December 2019
Special Focus: Plant Design, Engineering and Construction
Modeling a dividing wall column for NGL fractionation
Dividing wall column (DWC) modeling was conducted to apply to natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation to find if there were any benefits in the design. Regarding the convergence of a unique column with an internal dividing wall, a search was conducted for commercial simulation software that would be applicable.
The Authors
Hae Yong Noh is a Process Engineer at Saudi Aramco’s YNGLFD. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, and an MS degree in interdisciplinary engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Mr. Noh has 10 yr of experience in the oil and gas industry, and is a licensed professional engineer in chemical and mechanical engineering.
Mounir Cherif is a Process Engineer at Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery complex. He has 25 yr of experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Cherif earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from the Algerian Petroleum Institute and an MS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Houston.
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