Gas Processing & Thermodynamics

61 calculators for gas treating, NGL recovery, cryogenic design, and thermodynamic analysis

Gas Processing

Amine Treatment Calculator

GPSA / Gas Sweetening

Size amine treating systems for H2S and CO2 removal using MDEA, DEA, and MEA solvents with circulation rate and regeneration calculations.

GPSA H2S/CO2

Amine Filtration Sizing

GPSA / Foaming Prevention

Size amine filtration systems including cartridge filters, carbon beds, and EBCT for particulate removal and foaming prevention.

Filtration Carbon Bed

Glycol Dehydration Calculator

GPSA / TEG Systems

Design TEG and DEG glycol dehydration systems with circulation rate, reboiler duty, and water removal calculations.

TEG Water Removal

TEG Dewpoint Calculator

Triethylene Glycol

Calculate water dew point depression achievable with TEG dehydration at various glycol concentrations and contact conditions.

Dewpoint TEG

Dehy Gas Loss Calculator

Solubility & Absorption

Calculate gas losses in glycol dehydration systems from solubility and absorption effects on operating economics.

Gas Loss Dehydration

Dehy Utilities Calculator

TEG System Auxiliaries

Size glycol dehydration auxiliary equipment including flash tanks, heat exchangers, and TEG system components.

Flash Tank Glycol System

Molecular Sieve Design

GPSA / Adsorption

Design molecular sieve adsorption beds for deep gas dehydration with regeneration cycle and bed sizing calculations.

Adsorption Regeneration

Silica Gel Dehydration

GPSA / Adsorption

Size silica gel adsorption beds for gas drying with capacity curves and regeneration requirements.

Silica Gel Drying

Gas Dewatering Calculator

Pipeline Dehydration

Calculate pipeline gas dehydration requirements including water content limits and dewatering system sizing.

Dewatering Pipeline

Water Content Calculator

McKetta-Wehe

Determine water content of natural gas at operating conditions using McKetta-Wehe correlations for saturation calculations.

McKetta-Wehe Moisture

Claus Process Calculator

Sulfur Recovery

Design Claus sulfur recovery units with thermal and catalytic reactor staging for H2S treatment and sulfur production.

SRU H2S Treatment

SCOT Process Calculator

Tail Gas Treating

Size SCOT tail gas treating units with hydrogenation reactor and amine absorber for SO2 emissions compliance.

Tail Gas EPA 40 CFR 60

Hydrate Prediction Calculator

GPSA / Hydrate Formation

Predict gas hydrate formation conditions at operating temperatures and pressures for pipeline flow assurance.

Hydrate Flow Assurance

Hydrate Temperature Calculator

Equilibrium Curve

Calculate hydrate formation equilibrium temperature at given pressure for natural gas compositions.

Equilibrium Formation Temp

Inhibitor Injection Rate

Methanol / Glycol

Calculate methanol and glycol injection rates for hydrate prevention in pipelines and processing equipment.

Methanol Hydrate Prevention

Flash Calculations Calculator

VLE / Rachford-Rice

Perform vapor-liquid equilibrium flash calculations for separator design, process simulation, and phase split analysis.

VLE Separation

Condensate Stabilization

Stabilizer Column

Design condensate stabilizer columns with flash separation staging for RVP control and product quality.

Stabilizer RVP Control

Gas Quality Specification Check

GPA 2261 / FERC

Verify gas composition against pipeline tariff specifications for custody transfer quality including H2S, CO2, and BTU limits.

GPA 2261 Tariff Specs

Wobbe Index Calculator

ISO 6976 / AGA

Calculate Wobbe Index and gas interchangeability parameters for burner compatibility and fuel gas blending analysis.

ISO 6976 Interchangeability

JT Valve Cooling Calculator

Joule-Thomson Expansion

Calculate Joule-Thomson temperature drop across choke valves and expansion devices for isenthalpic cooling processes.

JT Valve Isenthalpic

Turboexpander Efficiency

Isentropic Expansion

Calculate turboexpander isentropic efficiency and power recovery for cryogenic NGL recovery process design.

Expander Cryogenic

NGL Recovery Optimization

Ethane / Propane Extraction

Optimize NGL recovery process parameters for maximum ethane and propane extraction with economic analysis.

NGL Recovery Optimization

Membrane Separation Calculator

Permeation / CO2 Removal

Size membrane separation systems for CO2 removal, nitrogen rejection, and gas conditioning applications.

Membrane Permeation

Lean Oil Absorption Calculator

NGL Recovery

Design lean oil absorption systems for NGL recovery with absorption factor and oil circulation rate calculations.

Absorption Oil NGL

Gas Subcooled Process (GSP)

Cryogenic NGL

Model the Gas Subcooled Process for high-efficiency NGL and ethane recovery from natural gas streams.

GSP Subcooling

Nitrogen Rejection Unit

NRU / Cryogenic

Design nitrogen rejection units for pipeline-quality gas production using cryogenic distillation separation.

NRU N2 Removal

Mercury Removal Unit Calculator

MRU / Adsorbent

Size mercury removal adsorbent beds for LNG and cryogenic plant inlet gas protection and environmental compliance.

MRU Mercury

Activated Carbon Adsorption

GPSA / H2S & VOC

Size activated carbon adsorption beds for H2S, mercury, BTEX, and VOC removal with breakthrough and MTZ calculations.

Carbon Bed VOC Removal

Packed Column Design

Tower Packing / HETP

Design packed absorption and distillation columns with HETP, flooding velocity, and packing selection calculations.

HETP Packing

McCabe-Thiele Calculator

Distillation Design

Determine theoretical stages and reflux ratio for binary distillation using the McCabe-Thiele graphical method.

Distillation Stages

Pinch Analysis Calculator

Heat Integration

Perform pinch analysis for heat exchanger network optimization to minimize utility consumption and energy costs.

Pinch Point Energy

Process Efficiency Calculator

Thermal & Energy Balance

Calculate thermal efficiency and energy balance for gas processing equipment and overall plant performance analysis.

Efficiency Energy Balance

Process Optimization Calculator

Energy & Simulation

Optimize gas processing parameters for energy efficiency, heat integration, and overall process improvement.

Optimization Simulation

Vapor Recovery Unit (VRU) Sizing

EPA NSPS OOOOa

Size vapor recovery units for tank and process emissions capture per EPA NSPS OOOOa compliance requirements.

VRU EPA NSPS

Air-Gas Blending Calculator

Propane / LPG Peakshaving

Calculate air-gas blending ratios for propane standby systems, LPG peakshaving, and interchangeability limits.

Peakshaving LPG

Boil-Off Gas (BOG) Calculator

API 625 / GPSA

Calculate boil-off gas rates from LNG and NGL storage tanks due to heat ingress for vapor handling system sizing.

API 625 LNG/NGL

NGL & Cryogenic

Ethane Recovery Process

GPSA / Cryogenic

Design cryogenic ethane recovery processes including turboexpander, GSP, CRR, and ISS configurations with deep C2 recovery.

Cryogenic C2 Recovery

Propane Recovery Process

GPSA / NGL

Design C3+ propane recovery processes using turboexpander, JT valve, and refrigeration with ethane rejection options.

C3 Recovery NGL

Cascaded Refrigeration

GPSA / Multi-Stage

Design cascaded refrigeration systems with multi-stage propane, ethylene, and methane cycles for cryogenic applications.

Cascade COP

Chiller Sizing Calculator

GPSA / TEMA

Size gas chillers and heat exchangers for refrigeration systems with LMTD, approach temperature, and fouling calculations.

Chiller LMTD

Economizer Sizing Calculator

GPSA / Flash Recovery

Size economizer flash drums for refrigeration systems with flash gas recovery and two-stage compression COP analysis.

Economizer Flash Drum

Rich-Oil Demethanizer

GPSA Ch. 16

Design rich-oil demethanizer columns for lean oil absorption plants with stripping, reboiler, and overhead gas calculations.

Demethanizer Rich Oil

Hot Rich-Oil Flash Tank

GPSA Ch. 16

Size hot rich-oil flash tanks with Rachford-Rice VLE calculations for degassing and pressure drop optimization.

Flash Tank Rachford-Rice

Oil Purification Still

GPSA Ch. 16

Design oil purification stills for lean oil regeneration with stripping, reboiler, and oil degradation analysis.

Lean Oil Stripping

Boiling & Freezing Point

GPSA Ch. 1 / Antoine

Calculate boiling and freezing points for pure components and mixtures using Clausius-Clapeyron and Antoine equations.

Phase Change Antoine

NGL Fractionation Sizing

Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland

Size NGL fractionation trains including deethanizer, depropanizer, and debutanizer columns with tray and reflux calculations.

Fractionation FUG Method

Deethanizer (DeC2) Sizing

GPA / Fenske-Underwood

Size deethanizer columns for ethane-propane separation with theoretical stages, reflux ratio, and condenser design.

DeC2 Fractionation

Depropanizer (DeC3) Sizing

GPA 2140 / HD-5 LPG

Size depropanizer columns for propane-butane separation producing HD-5 grade LPG with GPA 2140 compliance.

DeC3 HD-5 LPG

Debutanizer (DeC4) Sizing

GPA 2140

Size debutanizer columns for butane-pentane separation producing natural gasoline with Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland method.

DeC4 Natural Gasoline

Butane Splitter / Deisobutanizer

GPA 2140 / Close-Boiling

Design deisobutanizer columns for iC4/nC4 close-boiling separation with structured packing and alkylation feed prep.

DIB iC4/nC4

Thermodynamics

Gas Density Calculator

Real Gas / Compressibility

Calculate gas density at operating conditions using ideal and real gas equations with compressibility factor corrections.

Density Z-Factor

Gas Velocity Calculator

Erosional Velocity

Calculate gas velocity and erosional velocity limits for pipe sizing and flow rate optimization at operating conditions.

Velocity Erosional

Ideal Gas Law Calculator

PV = nRT

Calculate pressure, volume, temperature, or moles using the ideal gas law equation for gas property analysis.

PV=nRT Gas Law

Z-Factor Calculator

AGA 8 / Standing-Katz

Calculate gas compressibility factor using Standing-Katz, DAK, Hall-Yarborough, and AGA 8 correlations with sour gas corrections.

AGA 8 Compressibility

Vapor Pressure Calculator

Antoine / Reid RVP

Calculate vapor pressure using Antoine equation correlations for RVP, TVP, and bubble point analysis of hydrocarbons.

Antoine RVP/TVP

Phase Envelope Calculator

Cricondenbar / Cricondentherm

Generate phase envelopes with dew point and bubble point curves, cricondenbar, and cricondentherm identification.

Phase Diagram Dew/Bubble

API Gravity Calculator

Petroleum / Specific Gravity

Convert between API gravity and specific gravity for petroleum liquids and crude oil density classification.

API Gravity Oil Density

Atmospheric Pressure Calculator

Elevation / Barometric

Calculate atmospheric pressure at elevation for barometric corrections to operating pressure and gas calculations.

Elevation Barometric

Heating Value Calculator

GPA 2145 / ISO 6976

Calculate heating value (HHV/LHV), molecular weight, and specific gravity from detailed gas chromatograph composition.

GPA 2145 BTU

Joule-Thomson Calculator

Gas Temperature Drop

Calculate Joule-Thomson coefficient and temperature drop for natural gas expansion through valves and restrictions.

JT Coefficient Expansion

Gas Processing Quick Reference

GAS TREATING Sweetening & Dehydration

Typical outlet H2S: ≤ 4 ppm (pipeline quality)

NGL RECOVERY Cryogenic & Fractionation

Typical C2 recovery: 85-98% with turboexpander

THERMODYNAMICS Properties & Phase Behavior

Standard conditions: 14.73 psia, 60°F

Engineering Fundamentals

Amine Treatment Fundamentals

Gas sweetening chemistry, MDEA vs DEA selection, circulation rates, and regeneration energy requirements.

Glycol Dehydration Fundamentals

TEG system design, water removal mechanisms, reboiler operation, and glycol loss prevention.

Molecular Sieve Fundamentals

Adsorption theory, bed sizing, regeneration cycles, and molecular sieve type selection for gas drying.

Claus Process Fundamentals

Sulfur recovery chemistry, thermal and catalytic reactor design, and Claus plant efficiency optimization.

Hydrate Prediction Fundamentals

Gas hydrate structure types, formation conditions, inhibitor selection, and pipeline flow assurance strategies.

Turboexpander Fundamentals

Isentropic expansion theory, expander-compressor design, and cryogenic NGL recovery process configurations.

Ethane Recovery Fundamentals

Cryogenic process configurations (GSP, CRR, ISS), plate-fin exchangers, and metallurgy for deep recovery.

Depropanizer Fundamentals

C3/C4 separation theory, HD-5 LPG specifications, relative volatility, and energy integration strategies.

Z-Factor Fundamentals

Compressibility factor correlations, pseudo-critical properties, reduced parameters, and AGA 8 equation of state.

Vapor Pressure Fundamentals

Antoine equation, Reid vapor pressure, true vapor pressure, and bubble point calculation methods.

Phase Envelope Fundamentals

Cricondenbar, cricondentherm, retrograde condensation, and phase behavior of natural gas mixtures.

Ideal Gas Law Fundamentals

PV=nRT derivation, real gas deviations, gas constant values, and applications in gas measurement.