Patent ID: 9689608
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: C10L,F25B,F25J

Claim:
1. A process for recovering natural gas liquid from a hydrocarbon containing gas, said method comprising the steps of: mechanically coupling a boundary layer disk turbine (BLDT) to a compressor pump; directing a flow of pressurized fluid of the BLDT to mechanically power the compressor pump; compressing air with the mechanically powered compressor pump; thereby generating compressed air without an external energy source; introducing said compressed air to a vortex tube; separating the introduced compressed air in the vortex tube into a hot air stream and a cold air stream; introducing the cold air stream into a heat exchanger; introducing the hydrocarbon containing gas into the heat exchanger, wherein the cold air stream in the heat exchanger cools the hydrocarbon containing gas thereby condensing natural gas vapors in the hydrocarbon containing gas to liquid hydrocarbons; collecting the liquid hydrocarbons from the heat exchanger; and collecting a dry hydrocarbon containing gas from the heat exchanger; thereby recovering natural gas liquid from the hydrocarbon containing gas without an external energy source.