Gas dehydration composition and process to reduce solvent losses

A process to reduce glycol loss in a gas dehydration unit comprising a dehydration column, wherein the dehydration column is positioned vertically and has a wet gas inlet at the bottom of the column and a dry gas outlet at the top of the column, said column comprising:

• (i) a contact zone in an absorption section of the column having two or more bubble trays, wherein there is an upper most and a lower most bubble tray,
• (ii) a demister located between the upper most bubble tray and the gas outlet, and
• (iii) a gas dehydration composition which enters the column above the upper most bubble tray and below the demister, and exits the column below the lower most bubble tray, said gas dehydration composition comprising at least 50 weight percent of a glycol, said process comprising the steps of:
• (A) contacting a wet gas counter-currently in the contact zone of the dehydration column with a lean gas dehydration composition to form a dry gas and a water rich dehydration composition and
• (B) having the dry gas pass through the demister prior to exiting the dehydration column'
• wherein the gas dehydration composition is modified to increase the droplet size of the dehydration solvent entrained in the dry gas entering the demister by controlling one or more liquid properties of the gas dehydration composition, which property is selected from the group consisting of viscosity, surface tension, density and combinations thereof;
• and
• wherein the droplet size of the gas dehydration composition is increased by the addition of a modifier selected from the group consisting of glycerine, diglycerine, triglycerine, erythritol, pentaerythritol, trimethylolmethane, or mixtures thereof, and where the modifier is added in an amount such that the gas dehydration composition comprises at least 25 weight percent of the modifier.