Proceedings of the 3rd International Gas Processing Symposium: Qatar, March 2012 (Volume 3) (Advances in Gas Processing, Volume 3)

Natural gas continues to be the fuel of choice for power generation and feedstock for a range of petrochemical industries. This trend is driven by environmental, economic and supply considerations with a balance clearly tilting in favor of natural gas as both fuel and feedstock. Despite the recent global economic uncertainty, the oil and gas industry is expected to continue its growth globally, especially in emerging economies. The expansion in LNG capacity beyond 2011 and 2012 coupled with recently launched and on-stream GTL plants poses real technological and environmental challenges. These important developments coupled with a global concern on green house gas emissions provide a fresh impetus to engage in new and more focused research activities aimed at mitigating or resolving the challenges facing the industry.Academic researchers and plant engineers in the gas processing industry will benefit from the state of the art papers published in this collection that cover natural gas utilization, sustainability and excellence in gas processing.* Provides state-of-the-art contributions in the area of gas processing * Covers solutions to technical and environmental problems * Input from academia and industry Content: Front matter , Pages i-iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Page xi International Technical Committee Members (Reviewers) , Page xiii Exercising the Option of CO2 Slippage to Mitigate Acid Gas Flaring During SRU Expansion Bellow Failure , Pages 1-6 , Jaber Shafah Flare Reduction Options and Simulation for the Qatari Oil and Gas Industry , Pages 7-14 , Noora AlGhanim, Majeda Khraisheh, Farid Benyahia Review of Cooling Water Discharge Simulation Models , Pages 15-22 , Johannes Lawen, Georg Fieg, Huaming Yu, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab Combining post-combustion CO 2 capture with CO 2 utilization , Pages 23-29 , J. Jahn, W.A.P. van den Bos, L.J.P. van den Broeke, F. Benyahia Step Change Adsorbents and Processes for CO 2 Capture “STEPCAP , Pages 30-37 , Trevor C. Drage, Colin E. Snape, Lee A. Stevens, Joseph Wood, Jiawei Wang, Andrew I. Cooper, Robert Dawson, Xiao Guo Exceptional CO 2 capture via polymeric materials , Pages 38-41 , Hasmukh A. Patel, Ferdi Karadas, Ali Canlier, Erhan Deniz, Cafer T. Yavuz, Mert Atilhan Absorption of Carbon Dioxide into Piperazine Activated Diethanolamine Solutions , Pages 42-49 , Abdelbaki Benamor, Aifahani Baharun, Umi Zaleha M. Noor, Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua, Abdelwahab Aroussi Cleaner Production Opportunities for Natural-Gas-Liquids Operations That Implement BATs Within an Environmental Management Framework , Pages 50-57 , Farayi Musharavati Flaring Reduction and Emissions Minimization at Q-Chem , Pages 58-63 , Ahmad M. Homssi Kinetics of CO 2 Absorption Into Aqueous Blends of Diethanolamine and Methyldiethanolamine , Pages 64-70 , Abdelbaki Benamor, Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua, Abdelwahab Aroussi Environmental life cycle impact assessment of Gas-to-Liquid processes , Pages 71-77 , Aiduan Li Borrion, Majeda Khraisheh, Farid Benyahia High Pressure and High Temperature CO 2 Adsorption on Hydrotalcite Derivatives , Pages 78-81 , Ferdi Karadas, Mert Atilhan Solar to Fuel: Overview and Applications of CO 2 Conversion to Fuel , Pages 82-89 , Elitsa Dzhongova, Junwang Tang, Majeda Khraisheh CO 2 Adsorption Studies on Hydroxy Metal Carbonates at High Pressures , Pages 90-93 , Ferdi Karadas, Santiago Aparicio, Cafer T. Yavuz, Mert Atilhan The Carbon Footprint of Ammonia Process – Case Study on Utilization of Natural Gas & Environmental Sustainability , Pages 94-101 , Shaden Mohammad H. Daghash Advanced Water Treatment Technologies for Produced Water , Pages 102-109 , Raul Dores, Altaf Hussain, Mary Katebah, Samer Adham CO 2 Adsorption Experiments on Porous Cynometallates , Pages 110-113 , Hesan El-Faki, Ferdi Karadas, Mert Atilhan Predictive correlations of K G a v for CO 2 absorption into reactive solvents , Pages 114-117 , Zhiwu Liang, Kaiyun Fu, Teerawat Sema, Huancong Shi, Abdulaziz Naami, Raphael Idem, Paitoon Tontiwatchwuthikul Scenario for world energy transformation in XXI century: natural gas dominated , Pages 118-124 , Vladimir G. Kutcherov Improved Kent-Eisenberg models for predicting H 2 S and CO 2 solubilities in aqueous TEA solutions , Pages 125-132 , Wael A. Fouad, Abdallah S. Berrouk, Cornelis J. Peters Applications of Ionic Liquids in Gas Processing , Pages 133-138 , Shieling Ng, Mert Atilhan, Ferdi Karadas, Johan Jacquemin, Jillian Thompson, David Rooney, Majeda Khraisheh Enabling Innovation in Gas Processing , Pages 139-148 , Martin Madera, Kees Smit, Theo Bodewes Flawless Startup and Flawless Manufacturing: A Leadership Journey to achieve Production Integrity , Pages 149-156 , Richard Gort, Roel Cornelisse, Peter Westerink Pearl GTL: Multi Purpose Dynamic Simulator (MPDS), an integrated simulation tool to support design and Flawless Start-Up , Pages 157-164 , Peter J. de Kok, Rob R.M. Overtoom Membrane Contactors for High Pressure Regeneration of Absorption Liquids used for Acid Gas Removal , Pages 165-169 , J. Jahn, W.A.P. van den Bos, A. Lysenko, A. Trusov, A. Volkov, L.J.P. van den Broeke Brazed Aluminium Heat Exchangers – (BAHX) Surveillance – Analysis – Mitigation , Pages 170-182 , Augustine Francis Improved Stage/Casing/Flange Combinations for Centrifugal Compressors , Pages 183-190 , Marco Giachi, Roberto Biagi, Fulvio Bellobuono, Franco Sarri, Shanmugam Venkatachalam Ravi, Ramalingam Vidyasagar Exergoeconomic Evaluation of Desalinated Water Production in Pipeline Gas Station , Pages 191-198 , M.H. Khoshgoftar Manesh, S. Khamis Abadi, H. Ghalami, M. Amidpour Energy modeling for policy analysis , Pages 199-208 , Shaligram Pokharel, Aalieh A. Ahmade, Fajr A. Al-Ansari, Hana Al Allaf, Mina S. Daneshvar, Ahmed M. AbdelQadir Cost reduction of the NGL plant by integrating different heat pump systems , Pages 209-215 , Zeinab Hamidzadeh, Sourena Sattari, Hamidreza zanjani Accuracy of alert systems to detect environmental disasters based on remote sensing satellite observations , Pages 216-221 , Cristina Flesia, Abdelwahab Aroussi Non Destructive Testing on LNG tanks using Laser Doppler Vibrometry , Pages 222-230 , Abdelkrim Chelghoum Compressor Aerodynamic Design for LNG Applications , Pages 231-240 , Nidal Ghizawi, Antonio Pelagotti, Angelo Grimaldi, Denis Guenard, Marco Giachi Electric Drives for LNG Plants , Pages 241-248 , Lazhar Ben-Brahim, Mohieddine Benammar, Teruo Yoshino, Hiromi Hosoda, Ryoichi Kurosawa, Yara Fayyad Improved Performance of Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing for Long Range Inspection of Pipelines using Multi-Channel Systems , Pages 249-256 , Lei Zhang, Peter Mudge, Abbes Amira, Wamadeva Balachandran Assessment of Mercury Exposure Risk in Eight Gas Processing Plants in the GCC Region , Pages 257-265 , James H. “Vic” Vickery Jr., Robert Brunette Improving Accuracy of PR Equation of State for Predicting Gas Condensate Density by a New Volume Translated Model , Pages 266-273 , Milad Nazarzadeh, Mahmood Moshfeghian Influence of Impact Angle and Velocity on Erosion of AISI 1018 Steel Under Jet Impingement , Pages 274-279 , Md. Aminul Islam, Zoheir N. Farhat, Elsadig Mahdi Ahmed Simulating Natural Gas Plumes Resulting from LNG Tanker Spills in Sea and Atmosphere , Pages 280-287 , Johannes Lawen, Tejas Bhatelia, Georg Fieg, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab Quick Estimation of Absorption of Aromatics Compounds (BTEX) in TEG Dehydration Process , Pages 288-294 , Mahmood Moshfeghian, Robert A. Hubbard Techno-Economic Evaluation of Using Different Air Inlet Cooling Systems in Gas Compressor Station , Pages 295-302 , V. Mazhari, S. Khamis Abadi, H. Ghalami, M.H. Khoshgoftar Manesh, M. Amidpour Computer-Aided Approach for Design of Tailor-Made Blended Products , Pages 303-310 , Nor Alafiza Yunus, Krist V. Gernaey, John M. Woodley, Rafiqul Gani Surface damage caused by erosion-enhanced pitting corrosion of API-X52 steel used as oil and gas transportation pipeline material , Pages 311-318 , Abdul Rauf, Elsadig Mahdi Molecular Modeling of Gas Treatment Processes with Emphasis to GTL Process , Pages 319-325 , Zoi A. Makrodimitri, Ioannis G. Economou, Dominik J.M. Unruh Retrofit of distillation columns in gas separation plants , Pages 326-333 , Zeinab Hamidzadeh, Reza Salehi On-line Monitoring of Gas Turbines to Improve Their Availability, Reliability, and Performance Using Both Process and Vibration Data , Pages 334-343 , Osama Ashour, Abdurrahman Khalidi, Ever Fadlun, Nicola Giannini, Marco Pieri, Alberto Ceccherini The AP-X ® Process: Design Innovation in Large Scale Gas Liquefaction , Pages 344-351 , Robin Pearsall, William P. Schmidt QAPCO creates new business opportunities by recovering waste hydrocarbon streams , Pages 352-357 , Saleh Mohd Al-Halaki Options for Excess Gas from LNG Operations and Facilities: Perspectives and Prospects Based on a Case Study of an LNG Plant , Pages 358-365 , Farayi Musharavati Hydrates in High MEG Concentration Systems , Pages 366-373 , Antonin Chapoy, Bahman Tohidi Hydrate formation prediction during discharge of trapped natural gas in a network. Case study: Tehran city gas network , Pages 374-381 , V. Esfahanian, S.M. Alavi, K. Ashrafi, S. Ghader, M. Ashjaee, A. Razmjoo, M. Samadian Improving the reliability of hydrate prevention techniques , Pages 382-390 , Jinhai Yang, Antonin Chapoy, Saeid Mazloum, Bahman Tohidi Determination of Field Chemicals: Corrosion Inhibitor (CI) and Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitor (KHI) in Produced Water , Pages 391-398 , Işık Rıza Türkmen, Nabin Upadhyay, Samir Gharfeh, Samer Adham Developing a hydrate early detection system , Pages 399-406 , Saeid Mazloum, Antonin Chapoy, Jinhai Yang, Bahman Tohidi The Role of Computational Multiphase Flow Modelling in Flow Assurance and Gas Processing , Pages 407-416 , Djamel Lakehal Index , Pages 417-419 Natural gas continues to be the fuel of choice for power generation and feedstock for a range of petrochemical industries. This trend is driven by environmental, economic and supply considerations with a balance clearly tilting in favor of natural gas as both fuel and feedstock. Despite the recent global economic uncertainty, the oil and gas industry is expected to continue its growth globally, especially in emerging economies. The expansion in LNG capacity beyond 2011 and 2012 coupled with recently launched and on-stream GTL plants poses real technological and environmental challenges. These important developments coupled with a global concern on green house gas emissions provide a fresh impetus to engage in new and more focused research activities aimed at mitigating or resolving the challenges facing the industry.
Academic researchers and plant engineers in the gas processing industry will benefit from the state of the art papers published in this collection that cover natural gas utilization, sustainability and excellence in gas processing.

• Provides state-of-the-art contributions in the area of gas processing
• Covers solutions to technical and environmental problems
• Input from academia and industry