Patent ID: 11884887
Assignee: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 18:
19. An apparatus for recycling gaseous hydrocarbons, the apparatus comprising:
a compressor that accepts a hydrocarbon gas composition from a separator, wherein the separator accepts a crude hydrocarbon input stream and outputs a crude liquid hydrocarbon stream;
a cooling unit that accepts a compressed mixture from the compressor and that forms a cooled composition comprising liquid hydrocarbons; and
a flowline from the cooling unit for flowing the liquid hydrocarbons to the separator;
wherein the apparatus further comprises
a primary recovery separator that accepts the hydrocarbon gas composition from the separator and that flows the hydrocarbon gas composition from the primary recovery separator to the compressor, or
a secondary recovery separator that accepts the cooled composition comprising the liquid hydrocarbons and that outputs the liquid hydrocarbons to the separator.