To understand the Process of dehydration and hydrate inhibition and its methods, troubleshooting, evaluating the performance of solid desiccant dehydrators and specialized dehydration processes.

Introduction To Hydrate Inhibition And Dehydration:

• Appropriate methods of dehydration or hydrate inhibition.
• Problems related to water in process streams associated with natural gas processing and compressed air facilities.
• Methods and equipment used to measure the water content of natural gas streams.
• Calculating the saturated water content of hydrocarbon gases and liquids.
• Determining the hydrate-formation temperature of sweet and sour gas streams.

Hydrate Inhibition Methods:

• Temperature control methods and equipment used to inhibit hydrate formation in a natural gas stream.
• Calculating methanol injection rate required to inhibit hydrate formation in a natural gas stream.
• Calculating glycol injection rate required to inhibit hydrate formation in a natural gas stream.
• Procedures and Resources for Calculating Methanol Injection Rate Required to Inhibit Hydrate Formation in a Natural Gas Stream.
• Procedures and Resources for Calculating Glycol Injection Rate Required to Inhibit Hydrate Formation in a Natural Gas Stream.

Troubleshooting Glycol Dehydration Systems:

• Describing the glycol dehydration process.
• Determining appropriate glycol types and lean glycol concentrations for the dehydration of natural gas streams.
• Calculating the required diameters of inlet scrubbers.
• Determining glycol circulation and water removal rates.
• Determining the required size of contactor columns.
• Calculating the heat load on a reboiler.
• Determining the required size of a flash drum separator.
• Determining the required size of a stripping column.
• Recommending actions to correct faulty glycol dehydration systems.

Evaluating The Performance of Solid Desiccant Dehydrators:

• Determining an appropriate solid desiccant type for a dehydration system.
• Process flow and the function of the major components of solid desiccant dehydrators.
• Effects of key process variables on the operation of a solid desiccant dehydrator.
• Calculating the required size of adsorber towers.
• Estimating the optimum drying cycle time for a solid desiccant dehydrator.
• Calculating regeneration heat loads and the required regeneration gas flow rates of a solid desiccant dehydrator.
• Determining actions that optimize the regeneration heating cycle of a solid desiccant dehydrator.
• Determining possible causes of and corrective actions for capacity and efficiency problems of solid desiccant dehydrators.
• Procedures resources for determining an appropriate solid desiccant type for a dehydration system.
• Procedures and resources for calculating the required size of an adsorber tower.
• Procedures and resources for estimating the optimal drying cycle time for a solid desiccant dehydrator.
• Procedures and resources for calculating the regeneration heat loads and the required regeneration gas flow rates of a solid desiccant dehydrator.
• Procedures and resources for determining actions that optimize the regeneration heating cycle of a solid desiccant dehydrator.
• Procedures and resources for determining possible causes of and corrective actions for capacity and efficiency problems of solid desiccant dehydrators.

Specialized Dehydration Processes:

• Operation of and equipment that is used for specialized dehydration processes.
• Advantages, disadvantages, and applications of special dehydration processes.
• Advantages, disadvantages, and applications of glycol and regenerative solid desiccant systems.

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