Demethanizer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device that removes methane from a (petroleum) gas mixture

    "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)."

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"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)."

Etymology

From demethanize + -er.

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