Systems and methods for dehydrating a natural gas stream are provided herein. The system includes a lean solvent feed system, including a line from a topsides facility, wherein the line is configured to divide a lean solvent stream to feed lean solvent to each of a number of co-current contacting systems in parallel. The co-current contacting systems are placed in series along a wet natural gas stream, wherein each of the co-current contacting systems is configured to contact the lean solvent stream with the wet natural gas stream to adsorb at least a portion of the water from the wet natural gas stream to form a dry natural gas stream. A rich solvent return system includes a line to combine rich solvent from each of the plurality of co-current contacting systems and return a rich solvent stream to the topsides facility.

A combustible pellet drying system includes a valveless pulse combustor and a drying column. The drying column includes a first drying region and optionally a second drying region. The first drying region receives heated drying gas from the pulse combustor to dry a quantity of moist pellets flowing downwardly through the drying column. Moisture-laden exhaust gas from the first drying region is processed by a condenser to remove water and recover thermal energy therefrom, and to produce a cooled dried exhaust gas which may be reheated by passing through a jacket around the pulse combustor. The reheated dry gas is introduced into the second drying region to further dry the pellets. The second drying region is preferably a downwardly expanding cone configuration. The drying column includes a plurality of temperature sensors. Adjacent temperature sensors may be used to determine a level of pellets within the drying column. The combustible pellets are preferably coal pellets.

A fluidized bed reactor for biomass treatment comprising a vessel extending in a first direction from a first end to a second end, an inlet at the first end of the vessel for feeding biomass particles into the vessel, an outlet at the second end of the vessel for outputting processed biomass, a first fluid inlet independently activatable to deliver a first volume of a gas in a second direction into a first region of the vessel, and a second fluid inlet spaced apart from the first fluid inlet in the first direction and independently activatable to deliver a second volume of the gas in the second direction into a second region of the vessel, the second region adjacent the first region.

Methods for the production of liquid biogas (LBG) are disclosed. The methods may include the following steps: inflow of crude gas comprising mainly methane and carbon dioxide; removal of trace elements like hydrogen sulphide, siloxanes and VOC's from the crude gas; dehumidification; particle purification; for the production of a treated biogas; separation of carbon dioxide from the treated biogas; condensation of the treated biogas with a low content of carbon dioxide, for the production of LBG with a carbon dioxide content of maximum 100 ppm, preferably at or close to atmospheric pressure the LBG is close to 100% pure methane with a carbon dioxide content of maximum 100 ppm, wherein the separation of carbon dioxide from the treated biogas involves freezing carbon dioxide in the treated biogas.

Disclosed is a process for the production of an aqueous urea solution suitable for use as a Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF), wherein a condensate of off-gas obtained from further purifying an aqueous urea stream in a treatment section adapted to produce DEF, is sent to an LP dissociation section, thereby the removal of ammonia therefrom. This enables water obtained from such condensate to be recirculated to the DEF purification section, and prevents an unwanted build-up of water in recirculation to urea synthesis.

Provided is an oxidation equipment for oxidizing a raw material containing at least one of carbonized coal and a torrefied biomass, the oxidation equipment including: a main body unit forming a fluidized bed; a gas supply unit supplying an oxygen-containing gas so that the raw material flows; a gas discharge unit discharging gas which has passed through the fluidized bed; a cooling unit cooling an oxidized product obtained by oxidizing the raw material; and a delivery unit delivering the oxidized product from the cooling unit, in which the main body unit has a first pressure measurement unit in a freeboard portion and a second pressure measurement unit in a portion through which the fluidized bed passes, and the delivery unit has a delivery amount control unit that controls the delivery amount of the oxidized product based on a differential pressure of the first and second pressure measurement units.

A methanation reactor includes a reaction bed formed of regularly or irregularly alternating sections of catalyst media and inert media in fixed locations, where each section of catalyst media has a boundary in common with at least one section of inert media, and where active cooling removes heat from the bed using a heat transfer medium in thermal communication with the catalyst and inert sections. The inert media has a thermal conductivity equal to or differing from the catalyst pellet material. A reactant chamber includes alternating sections of catalyst media and inert media in a single pass to perform an exothermic methanation reaction that produces renewable fuel. The alternating sections of catalyst media and inert media provide a more consistent temperature profile that reduces hot spots through the portion of the reaction bed during the exothermic methanation reaction using a heat transfer media in thermal communication with the interspersed sections.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus for solvent extraction of coal and to processes for solvent extraction of coal. In an embodiment, an apparatus for solvent extraction of coal is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of stationary members coupled to a stationary shaft, each stationary member having a stationary member opening. The apparatus further includes a rotatable shaft extending through the plurality of stationary members. The apparatus further includes a plurality of rotatable members coupled to the rotatable shaft, each rotatable member paired with a stationary member, and each rotatable member has a rotatable member opening configured to rotate relative to the stationary member opening. The apparatus further includes a plurality of members for agitating materials passing through the apparatus, the members for agitating materials coupled to the rotatable shaft, each member for agitating materials positioned between the paired stationary members and rotatable members.

Disclosed is a process for the production of an aqueous urea solution suitable for use as a Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF), wherein a condensate of off-gas obtained from further purifying an aqueous urea stream in a treatment section adapted to produce DEF, is sent to an LP dissociation section, thereby the removal of ammonia therefrom. This enables water obtained from such condensate to be recirculated to the DEF purification section, and prevents an unwanted build-up of water in recirculation to urea synthesis.

Proposed is a pretreatment desulfurization system including: a first chute for supplying a pretreatment apparatus with coal transported by a belt conveyor; a pretreatment apparatus for immersing the supplied coal in a catalyst mixture obtained by mixing a desulfurization catalyst and water, thereby desulfurizing the coal; a mesh conveyor for separating the coal being immersed in the catalyst mixture and having passed through the pretreatment apparatus, into a liquid phase and a catalyst-treated coal; a mesh conveyor for transporting the catalyst-treated coal; and a storage tank for storing the transported catalyst-treated coal.