hr 48.62142 MM btu/hr
Red Deer LHC#2 Reflux /Distillate = L / D = 0.75 for normal 1.5 for design