Optimization of the Natural Gas Purification Process Based on Exergy Analysis

Table 5

Analysis result of the process’s exergy.

Condition	The actual values (I)	The optimized values (II)
The nodes	Exergy values, 104 kJ/h
1	1.33	5.19
2	152.69	131.74
3	751.67	1018.98
4	1621.80	1787.10
5	3.21	—
6	1474.30	1863.31
7	503.90	697.88
8	660.75	834.34
9	223.94	333.45
10	381.83	615.41
11	5993.28	6374.88
12	42.55	128.58
13	283.06	370.38
14	0.81	—
15	97.66	87.83
16	534.82	799.98
17	41.37	20.18
18	229.38	349.05