Exergy, Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Gas Condensate Stabilization Units for the Selection of Optimum Configuration

In this paper, five structures for gas condensate stabilization are simulated and analyzed from the energy, exergy, economic and environmental points of view. These structures are simulated using Aspen HYSYS and Peng-Robinson fluid package. The studied structures are stabilizer column with reboiler...

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Main Authors: Van Vang Le, Elizabeth C. Matsui
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description In this paper, five structures for gas condensate stabilization are simulated and analyzed from the energy, exergy, economic and environmental points of view. These structures are simulated using Aspen HYSYS and Peng-Robinson fluid package. The studied structures are stabilizer column with reboiler and condenser and without preheating (STB-A), stabilizer column with reboiler and without condenser (STB-B), stabilizer column with reboiler, without condenser and with preheating (STB-C), stabilizer column with reboiler, condenser and preheater (STB-D), and stabilizer column with reboiler, without condenser and with side reboiler (STB-E). Exergy efficiency, total production cost, reboiler energy, and total CO2 emission are calculated for all the structures and compared. According to the performed analysis, STB-E with exergy destruction of 681.9 kW has the highest exergy efficiency (36.37%) among all the studied structures. In addition, technical assessment showed that the STB-C has the highest loss of hydrocarbons through the overhead vapors of the stabilization column. Based on the economic analysis it is deduced that the values of total production costs in STB-C, STB-D, and STB-E are 7.14% lower than the total production costs values of the structures without integration (STB-A and STB-B). Finally, it is determined that the STB-E is the only structure that can maintain the quality of RVP (8 psia) for the produced condensate while simultaneously controlling all the technical, economic and, environmental parameters at desirable levels.
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spelling doaj-art-11310295890d4a55a3c8793637f66b6b2025-02-12T08:47:03ZengBilijipub publisherAdvances in Engineering and Intelligence Systems2821-02632023-03-010020110512310.22034/aeis.2023.386735.1084169084Exergy, Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Gas Condensate Stabilization Units for the Selection of Optimum ConfigurationVan Vang Le0Elizabeth C. Matsui1Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamDell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 78712, United StatesIn this paper, five structures for gas condensate stabilization are simulated and analyzed from the energy, exergy, economic and environmental points of view. These structures are simulated using Aspen HYSYS and Peng-Robinson fluid package. The studied structures are stabilizer column with reboiler and condenser and without preheating (STB-A), stabilizer column with reboiler and without condenser (STB-B), stabilizer column with reboiler, without condenser and with preheating (STB-C), stabilizer column with reboiler, condenser and preheater (STB-D), and stabilizer column with reboiler, without condenser and with side reboiler (STB-E). Exergy efficiency, total production cost, reboiler energy, and total CO2 emission are calculated for all the structures and compared. According to the performed analysis, STB-E with exergy destruction of 681.9 kW has the highest exergy efficiency (36.37%) among all the studied structures. In addition, technical assessment showed that the STB-C has the highest loss of hydrocarbons through the overhead vapors of the stabilization column. Based on the economic analysis it is deduced that the values of total production costs in STB-C, STB-D, and STB-E are 7.14% lower than the total production costs values of the structures without integration (STB-A and STB-B). Finally, it is determined that the STB-E is the only structure that can maintain the quality of RVP (8 psia) for the produced condensate while simultaneously controlling all the technical, economic and, environmental parameters at desirable levels.https://aeis.bilijipub.com/article_169084_b39a9c1344bde31079f8964a587fe025.pdfgas condensatestabilizer columnexergy analysissimulationeconomic analysis
spellingShingle Van Vang Le
Elizabeth C. Matsui
Exergy, Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Gas Condensate Stabilization Units for the Selection of Optimum Configuration
Advances in Engineering and Intelligence Systems
gas condensate
stabilizer column
exergy analysis
simulation
economic analysis
title Exergy, Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Gas Condensate Stabilization Units for the Selection of Optimum Configuration
title_full Exergy, Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Gas Condensate Stabilization Units for the Selection of Optimum Configuration
title_fullStr Exergy, Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Gas Condensate Stabilization Units for the Selection of Optimum Configuration
title_full_unstemmed Exergy, Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Gas Condensate Stabilization Units for the Selection of Optimum Configuration
title_short Exergy, Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Gas Condensate Stabilization Units for the Selection of Optimum Configuration
title_sort exergy energy economic and environmental assessment of gas condensate stabilization units for the selection of optimum configuration
topic gas condensate
stabilizer column
exergy analysis
simulation
economic analysis
url https://aeis.bilijipub.com/article_169084_b39a9c1344bde31079f8964a587fe025.pdf
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