TY  - CONF
AV  - none
N1  - cited By 8; Conference of 4th International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM 2016 ; Conference Date: 15 August 2016 Through 17 August 2016; Conference Code:131138
N2  - In this study, the potential of Joule Thompson cooling effect for natural gas dehydration was studied using numerical simulation method. Population balance model (PBM) was used to simulate the non-equilibrium water condensation process. Meanwhile, empirical nucleation model and diffusion growth model were taken under consideration in order to predict the onset of the water nucleation and the non-equilibrium mass transfer rate. The simulation condition was set at 78 of CO2content,feed pressure of 71 bar and temperature of 300 K. The Joule Thompson effect has been validated with the experimental data. The non-equilibrium results were then compared with the equilibrium results in order to investigate the pressure drop required for the water nucleation. Results showed that,alarge homogeneous nucleation of water occurred at the pressure drop larger than 30 bar. This has resulted in an extremely high condensation rate for the vapor in the natural gas under high pressure drop. Hence, the transition of non-equilibrium to equilibrium can be achieved within 5 milliseconds condensation time, indicating the possibility of Joule Thompson cooling effect in high efficient natural gas dehydration. © 2016 The Authors.
KW  - Carbon dioxide; Computer simulation; Condensation; Cooling; Dehydration; Drops; Gases; Mass transfer; Nucleation; Numerical methods; Numerical models; Pressure drop; Process engineering
KW  -  Diffusion growth models; Homogeneous nucleation; Joule-Thompson effect; Natural gas dehydration; Non equilibrium; Numerical simulation method; Population balance modeling; Water condensation
KW  -  Natural gas
SP  - 1096
ID  - scholars7413
TI  - Numerical Simulation for Dehydration of Natural Gas using Joule Thompson Cooling Effect
Y1  - 2016///
SN  - 18777058
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85014015051&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2016.06.600&partnerID=40&md5=97ec8cc632468e203e262dd817cbf97d
A1  - Tay, W.H.
A1  - Lau, K.K.
A1  - Shariff, A.M.
VL  - 148
EP  - 1103
ER  -