Parametric Studies of Carbon Dioxide Separation using Inline Separator: Effect of Concentration of Carbon Dioxide and Flow Rate of Mixed Gases

Inline separation technology has taken the heart of the oil and gas field operators due to the considerable weight, less space needed and also the most important thing is the cost savings that can be achieved. Most of the inline separation technology now can be a role in debottlenecking and also to replace the conventional method of separation in the meantime. The production of natural gas in the Malaysia gas wells is quite becoming challenging due to the increase of high CO2 gas field in the region. Inline Separator for absorption is a new breath of inline separation technology that built especially to handle the separation of carbon dioxide gaseous from natural gas employing the concept of ejector and physical absorption implemented in the design. This paper will basically study the performance of inline separator by focusing on the effect of feed concentration of carbon dioxide and the effect of feed flow rates of mixed gases (natural gas and carbon dioxide) towards the carbon dioxide absorption. The performance of inline separator is compared with the straight pipe performance to observe the CO2 absorbed pattern