CONTROL MODEL OF THE NATURAL GAS PURIFICATION PROCESS

The equipment used in the processes of cleaning and drying natural gas for transportation and consumption and the methods applied for drying gas were comparatively analyzed, it was noted that the absorption method is more widespread among these methods due to its simplicity and efficiency, it was shown that drying gas should be carried out immediately after its cleaning from mechanical and other impurities so that during the transportation and use of gas, there are no blockages in pipelines, malfunctions in measuring devices and other gas equipment. Drying gas prevents the formation of hydrates in pipes due to condensation during transportation and increases the heat-generating capacity of gas by burning it well. The characteristics of the liquid absorbent used to dry gas in the absorption process - the absorbent, being regenerated and returned to the gas drying process were investigated, and the parameters and quality indicators affecting the technological process were determined for optimal control of the gas drying technological process at normal temperature and pressure for that process, as well as the output parameters of the gas drying unit. It was noted that although the pneumatic control system is considered morally obsolete, some elements and devices of this system, in particular, pneumatic actuators, are distinguished by their reliability in mining and field conditions. Therefore, it is advisable to use them in modern control systems with controllers. For this purpose, the structure of the general control system of the process, the information model of the control object was built, the input and output parameters, the limiting conditions for reflecting the exciting and controlling effects in the structure of the mathematical model were determined, and the limit ranges containing the minimum and maximum values of each parameter were determined. The control problem can also be formulated and solved as a problem of stabilizing productivity or another parameter. An optimal control model of the gas drying process was built, and the optimization criterion was selected. In the problem of optimizing the technological process of gas drying, the maximum productivity of the plant was adopted as the main criterion, and the humidity of the gas was adopted as the limiting condition. Several recommendations are given for solving this problem. Keywords: gas drying, absorbent, control system, optimal control, model.