Inventors:
- Midland MI, US
Ajay N. Badhwar - Houston TX, US
Nicholas J. Shurgott - Rosharon TX, US
H. Robert Goltz - Midland MI, US
International Classification:
C10L 3/10
C10G 5/02
F02M 21/02
B01D 53/08
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for running natural gas powered stationary combustion systems, such as an internal combustion engine, a furnace, a fired heater, a power plant, an incinerator, and the like. In one embodiment of the present method, ethane and heavier hydrocarbons or propane and heavier hydrocarbons () are removed () from a natural gas feedstream () to provide the methane-rich natural gas stream () used to fuel the stationary combustion system (). One embodiment of this method provides for the use of a regenerable adsorbent media to remove the higher hydrocarbons which is regenerated by a microwave heating system. Said regeneration step may be operated as a batch process, a semi-continuous process, or a continuous process.