Unit 031 Dehidration and Mercury removal

The feed gas from unit 011 will entering dehydration drum to remove moisture
content using multiple Molecular Sieve beds in dehydration drum to prevent the ice
and hydrate formation in the downstream Gas Liquefaction / Fractionation (Unit
041), where the dehydration unit is based on a four molecular sieve beds (50% x 4)
configuration with two beds operating in adsorption cycle, the third bed is in
regeneration cycle and the fourth bed in standby . Then, dry gas from dehydration
drums is routed to the dehydration after filter. This filter is a mechanical (cartridge
type) filter and its purpose to remove molecular sieve fines from the dry gas before
entering the mercury removal drum. Water content at Dehydration unit outlet is max
0.1 ppm.
Drawing 2.1 Regeneration Cycle
Depressuring Heating Cooling Repressuring Standby

After passing the dehydration after filter, the dry gas is enter the mercury removal
drum to remove mercury using Sulfur Impregneated Activated Carbon (SIAC)
mercury drum to prevent the mercury attack (AMALGAM) on the Main Cryogenic
Heat Exchanger (MCHE) which is made of aluminum alloy. Its mean to prevent
corrosion in MCHE materials. Then, routed to the mercury removal after filter to
remove carbon fines to ensure proper operation of downstream equipment. Mercury
content at Mercury Removal unit outlet is max 10 ng/Nm3.
several other fuction of Unit 031 are consisting :
- provided HP and LP fuel gas from regenaration system, where the water
countentwill be separate before entering to Unit 063
- provided defrost gas
- Seal Gas to C3 compressor, LP MR compressor and HP MR compressor as
external seal gas
The dehydration unit is based on a four molecular sieve beds (50% x 4) configuration with
two beds operating in adsorption cycle, the third bed is in regeneration cycle and the fourth
bed in standby. Each molecular sieve bed cycles consecutively through adsorption,
regeneration and standby by means of a sequence control system. From feed inlet system
(unit 011) the Feed gas will be transfered to dehydration unit and mercury removal unit
(uni1 031) for further treatment to remove water contain and mercury coantain from feed
gas until 0.1 ppmv (water) and 0.01 ppmv (mercury contain) and prevent the ice and
hydrate formation in the downstream Gas Liquefaction / Fractionation (Unit 041), which
cause plugging of lines and cryogenic equipment. The objective of this unit 031 are
mentioned as follows :
 To dehydrate or adsorp the moisture content that include in feed gas using multiple
molecular sieve beds inside dehydration drums (031-D-1001A/B/C/D).
  To remove or adsorp mercury content in feed gas from outlet of dryer after filter
using carbon active named sulphur impregnated carbon active (SIAC) inside fixed
adsorber bed that is mercury removal drum (031-D-1003).
 To provide defrost gas to purge, dry out, and sweep the moisture content and
hydrocarbon that might trapped in the cryogenic section downstream of the
dehydration and mercury removal unit during startup operation.
 To provide injection gas to vaporize liquid formed inside dry gas flare KO drum (086-
D1001) during start up condition also normal operation.
 To provide seal gas as a primary seal gas to compressor system in unit 051 gas
turbine compressor (GTC) during start up condition.
Feed gas from feed inlet system is received by dryer bed through KV valve. The pressure
from feed inlet system around 52 kg/cm2 and temperature around 35 0C. Feed gas entered
dryer bed through main pipeline on the top section of dryer bed. There are several
component inside dryer bed that will be adsorp the moisture content. First layer is ceramic
ball to avoid the molsieve bed from high pressure hitting of the feed gas. Second layer is
activated alumina to help the adsorption process of the feed gas. The next layer is molecular
sieve (molsieve) as a main adsorbent that is divided in several size. For the last layer is
ceramic ball to avoid carried out of the particles from the bottom section of dryer bed to
downstream section.
The moisture that content in sweet gas exiting from dryer bed controlled in 0,1 ppmv
maximum. Adsorption 1 will be done for 8 hours and adsorption 2 for 8 hours, so the total
time for adsorption is 16 hours. For regeneration mode is 8 hours and 8 hour bed will stand
by . Regeneration mode include several steps are depressuring (15 minutes) from 50 kg/cm2
until 26 kg/cm2 by through KV in depressuring line, heating (4,45 hours with temperature
220 oC) by using BOG from BOG compressor (Unit071) that heated by hot oil from hot oil
system (unit 062), cooling down (2 hours) it is using BOG compressor by-pass Regeneration
Gas Heater 031-E-1001 , and repressuring (15 minutes), Standby dryer bed for 8 hours.
Sequence Dehidration Bed
Dry gas from outlet of dryer bed is routed to Dryer After Filter 031-Y-1001 A/B that will be
service and one other stand by. This filter is a mechanical (cartridge type) filter with 10
microns and the purpose is to remove molecular sieve fines from the dry gas before
entering the mercury removal drum.
Mercury content that present in feed gas shall be remove to avoid AMALGAM in cryogenic
section especially in main cryogenic heat exchanger (MCHE). Mercury content that contain
in feed gas from mercury removal drum outlet controlled 0.01 microgram/Nm3maximum.
Mercury removal drum (031-D-1003) contain sulphur impregnated activated carbon (SIAC)
to remove the mercury content in the feed gas. Outlet sweet gas from mercury removal
drum then routed to mercury after filter (031-Y-1002A/B) to remove solid particle that
might include in feed gas before send liquefaction section in unit 041.
During regeneration mode, the feed gas is came from BOG (boil off gas) compressor with
flow around 12.000 Nm3/h. Boil off gas (BOG) is heated in the Regeneration Gas Heater
(031-E-1001A/B) and routed to the dehydration drum (031-D-1001A/B/C/D) as the
regeneration gas and excess gas portion is routed to the fuel gas system (Unit 063). The
regeneration gas passes through the molecular sieve bed in up-flow. The temperature of
regeneration gas when regeneration mode is controlled by 031-TIC-1009 and adjusting the
opening valve of hot oil flow. The wet regeneration gas from the overhead of the
Dehydration Drum (031-D-1001A/B/C/D) is cooled in the regeneration gas air cooler (031-E-
1002) to 50°C. This cooler will condense most of the moisture and some of the
hydrocarbons in the gas. The condensed water and hydrocarbons are sent to the
regeneration gas KO drum (031-D-1002) to separate them from the regeneration Gas. The
gas stream from the Regeneration Gas KO Drum (031-D-1002) is routed to a HP Fuel Gas
Mixing Drum (063-D-1001), while the water and liquid hydrocarbons are routed to the
Deoiling Drum (031-D-1004) where the liquid hydrocarbons are separated from the water.
The collected liquid hydrocarbon is sent to wet liquid disposal through the deoiling drum
(031-D-1004). In the event that the BOG compressor is unavailable due to upset condition or
in maintenance job, dry gas from downstream of the mercury removal after filter (031-Y-
1002A/B) is used to dryer bed when regeneration mode and also used during start-up.
Unit 031 also provide defrost by using gas heater (031-E-1003) with temperature 60 0C and
pressure 5.5 kg/cm2. This defrost gas is used for purging purposes in cryogenic section to
remove moisture in pipeline during startup, to sweep hydrocarbon when shutdown
operation, and to normalize the temperature in main cryogenic heat exchanger (MCHE)
during shutdown operation. Seal gas also provide in this unit by heater (031-E-1003) with
temperature 63 0C and pressure 16 kg/cm2. During Start-Up Seal gas will transfer to gas
turbine compressor (051-CG-1001), LP MR compressor (051- CG-1002) and HP MR
compressor (051-CG-1003) asexternal seal Gas. Injection gas also provide to vaporize liquid
in dry gas flare KO drum (086-D-1001) during start up and normal operation which is taken
from defrost gas heater (031-E-1003) outlet at 43 °C. The Injection gas is further heated up
by dry flare injection gas heater (031-E-1005) using hot oil after heated up by defrost gas
heater. The injection gas temperature is controlled at 135 °C.