demethanizer

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English

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Etymology

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From demethanize +‎ -er.

Noun

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demethanizer (plural demethanizers)

  1. A device that removes methane from a (petroleum) gas mixture
    • 2015 December 23, “Energy Return on Investment (EROI) for Forty Global Oilfields Using a Detailed Engineering-Based Model of Oil Production”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Four different fields realize an NER tot increase by greater than 4 times the base value when the gas processing intensity is set to low processing intensity (e.g., turn off acid gas removal, demethanizer, and dehydrator).