February 2018
Bonus Report: LNG Developments
Optimize LNG production through contaminant mitigation—Part 2
The production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) requires a number of stages to effectively purify the feed gas. These stages are essential to maintain continuous operation and to meet product specifications. Liquid and solid contamination issues are common in many feed gas purification operations and can cause severe problems with equipment fouling, leading to additional expenses in maintenance and equipment repair, reduced production capacity and even unscheduled shutdowns.
The Authors
Thomas H. Wines is a Director of Applications Development for Pall Corp.’s fluid technologies and asset protection group. Prior to assuming this role, he was Director of Product Management, Senior Marketing Manager and Senior Staff Engineer for the scientific and laboratory services division at Pall. Dr. Wines has more than 32 yr of filtration, separation and purification experience serving the refinery, gas processing and chemical industries, and is a specialist in the fields of liquid/gas and liquid/liquid coalescing. He has authored more than 50 technical publications and has one patent. Dr. Wines has given numerous presentations at professional societies and is a member of AIChE. He earned a PhD in chemical engineering from Columbia University.
Saeid Mokhatab is a world-class expert in the natural gas processing industry who has worked on the design and operation of several gas processing plants, and has contributed to gas processing technology improvements through 300 technical papers and two well-known handbooks published by Elsevier in the US. He has held technical advisory positions for leading professional journals, societies and conferences in the field of gas processing, and has received a number of international awards in recognition of his outstanding work in the natural gas industry.
Olivier Trifilieff is the Market Sales and Business Development Manager for Pall Corp.’s FTAP group for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. He joined Pall Corp. in 2000 and has served in various marketing, sales and technical assistance roles for the oil and gas, refining and chemical industries.
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