Definitions of words and terms used in the gas processing industry.
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The decrease in volume due to product volitility.
A vessel or equipment used to heat or expand a liquid into its vapor phase.
The cooling obtained from the expansion of a gas. See "Joule-Thompson".
A centrifugal axial flow device through which a high pressure gas's volume is increased to produce work from the pressure, energy, gas, or steam.
The process of separating one material from another using effort or force.
A vessel from which a stream is batched or continuously fed for further processing.
Equipment through which a stream passes before the fluid reaches a plant or sales point.
The temperature at which half of a material has distilled during an ASTM D-86 distillation test.
A pipe having an extended external surface to increase the contact area with outside fluid.
The max temperature at which the distillate cannot be collected.
A furnace in which natural gas or other fuel is burned to provide energy in the form of heat.
Capable of being ignited.
Hydrocarbons in a vapor phase that are burned for the purpose of disposal.
The lowest temperature at which vapors from a liquid will ignite.
A vessel used for liberating the gas molecules out of the liquid product.
An overload condition of a process column or vessel which is characterized by excessive buildup of liquids.
A means of improving oil recovery by introduction of a fluid to build resevoir pressure.
Air blown by a fan or blower. Often refers to combustion air or air used in a fin fan cooler.
Gas initially produced from an underground reservoir.
A factor used in heat transfer calculations that represents the resistance to the flow of heat caused by buildup of a foreign substance in the flowing fluids.
