Thermodynamic and kinetic hydrate inhibition performance of aqueous ethylene glycol solutions for natural gas

Minjun Cha; Kyuchul Shin; Juneyoung Kim; Daejun Chang; Yutaek Seo; Huen Lee; Seong Pil Kang

doi:10.1016/j.ces.2013.05.060

Thermodynamic and kinetic hydrate inhibition performance of aqueous ethylene glycol solutions for natural gas

Minjun Cha
, Kyuchul Shin
, Juneyoung Kim
, Daejun Chang
, Yutaek Seo
, Huen Lee
, Seong Pil Kang

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
City University of New York
Korea Institute of Energy Research

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Abstract

Hydrate formation characteristics have been investigated with synthetic natural gas at different mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) concentrations by measuring hydrate onset time and subcooling temperature. MEG is well known thermodynamic hydrate inhibitor (THI), however there have been little works studying its effect on hydrate formation kinetics. In this paper, we report the hydrate onset is delayed and crystal growth is suppressed significantly at the MEG concentration of 30.0. wt%. We also investigate the hydrate formation in the presence of both MEG and poly-vinyl pyrrolidone (PVP). Hydrate onset time is further delayed due to synergistic inhibition effect of two inhibitors. These results suggest that it might be feasible to incorporate the kinetic inhibition performance of MEG into current hydrate inhibition strategy to manage the hydrate risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	184-190
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chemical Engineering Science
Volume	99
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2013.05.060
State	Published - 9 Aug 2013

Keywords

Gas hydrates
Hydrate equilibrium
Kinetic hydrate inhibition
Mono-ethylene glycol

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