The present invention relates to an apparatus that is part of a reusable fuel processing unit that allows the absorption of char contained within vapor that is leaving the reactor including a gear box, gearbox housing, support flange and seal, exhaust housing, exhaust port, connecting flange, screw top split housing, vertical steal housing, three augers with drive shafts on each auger contained within the steel housing, discharge flange, support ring, expansion cart, and cam followers.

The present invention relates to an apparatus that is part of a reusable fuel processing unit that allows the absorption of char contained within vapor that is leaving the reactor including a gear box, gearbox housing, support flange and seal, exhaust housing, exhaust port, connecting flange, screw top split housing, vertical steal housing, three augers with drive shafts on each auger contained within the steel housing, discharge flange, support ring, expansion cart, and cam followers.

Disclosed is a method for running natural gas powered stationary combustion systems, such as an internal combustion engine, a furnace, a fired heater, a power plant, an incinerator, and the like. In one embodiment of the present method, ethane and heavier hydrocarbons or propane and heavier hydrocarbons (29) are removed (90) from a natural gas feedstream (3) to provide the methane-rich natural gas stream (5) used to fuel the stationary combustion system (100). One embodiment of this method provides for the use of a regenerable adsorbent media to remove the higher hydrocarbons which is regenerated by a microwave heating system. Said regeneration step may be operated as a batch process, a semi-continuous process, or a continuous process.

Disclosed is a method for running natural gas powered stationary combustion systems, such as an internal combustion engine, a furnace, a fired heater, a power plant, an incinerator, and the like. In one embodiment of the present method, ethane and heavier hydrocarbons or propane and heavier hydrocarbons (29) are removed (90) from a natural gas feedstream (3) to provide the methane-rich natural gas stream (5) used to fuel the stationary combustion system (100). One embodiment of this method provides for the use of a regenerable adsorbent media to remove the higher hydrocarbons which is regenerated by a microwave heating system. Said regeneration step may be operated as a batch process, a semi-continuous process, or a continuous process.

Disclosed is a method of sequentially separating and recovering one or more NGLs (129, 229) from a natural gas feedstream (3). Specifically, a raw natural gas feedstream (3) is passed through two or more NGLs separation unit (100, 200) wherein each separation unit removes one or more NGLs from the natural gas feedstream to provide a methane-rich natural gas supply (205). Each separation unit employs an adsorption media and has an adsorption step and a media regeneration step wherein the regeneration step may be operated as a batch process, a semi-continuous process, or a continuous process. One embodiment of this method provides for the use of a different regenerable adsorbent media in each separation unit.

Disclosed is a method of sequentially separating and recovering one or more NGLs (129, 229) from a natural gas feedstream (3). Specifically, a raw natural gas feedstream (3) is passed through two or more NGLs separation unit (100, 200) wherein each separation unit removes one or more NGLs from the natural gas feedstream to provide a methane-rich natural gas supply (205). Each separation unit employs an adsorption media and has an adsorption step and a media regeneration step wherein the regeneration step may be operated as a batch process, a semi-continuous process, or a continuous process. One embodiment of this method provides for the use of a different regenerable adsorbent media in each separation unit.

A natural gas liquid plant is retrofitted with a bolt-on unit that includes an absorber that is coupled to an existing demethanizer by refrigeration produced at least in part by compression and expansion of the residue gas, wherein ethane recovery can be increased to at least 99% and propane recovery is at least 99%, and where a lower ethane recovery of 96% is required, the bolt-on unit does not require the absorber, which could be optimum solution for revamping an existing facility. Contemplated configurations are especially advantageous to be used as bolt-on upgrades to existing plants.

Disclosed is an improved process for recovering condensable components from a gas stream, in particular, heavier hydrocarbons from a gas stream. The present process uses solid adsorbent media to remove said heavier hydrocarbons wherein the adsorbent media is regenerated in a continuous fashion in a continuous adsorbent media co-current regeneration system using a stripping gas to provide a regenerated adsorbent media and a product gas comprising heavier hydrocarbons from a loaded adsorbent media.

Disclosed is an improved process for recovering condensable components from a gas stream, in particular, heavier hydrocarbons from a gas stream. The present process uses solid adsorbent media to remove said heavier hydrocarbons wherein the adsorbent media is regenerated in a continuous fashion in a continuous adsorbent media counter-current regeneration system using a stripping gas to provide a regenerated adsorbent media and a product gas comprising heavier hydrocarbons from a loaded adsorbent media. The improvement is the use of a portion of the product gas from the regeneration unit as the stripping gas.

Disclosed is an improved process for recovering condensable components from a gas stream, in particular, heavier hydrocarbons from a gas stream. The present process uses solid adsorbent media to remove said heavier hydrocarbons wherein the adsorbent media is regenerated in a continuous fashion in a continuous adsorbent media counter-current regeneration system using a stripping gas to provide a regenerated adsorbent media and a product gas comprising heavier hydrocarbons from a loaded adsorbent media. The improvement is the use of a portion of the product gas from the regeneration unit as the stripping gas.