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US 6,267,560 B1Granted
Wet gas compression method with evaporation of the liquid
AssigneeInstitut Francais du Petrole
InventorYves Charron
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Abstract
A wet gas compression device combining the following stages: a separation stage providing a gas phase and a liquid phase; a conversion stage for converting a gas phrase and a liquid phase; a conversion stage for converting the liquid phase provided by the separation stage to a vapor phase by heat exchange; a compression stage for compressing the gases from the separation stage and the conversion stage and for providing a portion of gas for use in the heat exchange of the compression stage.
Claims6
A method designed for compression of a wet gas, comprising the following steps:
- (a) separating said wet gas into a stream mainly comprising a gas phase and a stream mainly comprising a liquid phase;
- (b) carrying out heat exchange of said stream mainly comprising said liquid phase from step (a) to convert said liquid phase a vapour phase;
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- (c) compressing said stream mainly comprising said gas phase from step (a) and said vapour phase from step (b).
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