Abstract:
In order to meet the desulfur requirement for high sour natural gas, a highly effective solvent XDS was developed based on the analysis of desulfur mechanism. For natural gas with high sulfur content, especially organosulfur, solvent XDS showed excellent desulfur performance. The optimal desulfur conditions were obtained and the desulfur performance of solvent XDS was compared with that of solvent MDEA. The results indicate that the contents of H2S and total sulfur were 4 mg/m3 and 20.2 mg/m3, and φ(CO2)<0.1% in purified gas when the adsorption was carried out with the optimal XDS mass fraction of 41%, Vg/Vl of 131 and temperature of 16 ℃. The quality of purified natural gas meets the first-class standard. Both solvent XDS and MDEA have excellent adsorption peformance for H2S and CO2, while for natural gas with high content mercaptans and COS, the solvent XDS shows better removing efficiency compared with MDEA.