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H2S Process Flowsheets & Simulations

Explore 2 validated, solved H2S simulation flowsheets in MaximaLabs — real components: ammonia, h2s, water, methane, co2, mdea. Open any one directly in your browser.

Solved via: SOUR-WATER, ENRTL-MDEA-PZ.

Sourwater
Stripsteam
liq
gas
gas
rich
SWS
Sourgas
Strippedwater
Illustrative refinery sour-water unit

Refinery sour water stripper (NH₃ + H₂S)

The standard refinery sour water stripper: sour water carrying ammonia and hydrogen sulfide is steam-stripped in a 10-stage column, sending both overhead as sour gas and returning stripped water fit for reuse. Runs on the new sour-water weak-electrolyte package, which is what makes the result meaningful — ammonia and H₂S suppress each other's volatility (ammonia raises pH and holds sulfide down as HS⁻; H₂S lowers pH and holds ammonia down as NH₄⁺), and heat reverses both, which is precisely why a stripper works. The two removals come out asymmetric for the real reason: H₂S strips essentially completely while ammonia, five orders of magnitude more soluble, is the duty that sets the steam rate.

5 unit ops • SOUR-WATER

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Sourgas
LEAN
liq
gas
gas
rich
ABS
Treated GAS
Richhx
Letdown
Stripvap
liq
gas
gas
rich
Strip
ACID GAS
LEAN Regen
Gas sweetening unit, Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Refinery acid-gas treating: MDEA/PZ absorber-stripper

Simultaneous CO₂ AND H₂S removal from a sour natural-gas / refinery off-gas stream by a piperazine-promoted MDEA solvent — the mixed-amine chemistry legacy tools reach for heavy rate-based/OLI add-ons to model. A high-pressure absorber contacts the sour gas with lean MDEA/PZ solvent (both acid gases absorb into the amine); the rich amine is heated and let down to a low-pressure steam stripper that drives the acid gases back off as a concentrated acid-gas stream and regenerates the lean solvent. Runs on the new 'enrtl-mdea-pz' electrolyte package: a generalized speciation (MDEA protonation + piperazine carbamate/dicarbamate + CO₂/HCO₃-/CO₃-- + H₂S/HS- + water) with Davies activity — it correctly reproduces piperazine's promotion (the blend holds more CO₂ at a given partial pressure than MDEA alone).

10 unit ops • ENRTL-MDEA-PZ

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