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7. NATURAL GAS PROCESSING Degradation processes occur by slow oxidation of the amine solutions in contact with air or oxygen, and the oxidation products often generate corrosion. Oxidation can be re duced by placing the amine solutions under an inert gas blanket in the storage tanks. 7.6.2.2 Potassium carbonate serubbing, ‘The potassium carbonate scrubbing process (Fig. 726) is similar to an amine process bout the potassium carbonate Solutions used are usually more concentrated (20 t0 40%) than the amine solutions. This process was originally intended to remove carbon dioxide. but hydrogen sulfide is also absorbed (Amold and Stewart. 1989, Maddox. 1982), Acid gas. Processed Reboiler Lean solvent Rich solvent Fig. 7.26 Potassium carbonate process The following chemical reactions are involved: K CO; +CO) +30 2 2 HCO3 was) K3CO; + HaS & KHS+KHCO3 719 ‘The use of solutions of alkaline salts. such as NayCO3, KxCOs and KPO, is tradi tional. but the early processes. which included an absorption step at a temperature close (0 ritive with the amine processes (Kohl and Riesenfeld, 1985, ambient, are not comy

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