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demethanizer

demethanizer noun: a device that removes methane from a (petroleum) gas mixture.

Noun

demethanizer (plural demethanizers)

  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).2015 December 23, “Energy Return on Investment (EROI) for Forty Global Oilfields Using a Detailed Engineering-Based Model of Oil Production”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of demethanizer

pluraldemethanizers

Origin of demethanizer

From demethanize + -er.

Questions about demethanizer

What does demethanizer mean?
Demethanizer means a device that removes methane from a (petroleum) gas mixture.
What part of speech is demethanizer?
Demethanizer is a noun.
What is the plural of demethanizer?
The plural of demethanizer is demethanizers.

Words near demethanizer in the dictionary

  1. demetaphorizing
  2. Demeter
  3. Demeterian
  4. demethanize
  5. demethanized
  6. demethanizer
  7. demethanizers
  8. demethanizes
  9. demethanizing
  10. demethoxylate
  11. demethoxylated

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