Mercury removal

Why mercury?
Mercury is present in many natural gas streams. While mercury levels can vary greatly Even low levels of mercury need to be removed to avoid damage to cryogenic aluminum heat exchangers And other plant equipment

 Two types of mercury removal materials: 1) non-regenerative sorbents With non-regenerative types of mercury sorbents, the process fluid flows through the sorbent bed for a number of years, after which the sorbent is replaced.

 1.Elemental sulfur dispersed within a porous carrier such as activated carbon granules or pellets 2. Metal sulfide or mixed sulfides dispersed within a solid carrier such as activated carbon or alumina 3. Halide-impregnated activated carbon particles

 2) Regenerative adsorbents Regenerative mercury removal is usually practiced simultaneously with another regenerative adsorption application such as drying. By replacing some of the drying adsorbent with a dual function.water and mercury removal adsorbent, both water and mercury are removed in the dehydrator

HgSIV Adsorbents

HELIUM RECOVERY
Recovery of helium from natural gas requires refinement of the low concentrations into high-purity helium (99.995%). However, the gas plant may produce only a raw helium stream that contains a roughly equimolar mixture of helium and nitrogen.

 Processing schemes were cryogenic and involved cooling and condensing the natural gas and then recovering the helium by distillation as a crude product that was about 65 to 80% helium. The crude helium was then stored or further refined in a series of low temperature separations, followed by a final adsorption step on activated charcoal to produce the high-purity product.