US 20200072546A1

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( 19) United States
( 12 ) Patent Application Publication (10 ) Pub . No .: US 2020/0072546 A1
Thom et al. (43 ) Pub . Date : Mar. 5 , 2020
(54 ) GAS SUBCOOLED PROCESS CONVERSION Publication Classification
TO RECYCLE SPLIT VAPOR FOR (51) Int. Ci.
RECOVERY OF ETHANE AND PROPANE F25 ) 3/02 (2006.01 )
BOID 53/00 (2006.01)
(71) Applicant: UOP LLC , Des Plaines, IL (US) (52 ) U.S. CI.
( 72 ) Inventors : David M. Thom , Tulsa, OK (US ); CPC F25J 3/0209 (2013.01 ); B01D 53/002
Jeffrey R.Garrison , Jenks, OK (US) ; ( 2013.01); F25 2235/60 (2013.01 ); BOLD
David Farr, Tulsa , OK (US) 2257/708 (2013.01); BOID 2257/7025
( 2013.01 )
(21 ) Appl. No.: 16 /506,634 (57) ABSTRACT
A design is provided to convert a gas subcooled process
(22) Filed : Jul. 9 , 2019 plant to a recycle split vapor process for recovering ethane
and propane from natural gas. When in operation , the
Related U.S. Application Data recovery of ethane and propane can exceed 97 to 99 wt. %
of the stream being processed . A second smaller demetha
(60 ) Provisional application No.62 /725,851, filed on Aug. nizer column is added to the gas subcooled process plant as
31, 2018 . well as the addition of several cryogenic pumps .
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recycle splitvapor
GSP =
Gas Subcooled Process