TY  - DATA
AU  - Esteban,Alejandro
AU  - Hernandez,Vicente
AU  - Lunsford,Kevin M.
AU  - Hernandez,Vicente
AU  - Lunsford,Kevin M.
ED  - Bryan Research & Engineering
ED  - Bryan Research & Engineering
TI  - Exploit the benefits of methanol
KW  - Tratamiento de gas natural
KW  - Tratamiento de gas con glicoles
KW  - Deshidratación
KW  - Glicoles
KW  - Alcoholes
KW  - Hidratos en gas natural
N1  - Artículo publicado en la página web de Bryan Research & Engineering(http://www.bre.com) donde se pueden consultar otros artículos sobre temas relacionados. ; Página web visitada en enero de 2004. ; Navegadores de Internet
N2  - Methanol is probably one of the most versatile solvents in the natural gas processing industry. Historically, methanol was the first commercial organic physical solvent and has been used for hydrate inhibition, dehydration, gas sweetening and liquids recovery. Most of these applications involve low temperature where methanol’s physical properties are advantageous compared with other solvents which exhibit high viscosity problems or even solids formation. Operation at low temperatures tends to suppress methanol’s most significant disadvantage, high solvent loss. Methanol has been extensively used as a hydrate inhibitor for conditions where the Hammerschmidt equation is applicable. Outside this range, predicting methanol’s behavior is more complicated than the empirical correlations that are provided in industrial standard data books. In fact, the thermodynamic properties and phase equilibrium of mixtures of methanol, water and hydrocarbons are notoriously difficult to predict. Methanol shows both polar and non-polar characteristics. Consequently, these characteristics give methanol the unique ability to be used in an extensive range of applications. This paper will review some of these diverse applications: hydrate inhibition, gas dehydration, sweetening and liquids recovery
UR  - http://www.bre.com/technicalpapers/technicalpaper.asp?articlenumber=15
ER  -