A Review on the Use of Natural Gas Purification Processes to Enhance Natural Gas Utilization

Ekpotu Fidelis Wilson; Akintola Joseph Taiwo; Obialor Martins Chineme; Abdulkareem Yusuf Temitope; Ezeka Francis Chukwuka; Asama Michael Olufemi; Ebuehi Osaretin Noah; Iwube Pamela Meyenum; Zacchaeus Adesanya

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A Review on the Use of Natural Gas Purification Processes to Enhance Natural Gas Utilization

Ekpotu Fidelis Wilson, Akintola Joseph Taiwo, Obialor Martins Chineme, Abdulkareem Yusuf Temitope, Ezeka Francis Chukwuka, Asama Michael Olufemi, Ebuehi Osaretin Noah, Iwube Pamela Meyenum, Zacchaeus Adesanya

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The necessity for the adoption of clean and sustainable energy sources that would result in the diversification of Nigeria's energy mix has arisen as a result of the significant area of concern surrounding climate change caused by CO₂ emission. It's interesting to note that Natural Gas (NG), a readily accessible alternative energy source in Nigeria with a wealth of approximately 187 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves, has remained a crucial part of the energy mix, providing adequate energy with high energy quality and low CO₂ emission. However, natural gas naturally contains some acid gases and small amounts of CO₂, which act as impurities. This has posed a limitation to its effective utilization due to the bottlenecks in pipeline and equipment corrosion during transportation, storage, distribution, etc. To tackle this challenge, numerous researches have been conducted on the purification of natural gas through available technologies, including the cryogenic, membranes, absorption, and adsorption methods. Additionally, the independent use of these technologies has consistently been proven to be less economical and financially demanding with longer purification time, leading to low product recovery and high energy intensity for regeneration in the NG purification processes, which leaves them uniquely challenged. In order to improve natural gas consumption, this study reviews technological techniques in the use of various natural gas purification procedures and hybrid natural gas purification processes. Membranes are used in the purification process for both the gas-absorption and bulk separation of gaseous pollutants. These strategies, created to strike a compromise between the shortcomings of membrane and absorption processes, demonstrated a better separation that contributed to long-term process improvement.

Published in	International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Engineering (Volume 11, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ogce.20231101.13
Page(s)	17-27
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Gas Technology, Utilization, Emission Purification, Energy-Mix

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Ekpotu Fidelis Wilson

Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Akintola Joseph Taiwo

Department of Research and Development, Vitapur Nigeria Limited, Lagos, Nigeria
Obialor Martins Chineme

Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Abdulkareem Yusuf Temitope

Department of Chemical Engineering, Lagos State University, Epe, Nigeria
Ezeka Francis Chukwuka

Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Lagos, Yaba, Nigeria
Asama Michael Olufemi

Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Lagos, Yaba, Nigeria
Ebuehi Osaretin Noah

Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Lagos, Yaba, Nigeria
Iwube Pamela Meyenum

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
Zacchaeus Adesanya

Technical Department, Spunt Innovata Services, Alapere, Lagos, Nigeria

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