Omid Sabbagh - Department of Chemical Engineering Ferdowsi, University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Maysam Vahidi Ferdowsi - Department of Chemical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Mohammad Ali Fanaei - Department of Chemical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

This study evaluates the effect of Structural modifications on energy consumption of gas treatment units of BIDBOLAND refinery (Iran’s first gas refinery). To this aim, Aspen HYSYS (V.۸.۳) software was employed for the unit simulation in rate based method. The results show that as CO۲ content in inlet sour gas is less than ۲ percent and MDEA solution is used as solvent, using multiple feeds to the absorption column, static mixers and absorption column sidestream cannot reduce energy consumption level; while using desorption column sidestream and a flash unit can reduce the unit energy consumption up to ۱۰ percent.

ASPEN HYSYS, Superstructure optimization, MDEA, energy consumption, Natural gas sweetening