Trends in Supersonic Separator design development

Supersonic separator is a new technology with applications in hydrocarbon dew pointing and gas dehydration which can be used to condensate and separate water and heavy hydrocarbons from natural gas. Many researchers have studied the design, performance and efficiency, economic viability, and industr...

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Main Authors: Altam, R.A., Lemma, T.A., Jufar, S.R.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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spelling utp-eprints.199562018-04-22T14:27:30Z Trends in Supersonic Separator design development Altam, R.A. Lemma, T.A. Jufar, S.R. Supersonic separator is a new technology with applications in hydrocarbon dew pointing and gas dehydration which can be used to condensate and separate water and heavy hydrocarbons from natural gas. Many researchers have studied the design, performance and efficiency, economic viability, and industrial applications of these separators. The purpose of this paper is to succinctly review recent progress in the design and application of supersonic separators and their limitations. This review has found that while several aspects of this study are well studied, considerable gaps within the published literature still exists in the areas such as turndown flexibility which is a critical requirement to cater for variation of mass flow and since almost all the available designs have a fixed geometry and therefore cannot be considered suitable for variable mass flow rate, which is a common situation in actual site. Hence, the focus needs to be more on designing a flexible geometry that can maintain a high separation efficiency regardless of inlet conditions and mass flow variations. This review is focusing only on the design and application of the supersonic separators without going through the experimental facilities, industrial platform, pilot plants as well as theoretical, analytical, and numerical modelling. © The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017. EDP Sciences 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85033231232&doi=10.1051%2fmatecconf%2f201713103006&partnerID=40&md5=bd50477687cfd581f7903b2ac7589169 Altam, R.A. and Lemma, T.A. and Jufar, S.R. (2017) Trends in Supersonic Separator design development. MATEC Web of Conferences, 131 . http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19956/
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description Supersonic separator is a new technology with applications in hydrocarbon dew pointing and gas dehydration which can be used to condensate and separate water and heavy hydrocarbons from natural gas. Many researchers have studied the design, performance and efficiency, economic viability, and industrial applications of these separators. The purpose of this paper is to succinctly review recent progress in the design and application of supersonic separators and their limitations. This review has found that while several aspects of this study are well studied, considerable gaps within the published literature still exists in the areas such as turndown flexibility which is a critical requirement to cater for variation of mass flow and since almost all the available designs have a fixed geometry and therefore cannot be considered suitable for variable mass flow rate, which is a common situation in actual site. Hence, the focus needs to be more on designing a flexible geometry that can maintain a high separation efficiency regardless of inlet conditions and mass flow variations. This review is focusing only on the design and application of the supersonic separators without going through the experimental facilities, industrial platform, pilot plants as well as theoretical, analytical, and numerical modelling. © The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.
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author Altam, R.A.
Lemma, T.A.
Jufar, S.R.
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Jufar, S.R.
Trends in Supersonic Separator design development
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title Trends in Supersonic Separator design development
title_short Trends in Supersonic Separator design development
title_full Trends in Supersonic Separator design development
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