CLEANING OF NATURAL GASES FROM MECHANICAL MIXTURES

Abstract

Mechanical impurities in natural gas are understood as rock particles removed from the well by the gas flow, construction slurries remaining after the completion of the construction of mining gas collection networks and main pipelines, corrosion and erosion products of the internal surfaces of pipelines, as well as water and condensate particles. In this article, existing apparatus and devices for cleaning gases from mechanical mixtures will be reviewed according to the working principle and innovations related to this issue will be discussed. Cleaning of natural gas from mechanical particles is carried out in several stages on the way from the field to the gas demander. As a rule, a special filter is placed at the bottom of the well in order to limit the movement of rock particles entering from the deposits. Keywords: mechanical mixing, gravity devices.