Carboxylic acid salt removal during hydrate inhibitor recovery
AssigneeFjords Processing AS
InventorSalim Deshmukh
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Abstract
A method and system for precipitation and separation of carboxylic acid salts from a hydrate inhibitor solution is disclosed. The method comprises lowering the solubility of the carboxylic acid salts to force precipitation of carboxylic acid salts and separation of the precipitated carboxylic acid salts from the hydrate inhibitor solution.
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A method for precipitation and separation of carboxylic acid salts from a hydrate inhibitor fluid stream comprising lowering the solubility of the carboxylic acid salts to force precipitation of carboxylic acid salts and separation of the precipitated carboxylic acid salts by separation of the solid precipitated salts from the hydrate inhibitor solution, wherein the hydrate inhibitor comprises at least one glycol based inhibitor, and wherein the lowering of the solubility is performed by adding an antisolvent to the hydrate inhibitor fluid stream.
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