Definitions of words and terms used in the gas processing industry.
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In fractionation or distillation, the portion of condensed overhead product returned to the column to enhance achievable purity of the overhead product.
The term applied to the distillation process to give a relative measurement to the volume of reflux to overhead product.
A process that uses compression, liquifecation, and evaporation for cooling needs.
A valve which controls the flow or pressure of liquid or gas through a line.
The mass of a specific volume of fluid divided by the mass of a specific volume of reference fluid, per the specified conditions.
The equipment used for temporarily releasing fluid to avoid a pressure in excess of the design pressure for a vessel or piping arrangement.
Estimated quantities of gas and liquid hydrocarbon reservoir fluids which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable.
The material which remains after a separation process.
A phase behavior phenomenon where liquids condense from a gas as pressure is reduced.
A base solution containing the acid gases it is designed to absorb.
A hydrocarbon vapor stream containing a sufficient quantity of liquifiable hydrocarbons deemed economically suitable as feed to a gas processing plant and from which liquid hydrocarbon products can be extracted.
The oil leaving the bottom of an absorber in lean oil processing plants.
