METHODS OF PREVENTING FOAM IN DEVICES FOR CLEANING GAS FROM NORMIC COMPONENTS

Abstract

The choice of the technology of purification of natural gas and condensate depends on the contained acidic components. The absorption methods are the most widely used industrial techniques, where alkanolamines are used as absorbents. One of the major problems associated with the use of ethanolamine is increased foaming of the working solution, resulting in the disruption of the process and overrunning of the reagent. The main ways of solving this problem is to use defoaming reagents and purify the active amine solution from the accumulated impurities by filtration. It is proposed to use reagents of brand "Penta" as defoamers, their effective concentrations are determined. The possibility of applying the nanomaterial "Tekhnosorb 1" in the process of purification of the amine solution from the impurities, which will improve the filtration efficiency, is studied.