Petroleum Science >2009, Issue 4: 438-444 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-009-0067-z
Evaluation of gas-liquid separation performance of natural gas filters Open Access
文章信息
作者:Baisong Li, Zhongli Ji, Xue Yang
作者单位:
School of Mechanical and Electronic EngineeringChina University of Petroleum, Beijing, China
投稿时间:2008-10-22
引用方式:Li, B., Ji, Z. & Yang, X. Pet. Sci. (2009) 6: 438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-009-0067-z
文章摘要
Fibrous filters are often used to remove contaminants including both dusts and liquid droplets from natural gas. This paper aims to evaluate the gas-liquid separation performance of three types of cartridge filters used in the West-East natural gas transmission project. The comparison of the original pressure drop of clean filters and the evolution of pressure drop as liquid droplets deposited in the filter media are described. The original pressure drops of these filters were similar but the pressure drops at a steady state were different. Fractional efficiency was used to study the separation performance of cartridge filters. Droplets at the outlet of the filters had small diameters, no more than 3 µm, but were very numerous. The effect of filtration velocity on gas-liquid separation performance was analyzed. Higher filtration velocity indicated better gas-liquid separation performance. Finally the quality factor related to pressure drop and filtration efficiency was applied to evaluate the gas-liquid separation performance.
关键词
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Filtration natural gas, gas-liquid separation, fractional efficiency, pressure drop