GE’s FuelEx is an auxiliary system designed to separate heavy hydrocarbons or natural gas liquids (NGLs) from fuel gas in turbocompressor applications. This enables a higher concentration of methane to be burned inside the gas turbine before the separated liquids are returned to the main gas stream, reducing unnecessary combustion of NGLs in the plant and increasing the NGL recovery rate at the end of the process. NGLs can then be sold and used in the production of hundreds of industrial products including plastics, paints, rubber, fertilizers, detergents and solvents, as well as fuels.
Learn More
Environmental Benefits
GE's FuelEx system is designed to separate heavy hydrocarbons or natural gas liquids (NGLs) from fuel gas, enabling higher NGL recovery at the end of the process. This raises the methane content of the fuel gas burned by turbines, lowering the operator's CO2 emissions. In one customer application, an installation of 14 FuelEx systems on a North American pipeline with 25MW turbines is designed to reduce CO2 emissions for the pipeline operator by 40,000 metric tons per year, equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions of over 7,800 cars on US roads.
Operating Benefits
GE's FuelEx system is designed to allow an operator of a typical turbocompressor with rich gas fuel in an oil & gas plant to recover an additional 500-700 kg per hour of NGLs for each 25MW turbine. As an example for pipeline application, an installation of 14 FuelEx systems on a North American pipeline is designed to yield additional NGL revenue for the operator of over US$ 40 million per year, at an average NGL mix price of $1.2 per gallon.
