IP Library Granted Patent US 8,690,992
Granted Patent B2
US 8,690,992 · App. 13/847,148 · Granted Apr 8, 2014

Low pressure stripping in a gas purification process and systems thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,690,992
App. No.
13/847,148
Granted
Apr 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Processes for operating an ammonia stripper at a low pressure in a gas purification system include providing a first side-draw stream from the ammonia stripper; heating the first side-draw stream with a second side-draw stream from a regenerator; providing a stripper offgas stream from the ammonia stripper to a stripper overhead condenser; and utilizing the stripper offgas stream as a heat source for a regenerating system fluidly coupled to the stripper overhead condenser. Also disclosed are systems for implementing the processes.

Claims (12)

1. A process for operating an ammonia stripper in a gas purification system, the process comprising:

providing a first side-draw stream from the ammonia stripper;

providing a condensate from a reboiler fluidly coupled to a regenerator;

heating the first side-draw stream with the condensate in a side-reboiler fluidly coupled to the reboiler and the ammonia stripper;

compressing a stripper offgas stream from the ammonia stripper;

providing the compressed stripper offgas stream to a stripper overhead condenser; and

utilizing the compressed stripper offgas stream as a heat source for a regenerating system fluidly coupled to the stripper overhead condenser.

2. The process of claim 1 , further comprising heating a rich absorbent solution from an absorber with a portion of the condensate.

3. The process of claim 1 , wherein utilizing the stripper offgas stream as the heat source comprises exchanging heat from the stripper offgas stream with a second side-draw stream from a bottom portion of the ammonia stripper.

4. The process of claim 3 , wherein the second side-draw stream is partially vaporized in the stripper overhead condenser.

5. The process of claim 1 , wherein utilizing the stripper offgas stream as the heat source comprises exchanging heat from the stripper offgas stream with a slip stream of rich absorbent solution from an absorber.

6. The process of claim 5 , further comprising providing the heated slip stream to the regenerator.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
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