Dome's North Caroline Plant Successful Conversion to MDEA

Gilles R. Daviet - Dome Petroleum Limited
Rudiger Sundermann - Dome Petroleum Limited
Steven T. Donnelly - Propak Systems Ltd.
Jerry A. Bullin - Texas A&M University
1984
Gas Processors Association

Canada's first plant conversion from DEA to MDEA is a success. Dome's North Caroline amine plant performs very smoothly after being debottlenecked to, at least, original design capacity. Performance data taken for the absorber at several amine flow rates compare with safe accuracy to values calculated by the TSWEET program that was used as the basis for conversion.

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Canada’s first plant conversion from DEA to MDEA is a success. Dome’s North Caroline amine plant performs very smoothly after being debottlenecked to, at least, original design capacity. Performance data taken for the absorber at several amine flow rates compare with safe accuracy to values calculated by the TSWEET program that was used as the basis for conversion.