Effect of kinetic hydrate inhibitor and liquid hydrocarbon on the heterogeneous segregation and deposition of gas hydrate particles

Kyuchul Shin, Jakyung Kim, Yutaek Seo, Seong Pil Kang

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Abstract

Segregation and deposition of hydrate particles observed in flowloop experiments are required to be investigated more thoroughly to understand the hydrate plugging mechanism in offshore flowlines. We used natural gas as gas phase and selected three different systems as liquid phase, which are pure water only, kinetic hydrate inhibitor added aqueous solution, and water+decane mixture, respectively. Hydrate formation process including onset and growth was studied by measuring the pressure, temperature, and torque changes in high-pressure autoclave. The obtained results suggest that poly-vinyl caprolactam (PVCap) solution shows elongated growth period than pure water until distinct torque change is observed, which also indicates the suppressing effect of PVCap on the growth of hydrate crystals. However, the presence of decane as continuous liquid phase enhances the deposition of hydrate particles on the wall. The torque change with conversion to hydrate used in this study is found to be useful to classify the hydrate formation process into three different regions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2177-2182
Number of pages6
JournalKorean Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume31
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Nov 2014

Keywords

  • Flow Assurance
  • Gas Hydrates
  • Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitor
  • Offshore Gas Fields
  • Particle Agglomeration

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