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Glycol dehydration, a real two-stage regeneration

Wet natural gas contacted with lean TEG in an absorber, then rich glycol regenerated across two flashes to meet pipeline water spec.

Real counter-current TEG contactorTwo-stage regeneration (CH4 strip + water boil-off)Pipeline water-spec dehydration, not an assumed removal
Wet natural gas
Lean TEG
TEG contactor
Dry gas
Letdown valve
Methane flash
Flash gas
Water regen flash
Water vapor
Lean TEG (regenerated)

The actual dark-mode canvas: wet gas contacted with lean TEG, then rich glycol let down and regenerated across two flashes to strip dissolved methane and boil off absorbed water — the same P&ID symbols you edit in the app.

Why two regeneration stages, not one

The first flash strips the bulk of the methane the rich glycol co-absorbed at high pressure; the second, hotter flash then boils the water off the now nearly gas-free glycol — the same degassing pattern this codebase's physical-solvent CO2 example uses, because skipping the first stage would carry methane straight into the water-boiling step.

Kremser shortcut absorption: yN+1y1yN+1y0=AN+1AAN+11\text{Kremser shortcut absorption: } \frac{y_{N+1} - y_1^*}{y_{N+1} - y_0^*} = \frac{A^{N+1} - A}{A^{N+1} - 1}
Two-stage regeneration: letdown flash strips CH4, hot flash boils off absorbed H2O\text{Two-stage regeneration: letdown flash strips CH}_4\text{, hot flash boils off absorbed H}_2\text{O}
hin=hout(isenthalpic letdown throttle)h_{in} = h_{out} \quad \text{(isenthalpic letdown throttle)}

Unit ops shipped for this vertical

Absorber (Kremser shortcut)

A specified equilibrium-stage count absorbing or stripping between two contacted streams.

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Throttle valve

Isenthalpic Joule-Thomson expansion — the same relation cryogenic JT liquefaction relies on.

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Flash drum

Single-stage vapor-liquid equilibrium split at a fixed temperature/pressure.

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Live plant integration

Stream contactor water dew point and regenerator temperatures from your unit's OPC-UA server into this flowsheet's twin comparison — deviations from the solved dehydration are flagged automatically.

See the Digital Twin platform →

Try it yourself

  • Real counter-current TEG contactor
  • Two-stage regeneration (CH4 strip + water boil-off)
  • Pipeline water-spec dehydration, not an assumed removal

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