{"id":38,"date":"2026-06-02T10:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/?sbc_application=natural-gas-dehydration"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:43:05","slug":"natural-gas-dehydration","status":"publish","type":"sbc_application","link":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/?sbc_application=natural-gas-dehydration","title":{"rendered":"Natural Gas Dehydration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Adsorption Dehydration Works<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bed of molecular sieve captures water by physisorption as wet gas passes through. When the bed approaches saturation it is regenerated by heating to 250\u2013300 \u00b0C with a dry purge, then cooled before returning to adsorption. Twin or triple vessels give continuous duty.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Desiccant Selection<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Molecular Sieve 3A is the standard choice for sales gas, minimising hydrocarbon co-adsorption; 4A is reserved for pure-methane maximum-capacity duty. Guard layers protect the main bed from bulk water.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQ<\/h2><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What dew point is achievable?<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below \u221240 \u00b0C, and below \u221270 \u00b0C in deep-bed designs \u2014 meeting pipeline and cryogenic-feed specifications.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long is a typical cycle?<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\u201324 hours per adsorption half-cycle, depending on inlet water load, bed volume, and target dew point.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Removing water vapour from natural gas to prevent hydrates and corrosion and to meet pipeline dew-point specification, using molecular-sieve TSA adsorption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"sbc_application":[13],"sbc_industry":[18,19],"sbc_engagement_model":[32,28],"class_list":["post-38","sbc_application","type-sbc_application","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sbc_application-gas-treatment-drying","sbc_industry-oil-gas","sbc_industry-petrochemicals-refining","sbc_engagement_model-media-supply","sbc_engagement_model-turnkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sbc_application\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sbc_application"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sbc_application"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sbc_application\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"sbc_application","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fsbc_application&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"sbc_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fsbc_industry&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"sbc_engagement_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/molecularsieve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fsbc_engagement_model&post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}