Temperature controlled adsorption process for recovering condensable components from a gas stream

A continuous process for separating hydrocarbons from a gas feedstream comprising methane and one or more of ethane, propane, butane, pentane, or heavier hydrocarbons, consisting of the steps of:

• (a) providing one or more adsorbent bed consisting of an adsorbent media selected from a porous cross-linked polymeric adsorbent, a pyrolized macroporous polymer, or mixtures thereof, wherein said adsorbent media adsorbs one or more of ethane, propane, butane, pentane, heavier hydrocarbons, and/or mixtures thereof,
• (b) passing the gas feedstream through the one or more adsorbent bed to provide a methane rich gas stream and a loaded adsorbent media,
• (c) recovering, transporting, liquefying, combusting, or flaring the methane rich gas stream,
• (d) using a heat to regenerate the loaded adsorbent media to produce a heated regenerated adsorbent media and a product gas comprising one or more desorbed ethane, propane, butane, pentane, heavier hydrocarbons, and/or mixtures thereof,
• (e) recovering, transporting, liquefying, re-injecting, excluding, by-passing, combusting, or flaring the one or more desorbed ethane, propane, butane, pentane, and/or heavier hydrocarbons individually and/or as mixtures,
• (f) cooling the heated regenerated adsorbent media in a cooling unit to form a cooled regenerated adsorbent media wherein the temperature for the cooled regenerated adsorbent media is equal to or greater than 10° F. cooler than the temperature of the heated regenerated adsorbent media prior to entering the cooling unit,
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• (g) introducing the cooled regenerated adsorbent media back into the adsorption bed for reuse.