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Liu B, Zhang M, Tao Y, Cui Z, Tian W. Research on Oil and Gas Adsorption Optimization Based on CFD Modeling and Process Simulation. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:29805-29819. [PMID: 39005799 PMCID: PMC11238286 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c03136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2024] [Revised: 05/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
Abstract
In the process of oil extraction and refining, some of the liquid light hydrocarbon components will inevitably evaporate into the atmosphere, causing serious air pollution and safety hazards. This paper is focused on oil and gas adsorption systems to comprehensively optimize key parameters by combining computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling with process simulation, enabling the efficient treatment of hazardous materials. First, a CFD model of the hydrocarbon adsorption process is established to the porous media model by a user-defined function (UDF). Subsequently, the mass transfer process of oil and gas in porous media is successfully simulated to obtain the gas distribution in an industrial fixed bed adsorption tower. The adsorption tank is intensified, and the gas distribution in the tank is improved by optimizing the height-to-diameter ratio of the equipment and the design of the intake distributor. Third, the cyclic two-tank adsorption model of the pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process is established for key parameters optimization. Finally, the operating parameters and conditions of the PSA process are suspected by considering five factors affecting the adsorption efficiency: adsorption time, adsorption pressure, adsorption temperature, feed flow rate, and purge ratio of the washing step.
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- Bin Liu
- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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Chen Y, Ahn H. Optimization Strategy for Enhancing the Product Recovery of a Pressure Swing Adsorption through Pressure Equalization or Co-current Depressurization: A Case Study of Recovering Hydrogen from Methane. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c04654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/15/2023]
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- Yan Chen
- Institute for Materials and Processes, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, U.K
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- Institute for Materials and Processes, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, U.K
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Dr. Shivaji Sircar: the Air Products years (1973–2001). ADSORPTION 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-021-00300-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hu G, Zhao Q, Tao L, Xiao P, Webley PA, Li KG. Enrichment of low grade CH4 from N2/CH4 mixtures using vacuum swing adsorption with activated carbon. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.116152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Effect of intermittent purge on O2 production with rapid pressure swing adsorption technology. ADSORPTION 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-020-00284-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sircar S. A practical perspective of fluid (gas or liquid) - Solid adsorption equilibrium. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.115749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sircar S. Uniqueness of Gibbsian Surface Excess. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shivaji Sircar
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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Sircar S. The genius of Gibbsian surface excess (GSE) framework for fluid (gas or liquid) – Solid adsorption: A powerful practical tool. Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.11.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- Shivaji Sircar
- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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Relvas F, Whitley RD, Silva C, Mendes A. Single-Stage Pressure Swing Adsorption for Producing Fuel Cell Grade Hydrogen. Ind Eng Chem Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b05410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Frederico Relvas
- LEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195, United States
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- CICECO, Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- LEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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Sun W, Shen Y, Zhang D, Yang H, Ma H. A Systematic Simulation and Proposed Optimization of the Pressure Swing Adsorption Process for N2/CH4 Separation under External Disturbances. Ind Eng Chem Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Weina Sun
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and
Engineering, School of Chemical
Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and
Engineering, School of Chemical
Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and
Engineering, School of Chemical
Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and
Engineering, School of Chemical
Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School
of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Agueda VI, Delgado JA, Uguina MA, Brea P, Spjelkavik AI, Blom R, Grande C. Adsorption and diffusion of H 2 , N 2 , CO, CH 4 and CO 2 in UTSA-16 metal-organic framework extrudates. Chem Eng Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Hydrogen recovery from off-gases with nitrogen-rich impurity by pressure swing adsorption using CaX and 5A zeolites. ADSORPTION 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-015-9654-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Abstract
Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) is a well-established gas separation technique in air separation, gas drying, and hydrogen purification separation. Recently, PSA technology has been applied in other areas like methane purification from natural and biogas and has a tremendous potential to expand its utilization. It is known that the adsorbent material employed in a PSA process is extremely important in defining its properties, but it has also been demonstrated that process engineering can improve the performance of PSA units significantly. This paper aims to provide an overview of the fundamentals of PSA process while focusing specifically on different innovative engineering approaches that contributed to continuous improvement of PSA performance.
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- Carlos A. Grande
- Department of Process Chemistry, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, P.O. Box 124, Blindern, 0314 Oslo, Norway
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Adsorption dynamics and effects of carbon to zeolite ratio of layered beds for multicomponent gas adsorption. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-010-0399-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Design aspects of the cyclic hybrid adsorbent-membrane reactor (HAMR) system for hydrogen production. Chem Eng Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nikolić D, Kikkinides ES, Georgiadis MC. Optimization of Multibed Pressure Swing Adsorption Processes. Ind Eng Chem Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1021/ie801357a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dragan Nikolić
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Sialvera & Bakola Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece, and Department of Engineering Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Western Macedonia, Karamanli & Lygeris Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Sialvera & Bakola Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece, and Department of Engineering Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Western Macedonia, Karamanli & Lygeris Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Sialvera & Bakola Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece, and Department of Engineering Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Western Macedonia, Karamanli & Lygeris Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece
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Ebner AD, Ritter JA. State-of-the-art Adsorption and Membrane Separation Processes for Carbon Dioxide Production from Carbon Dioxide Emitting Industries. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/01496390902733314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yang SI, Park JY, Choi DK, Kim SH. Effects of the Residence Time in Four-Bed Pressure Swing Adsorption Process. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/01496390902729122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nikolic D, Giovanoglou A, Georgiadis MC, Kikkinides ES. Generic Modeling Framework for Gas Separations Using Multibed Pressure Swing Adsorption Processes. Ind Eng Chem Res 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ie0712582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Dragan Nikolic
- Department of Engineering and Management of Energy Resources, University of Western Macedonia, Sialvera & Bakola Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece, Thermi Business Incubator, Process Systems Enterprise Ltd, 9th Km Thessaloniki-Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Engineering and Management of Energy Resources, University of Western Macedonia, Sialvera & Bakola Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece, Thermi Business Incubator, Process Systems Enterprise Ltd, 9th Km Thessaloniki-Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Engineering and Management of Energy Resources, University of Western Macedonia, Sialvera & Bakola Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece, Thermi Business Incubator, Process Systems Enterprise Ltd, 9th Km Thessaloniki-Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Engineering and Management of Energy Resources, University of Western Macedonia, Sialvera & Bakola Str., 50100 Kozani, Greece, Thermi Business Incubator, Process Systems Enterprise Ltd, 9th Km Thessaloniki-Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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Glover TG, LeVan MD. Sensitivity analysis of adsorption bed behavior: Examination of pulse inputs and layered-bed optimization. Chem Eng Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Experimental studies of a hybrid adsorbent-membrane reactor (HAMR) system for hydrogen production. Chem Eng Sci 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ritter JA, Ebner AD. State‐of‐the‐Art Adsorption and Membrane Separation Processes for Hydrogen Production in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industries. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/01496390701242194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Jee JG, Park MK, Yoo HK, Lee K, Lee CH. ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF AIR ON ZEOLITE 5A, 10X, AND 13X FIXED BEDS. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2007. [DOI: 10.1081/ss-120014437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Shivaji Sircar
- School of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
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Zelenko VL, Kheifets LI. Conditions of thermodynamic consistency of binary adsorption isotherms. DOKLADY PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s10634-005-0008-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Biegler LT, Jiang L, Fox VG. Recent Advances in Simulation and Optimal Design of Pressure Swing Adsorption Systems. SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION REVIEWS 2005. [DOI: 10.1081/spm-120039562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Jiang L, Fox VG, Biegler LT. Simulation and optimal design of multiple-bed pressure swing adsorption systems. AIChE J 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.10223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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