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Reprinted from: January 2005 issue, pgs 43-46 sed with permission vy rocarbanProcessing com HYDROCARBON PROCESSING’ SPECIALREPORT GAS PROCESSING DEVELOPMENTS Improve energy recovery in gas processing plants using an HPT Utilizing this innovative technolagy can help realize substantial savings dM. WEIDMAN, Best M. OKLEJAS, Ings sures ch sain cont inane peng GD) pantie ths ii senate ton Thuis haves eon dba sh mpuctlunin he impact eiengy “kiana. Adonai napa sod supported ancl high. Many ofthese unies se disconnected at che clutch from the motor they were designed to hep. [An alternate to che traditional energy recovery carbine isan walie warbochargee charge integral tucbine driven pump called a hy. (HTC). les shafe is not connected to the bi pump and is alle ro operate at non-synchronous speeds, making ic possible For single-stage high-efficiency design. Because the unic ns an integral pump section, the charge pump, motor and can be substantially downstzed. Thus h pres supporting electical syste its capital savings ean offset some or all of its costs. Such a unit vas installed at an amine GP plant owned by Duke Energy and located in Bishop, Texas. The hydraulic rrbocharger (a modified HTC rated for GP service and called an HTP) is used 0 the waste energy in che amine-tich scream as itis depressurized fiom the contactor column, a Doe ees igan, K, STIDHAM, ( Houston, T Reverse osmosis desalination plants. The HI has been Used in over fificen hundred installations in the reverse osmenis (RO) desalination industry: Ina RO plane, membranes are use to sp salts from a se water feed stream at high-presure, typically around 800-1,200 psi A portion, abour 30-50%, is produced as posable \warerat near atmospheric pressure, while 50-70% of the feed stan is ejected by the membranes ac approximately 25-50 psi below the high-pressure pump is discharged ar G80 ps where ic enters the pump end of the HTC (Fg. 2). The pump impeller in he FITC farther raises the pressure an additional 320 psi ro 1,000 psi atthe membrane. The high-pressure brine about 975 psi is depressurined in the HTC turbine section, Mechanical energy produced by the eurbine is eransmiticd 0 the parp impeller By a common shaft. Thus, the waste steam hydraulic pressure energy is converted te feed stream hydraulic pressure energy through two steps of hydraulicimechanical energy The process is similar to using a reverse running pump eurbine co unload a feed pump motor drive, However, there food pressure, Feed water from a mowor-driven are important differences and advantages for the turbocharger in comparison to mechanical drive carbines. efficiency. The HTC is economical even at small enpaci flow). High speed operation up to 40,000 rpm dras cally ealuces power-robbing werted surfices;a 100 gpm unie wih a rotor diameter of 1.875 in will display pump and turbine eficien cies in che 70-80% range at 2,000 fe differential head drop on the turbine end and 1,000 ft head ese on che pump end Hay pressce feed too tuto 500 ae 00 WDROCASON PROCISSNG JANUARY 2005 SPECIALREPORT Bydralc urbpeharget Rarer Sareea sete pty Erte unger ngeatae Zita atovon ‘townose Sra octet 2 Catonze ein aod mandating ers J ossussszes 1 iow Fae 30m soe So EN TN Reliability. With no shafe seals, the roter is completely con= tained in the casing, Product lubricated ceramic bearings result in 50,000+ hour bearing life, Easy to operate and conteal. A secondary, valve controlled, turbine nozzle provides sariable pressure and flow ¢o the turbine ac near constant efi Motor driven high-pressure pump. Thisis dovinsized because the HTC contains its own highly eficient pump, and the feed pump pressure requirements are teduced by 45659 or more in GP applications chusallowing single stage centrifugal pump usage in many instances. This would be accomplished by reducing the number of stages in other applications and lowering stresses and improving, positive displacement pump reliability and longevity HPT in gas processing. For GP plant, the HPT placemencin the process stream is illustrated in Fig. 3. The lean amine from the high-pressure charge pump is emitted to che HPT pump section ressure is boosted for contractor aalmission. The amine, absorbed various impurities in the gi stream, collects in the contactor colimn bottom, which sich in amine. Ichen ences the LHD, where eis depressuried for further processing chrough che Aas tank and reboiler, liquid level contro vale i placed between where havi GAS PROCESSING DEVELOPMENTS eve contol ate From igh [gti] the contactor and qurbine side inlet eo aid in level conerol HPT features. The following properties ae major components ‘© No mechanical seals or packing + Product lubricated beating, ¢ Imminigy co changes in vemperavares ‘© No expensive dry seals needed/no shaft penetrations ‘Flexible insallation *# Low noise * Simall fooeprine «* Customized design and manufacturing (Fig 4), Calculating boost pressure. To apply HPT 10 any process system requires che turbocharger boosc pressure to be known. The boost pressuse isthe diferential pressure developed by the purnp section of che turbo. Once this is known forall pocential sytem ‘operacing regimes the high-pressute charge pump differential head canbe determined, ey The following formula is used to calculate boost pressure: Praga = Nx (QTIQP) x Pag where: N ="Tarbocharger hydraulic wansfer efficiency = ruebine end efficiency x pump end efficiency QP turbine low QP= pump flow Pag tasbine differential pressure For example: A 2,000 gpm capacity amine GP plant that has a 1,200 psig contactor presse andl 50 psig ash tank pressure. Since Q7= QP or nexty so, ther Pre = 721 1150 psig = 828 psig The value for Nis taken from the PEI hykaulic transfer eficiney chart (Fig 5), Once the boost pressure is known, then the charge pump differential prssureisealy caleulated by subtracting Pan and ‘chatge pump inlet pressure from the contactor pressure nto valve and thrust besrng filtration system, Pump differential pressure = 1200 psig ~ 828 psig 25 psig = 347 psig Note thac a single stage pump would now be selected for the charge pump and that pump power is reduced from about 1,671 hp toabour 505 hp. HPT startup and control. Unlike an RO plat, where HTC startup occurs automatically and near instantaneously when stat ing the high-pressure pump, GP applications For HPT require additional consideations and equipment. In RO, the entire loop i incompressible liquid at essentially equ and eelatvely low-pressure (30-50 psi) when the high pressure pump isstared. The HTC tur- bocharger comes up to sped nearly instantaneously as the system is pressurized by che high-pressure Feed pump. However, in GP, the rich ard lan streams are somewhat indepen

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