The removal of CO2 and N2 from natural gas: A review of conventional and emerging process technologies

TE Rufford, S Smart, GCY Watson, BF Graham… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2012 - Elsevier
This article provides an overview of conventional and developing gas processing
technologies for CO2 and N2 removal from natural gas. We consider process technologies …

Enrichment of low concentration methane: an overview of ventilation air methane

Z Yang, MZ Hussain, P Marín, Q Jia, N Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Methane (CH4) is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide (CO2),
but its global warming potential is 21–28 times that of CO2. Coal mining accounts for 9% of …

Gas adsorption separation of CO2/CH4 system using zeolite 5A

M Mofarahi, F Gholipour - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Pure gas adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide at (273, 283, 303, 323, 343) K and binary
adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide and methane at (303, 323) K and pressures up to 10 …

Activated carbon monoliths with hierarchical pore structure from tar pitch and coal powder for the adsorption of CO2, CH4 and N2

A Arami-Niya, TE Rufford, Z Zhu - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
Activated carbon monoliths with hierarchical pore structures were prepared from petroleum
tar pitch and powdered coal in a low pressure foaming process with potassium hydroxide …

Screening zeolites for gas separation applications involving methane, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide

NK Jensen, TE Rufford, G Watson… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
An experimental evaluation of the kinetics and equilibrium capacities of pure fluids as a fast
and effective means to screen an adsorbent's gas separation potential is described …

High-pressure separation of CH4/CO2 using activated carbon

CA Grande, R Blom, A Möller, J Möllmer - Chemical Engineering Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Activated carbon was evaluated as selective adsorbent for separation of CO2 from CO2/CH4
mixtures with special focus on high pressure applications. Adsorption equilibrium of pure …

Cryogenic pressure temperature swing adsorption process for natural gas upgrade

MA Moreira, AM Ribeiro, AFP Ferreira… - Separation and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Removal of carbon dioxide from natural gas for LNG production, can be carried out by
cryogenic distillation using a multicolumn sequence to obtain a product stream with less …

Experimental Investigation and Thermodynamic Modeling of CH4/N2 Adsorption on Zeolite 13X

M Mofarahi, A Bakhtyari - Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2015 - ACS Publications
To implement an experimental study of CH4/N2 adsorption on Zeochem Co. zeolite 13X, a
volumetric apparatus was utilized. In this regard, pure adsorption isotherms were measured …

Adsorption equilibria and kinetics of methane+ nitrogen mixtures on the activated carbon Norit RB3

TE Rufford, GCY Watson, TL Saleman… - Industrial & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The separation of methane and nitrogen from binary mixtures using a commercial activated
carbon, Norit RB3, was investigated. The adsorption of pure fluids and CH4+ N2 mixtures …

Cryogenic adsorption of methane and carbon dioxide on zeolites 4A and 13X

CA Grande, R Blom - Energy & fuels, 2014 - ACS Publications
The utilization of adsorption processes operating at low temperatures can be interesting in
the context of production of liquefied natural gas (LNG), where they can constitute a lower …