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    Cap.3 1cum Fuhnctioneaza Un Deetanizator

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    The document discusses de-ethanizer columns which are large metal structures used to separate ethane from natural gas streams through a fractionation process involving perforated plates and trays inside the column where heat is applied to evaporate and separate out the ethane, and ensuring high quality welding and inspection of these internal components is critical for the column to properly separate the streams into pure ethane, propane, and butane.

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    DE-ETHANIZER COLUMN MANUFACTURING: HOW SHOULD THIS PRODUCT WORK?

    October 7, 2019

    De-ethanizer columns shape the skylines of chemical processing plants. That's how large these towering
    metal structures can become, so a chosen manufacturing partner must be equipped to handle this kind of
    large-scale fabrication work. Functionally, the pressure vessels that fall under this fractionation category
    are designed to separate ethane from hydrocarbon-rich natural gas streams. In reality, there's more to
    the process than a simple separation mechanism.

    Deconstructing a De-ethanizer Column

    Immense pressures and high fluid boiling temperatures tear at the insides of these hollow pillars. Often
    several storeys tall, no square centimetre of the construct can present a single weld weakness or material
    flaw. That's an intimidating project specification, one that can't be properly understood until we take a
    peek inside the column to see how the inner workings of a de-ethanizer operate in real-time. Splitting the
    associated gasses into their component streams, the process begins after NGL (Natural Gas Liquid) is
    piped into the vessel. Perforated plates and trays are welded inside this unit, so it's obviously packed with
    a number of geometrically intricate features. As the fractionation operation commences, a heat
    exchanger delivers heat to the bottom of the vessel. The heat rises, carrying the evaporated ethane
    upwards, where it exits an outlet as a purified ethane condensate.

    Fabricating Performance-Oriented Fractionation Vessels

    There's normally at least two of these tall columns grouped together. They work in series as high-
    technology NGL processors. The de-ethanizer comes first. Stripped of ethane, the remaining
    hydrocarbons continue on to a de-propanizer, then on again to a de-butanizer.
    That's how the equipment looks from the outside, like the giant wickets of a massive game of cricket.
    From the inside, things are a little more complicated. Split into its constituent parts, the manufacturing
    vendor has installed all the perforated plates and trays. They've been welded and exhaustively checked
    so that they'll contain the heat-evaporated ethane fraction. Otherwise, some small quantity of this
    hydrocarbon would continue on towards the other fractionation columns. Without fabrication quality
    management, without a quality control and inspection program monitoring those welded seams and
    vessel wall geometries, the purity of the fractionated fuels would be in question.

    This is a three-way process, one that works in series to reduce natural gas liquids into their associated
    gasses and fuels. With de-ethanizer columns located at the front of this array of columns, the welded
    interior elements cannot exhibit any material discontinuities or dimensional inconsistencies. That's a
    quality control matter that guarantees pure ethane and pure butane or propane. If the heat exchanger
    vapours condense on the wrong levels or if those welded levels are found wanting, then purity issues will
    inevitably arise.

    CONTACT DETAILS
    Fusion - Weld Engineering Pty Ltd
    ABN 98 068 987619

    1865 Frankston Flinders Road,


    Hastings, VIC 3915

    Ph: (03) 5909 8218

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