June 2024
Special Focus: Process Optimization
Amine strength in gas treatment
Tail gas treating units (TGTUs) are designed to remove the last vestiges of unconverted hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the tail gas coming from a sulfur recovery unit (SRU) after the gas has been processed to convert as much H2S as possible to elemental sulfur.
The Authors
Randy Kuroda is a Senior Technical Leader for the GAS/SPEC Technology Group of INEOS. He has been supporting the oil and gas industry working with amines and acid gas removal for more than 25 yr. He holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Prashanth Chandran leads the software development team at Optimized Gas Treating Inc. He received a BS degree in chemical engineering from Anna University, India and an MS degree in chemical engineering from Oklahoma State University. During his undergraduate years, he worked as a research intern in Central Leather Research Institute, India, and as a graduate student, he developed novel solvents for desalination and for modeling liquid-liquid equilibria.
Ralph Weiland is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a PhD in chemical engineering. He formed Optimized Gas Treating in 1992 and serves as its Chairman. OGT developed the ProTreat® mass transfer rate-base gas treating simulator and the sulfur plant simulator SulphurPro®.
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