The invention discloses an efficient compact tubular
glycol dehydration system and method for
natural gas. The
dehydration system and method are applicable to an offshore platform. The
system comprises an underflow valve of a filter separator, the filter separator, a tubular gas-liquid contact absorber, a
triethylene glycol condenser, a glycol pump, a
natural gas / lean glycol
heat exchanger, a
demister, an underflow valve of a
demister, a lean glycol
storage tank, a lean / rich glycol
heat exchanger, a tubular gas-liquid contact desorber, a condenser, a three-phase separator, a stripping agent pump, a
coalescer, a drain valve of the
coalescer, a stripping agent dryer, a stripping agent heater, a
reboiler, a glycol filter and a flash tank. According to the invention, a
triethylene glycol contact absorption
dehydration part for
natural gas adopts the tubular gas-liquid contact absorber, and a
triethylene glycol regeneration part adopts a tubular rich
ethylene glycol desorber, so the height,the volume and the weight of equipment can be reduced; a triethylene glycol barren solution is used as an absorbent, so the
dew point of water at an outlet of natural gas having undergone water absorption treatment in an absorption system can be reduced to -60 DEG C or below; the circulation volume and loss of triethylene glycol are reduced, operation and running cost is greatly saved, the spaceoccupation of an offshore platform is effectively reduced, and the treatment requirements of long-distance transportation and
liquefied natural gas on space-limited occasions such as an offshore platform can be met.