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Mr. Lance Hays, Principal
Investigator,
Mr. Lance Hays, Business
Official,
DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-03ER83847
Amount:
$748,683
Many
remote gas resources (including offshore and subsea) are presently not produced
because of the high cost and complexity of the processing equipment needed to
lower the dew point, separate liquids, and supply compression so that the gas
can be transported to a point of use. This
project will develop a compact device to condense and separate the natural gas
liquids from water and re-pressurize the resulting dry gas so that it can be
transported through a pipeline to the point of use.
The device will have no moving parts and will utilize centrifugal forces
in the flow. In Phase I, an integral
separator was analyzed and designed for both a subsea resource and an offshore
resource, provided by a major oil and gas company. A
compact unit with no moving parts was designed, which satisfied the producer
requirements for dew point, water removal, and pipeline pressure of the dry gas.
The use of a seed liquid to maximize
liquids production and separation was analyzed and found to be feasible.
Phase II will develop a commercial prototype integral separator, which
will be tested in a natural gas testing facility and demonstrated in a
commercial gas production facility.
Commercial
Applications and Other Benefits as described by awardee:
Commercial applications should include offshore gas production, subsea
gas production, and the production of stranded assets that were previously
uneconomic to produce.