Avalia??o da remo??o de sulfeto de hidrog?nio do g?s natural em uma coluna de absor??o

• Main Author: Silva Filho, Luiz Ferreira da
• Other Authors: CPF:59545844434
• Format: Others
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 2014
• Subjects: Absor??o; G?s natural; Dessulfuriza??o; Cin?tica de absor??o; Absorption; Natural gas; Desulfurization; Absorption kinetics; CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA QUIMICA
• Online Access: http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/15773

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:01:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LuizFSF.pdf: 1747527 bytes, checksum: e75c5e8a2575620cc3a29490253bcad6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-05 === Natural gas, although basically composed by light hydrocarbons, also presents in its composition gaseous contaminants such as CO2 (carbon dioxide) and H2S (hydrogen sulfide). Hydrogen sulfide, which commonly occurs in oil and gas exploration and production activities, besides being among the gases that are responsible by the acid rain and greenhouse effect, can also cause serious harm to health, leading even to death, and damages to oil and natural gas pipelines. Therefore, the removal of hydrogen sulfide will significantly reduce operational costs and will result in oil with best quality to be sent to refinery, thereby resulting in economical, environmental, and social benefits. These factors highlight the need for the development and improvement of hydrogen sulfide sequestrating agents to be used in the oil industry. Nowadays there are several procedures for hydrogen sulfide removal from natural gas used by the petroleum industry. However, they produce derivatives of amines that are harmful to the distillation towers, form insoluble precipitates that cause pipe clogging and produce wastes of high environmental impact. Therefore, the obtaining of a stable system, in inorganic or organic reaction media, that is able to remove hydrogen sulfide without forming by-products that affect the quality and costs of natural gas processing, transport and distribution is of great importance. In this context, the evaluation of the kinetics of H2S removal is a valuable procedure for the treatment of natural gas and disposal of the byproducts generated by the process. This evaluation was made in an absorption column packed with Raschig ring, where natural gas with H2S passes through a stagnant solution, being the contaminant absorbed by it. The content of H2S in natural gas in column output was monitored by an H2S analyzer. The comparison between the obtained curves and the study of the involved reactions have not only allowed to determine the efficiency and mass transfer controlling step of the involved processes but also make possible to effect a more detailed kinetic study and evaluate the commercial potential of each reagent === O g?s natural, embora seja composto basicamente de hidrocarbonetos leves, apresenta tamb?m em sua composi??o gases contaminantes como o CO2 (Di?xido de carbono) e o H2S (Sulfeto de hidrog?nio). O H2S, que comumente ocorre nas atividades de explora??o e produ??o de ?leo e g?s, al?m de estar entre os respons?veis pela chuva ?cida e pelo efeitoestufa, causa s?rios danos ? sa?de, levando inclusive ? morte, e danifica as tubula??es de transporte do petr?leo e do g?s natural. Por isso, eliminando-se o g?s sulf?drico haver? significativa redu??o dos custos de opera??o e uma melhor qualidade do ?leo destinado ? refinaria, resultando assim num beneficio econ?mico, ambiental e social. Tudo isso demonstra a necessidade do desenvolvimento e aprimoramento de seq?estrantes que removam o sulfeto de hidrog?nio da ind?stria de petr?leo. Atualmente existem v?rios processos para o tratamento do g?s natural utilizados pela ind?stria petrol?fera para remo??o do H2S, no entanto eles produzem derivados de aminas prejudiciais ?s torres de destila??o, precipitados insol?veis que provocam entupimento dos dutos e originam res?duos de grande impacto ambiental. Por isso, a obten??o de um sistema est?vel em meio reacional inorg?nico ou org?nico capaz de remover o g?s sulf?drico sem formar subprodutos que afetem a qualidade e o custo do processamento, transporte e distribui??o do g?s natural ? de grande import?ncia. Nesse contexto a avalia??o da cin?tica de remo??o do H2S surge como um procedimento valioso para o tratamento do g?s natural e destino dos subprodutos do processo. Esta avalia??o foi feita numa coluna de absor??o recheada com an?is de Raschig, por onde o g?s natural contaminado com H2S atravessava uma solu??o estagnada, sendo por esta absorvida. Na sa?da da coluna o teor de H2S no g?s era monitorado por um analisador de H2S. A compara??o das curvas obtidas e o estudo das rea??es permitiram n?o somente determinar a efici?ncia e a etapa controladora da transfer?ncia de massa dos processos envolvidos como tamb?m efetuar um estudo cin?tico mais aprofundado e avaliar o potencial comercial de cada reagente