Acidic gas separation device and acidic gas separation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11458435-B2
Application number	US-201817251134-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2018
Priority date	Jun 18, 2018
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

An acidic gas separation device includes: a first separation device which has an inorganic separation membrane and is configured to separate a gaseous hydrocarbon fluid containing an acidic gas into a first gaseous fluid having a large acidic gas content and a second gaseous fluid having a smaller acidic gas content than the first gaseous fluid by the inorganic separation membrane; and a second separation device which has an organic polymer separation membrane and is configured to separate the second gaseous fluid into a third gaseous fluid having a large acidic gas content and a fourth gaseous fluid having a smaller acidic gas content than the third gaseous fluid by the organic polymer separation membrane.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An acidic gas separation device comprising:
a separator which is configured to separate a gas phase component containing a plurality of hydrocarbons having different boiling points from an oil field production fluid;
a first condenser which is configured to condense heavy hydrocarbons having a molecular weight equal to or larger than pentane included in the gas phase component to separate the heavy hydrocarbons from the gas phase component;
an inorganic separation membrane which is configured to separate the gas phase component from which the heavy hydrocarbons are separated by the first condenser into a first gaseous fluid and a second gaseous fluid of which an acidic gas content is smaller than that of the first gaseous fluid; and
an organic polymer separation membrane which is configured to separate the second gaseous fluid separated from the first gaseous fluid by the inorganic separation membrane into a third gaseous fluid and a fourth gaseous fluid of which an acidic gas content is smaller than that of the third gaseous fluid.

2. The acidic gas separation device according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic separation membrane is a ceramic separation membrane.

3. An acidic gas separation method comprising:
a first separation step of separating a gas phase component containing a plurality of hydrocarbons having different boiling points from an oil field production fluid;
a second separation step of separating heavy hydrocarbons having a molecular weight equal to or larger than pentane from the gas phase component by condensing the heavy hydrocarbons included in the gas phase component;
a third separation step of separating the gas phase component from which the heavy hydrocarbons are separated in the second separation step into a first gaseous fluid and a second gaseous fluid of which an acidic gas content is smaller than that of the first gaseous fluid by an inorganic separation membrane; and
a fourth separation step of separating the second gaseous fluid into a third gaseous fluid and a fourth gaseous fluid of which an acidic gas content is smaller than that of the third gaseous fluid by an organic polymer separation membrane.

4. The acidic gas separation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first compressor which is configured to pressurize the gas phase component separated from the oil field production fluid by the separator,
wherein the first condenser cools the gas phase component pressurized by the first compressor.

5. The acidic gas separation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second condenser which is configured to condense heavy hydrocarbons having a molecular weight equal to or larger than pentane included in the second gaseous fluid separated from the first gaseous fluid by the inorganic separation membrane to separate the heavy hydrocarbons from the gas phase component,
wherein the organic polymer separation membrane separates the second gaseous fluid from which the heavy hydrocarbons are separated by the second condenser into the third gaseous fluid and the fourth gaseous fluid.

6. The acidic gas separation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second compressor configured to which is configured to pressurize the third gaseous fluid, wherein the third gaseous fluid pressurized by the second compressor is fed to the inorganic separation membrane.

7. An acidic gas separation device further comprising:
a heater which is configured to heat a gas field production fluid;
an inorganic separation membrane which is configured to separate the gas field production fluid heated by the heater into a first gaseous fluid and a second gaseous fluid of which an acidic gas content is smaller than that of the first gaseous fluid;
a second condenser which is configured to condense heavy hydrocarbons having a molecular weight equal to or larger than pentane included in the second gaseous fluid to separate the heavy hydrocarbons from the second gaseous fluid; and
an organic polymer separation membrane which is configured to separate the second gaseous fluid from which the heavy hydrocarbons are separated by the second condenser into a third gaseous fluid and a fourth gaseous fluid of which an acidic gas content is smaller than that of the third gaseous fluid.

8. The acidic gas separation device according to claim 7 , wherein the inorganic separation membrane is a ceramic separation membrane.

9. The acidic gas separation device according to claim 7 , further comprising a heat exchanger configured to exchange for heat between the gas field production fluid before introduced to the heater and the second gaseous fluid separated from the first gaseous fluid by the inorganic separation membrane to heat the gas field production fluid.

10. The acidic gas separation device according to claim 7 , further comprising a second compressor configured to which is configured to pressurize the third gaseous fluid, wherein the third gaseous fluid pressurized by the second compressor is fed to the inorganic separation membrane.

11. The acidic gas separation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first compressor which is configured to pressurize the gas field production fluid which is before introduced to the heater, wherein the heater heats the gas field production fluid pressurized by the first compressor.

12. The acidic gas separation method according to claim 3 , wherein the acidic gas content of the second gaseous fluid separated from the first gaseous fluid by the inorganic separation membrane is smaller than 20%.

Assignees

• Japan Oil Gas & Metals Jogmec

Inventors

• Mashiko Yoshinori
• Morita Minoru
• Kawase Takeo
• Kunishi Yosuke

Classifications

• B01D2257/304

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  of acid contaminants · CPC title

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  with hollow fibres · CPC title

• B01D2313/24

  Specific pressurizing or depressurizing means · CPC title