When using the technology of condensate stabilization by degassing, the choice of the number of stages depends on the content of low-boiling hydrocarbons in the condensate: the higher it is, the greater the number of stages required. Typically, this technology of the stabilization process is used in fields with a low condensate factor.
When using the condensate stabilization technology, the rectification method (most often carried out in 2 or 3 columns) makes it possible, in addition to stabilization gases and stable condensate, to obtain a propane-butane fraction (or propane and butane). In modern plants, a combination of separation and rectification processes is usually used, which makes it possible to increase the technological flexibility of the process and reduce energy costs.
Design features
The unit is mounted on an open site or can be a complete prefabricated unit, tested and adjusted to operating parameters. USK is a set of blocks of maximum prefabrication, supplied by rail, road and other modes of transport. The composition and execution of each specific installation is determined based on the requirements of the Customer.
Advantages
- Reliability
- Column feed heat exchanger with stainless steel tubes.
- Automatic flame and fuel gas control system.
- Efficiency
- Operating range 10 - 100% (when using valve discs).
- Possibility of automatic regulation of irrigation flow.
Possible options
- unit-modular design
- Technological frames of standard transport dimensions
- The possibility of placing the contactor column on a single skid with a regenerator
- Possibility to choose between pneumatic and electric drive of the main control elements
Part of the equipment
The completeness of the installation depends on the method of gas condensate stabilization used. The main equipment includes:
- shell-and-tube heat exchangers;
- absorption-stripping columns (ASC);
- furnace heating equipment;
- capacitive separation equipment.
The basic technological scheme of the gas condensate stabilization plant with 2-stage degassing includes:
- chokes;
- capacitive separation equipment of the 1st and 2nd stages of degassing;
- commodity capacity.
The basic technological scheme of the gas condensate stabilization plant using 2 distillation columns includes condensate degassing in the separator and separation of the separated liquid from the separator into two streams, using:
- capacitive separation equipment;
- heat exchanger;
- absorption stripping column (ASC);
- furnace heating equipment;
- stabilizer;
- refrigerator condenser.
The basic technological scheme of the condensate stabilization unit with the supply of stripping gas includes:
- capacitive separation equipment;
- recuperative heat exchangers;
- absorption stripping column (ASC);
- furnace heating equipment;
- stabilizer;
- refrigerator condenser.