Journal
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS
Volume 48, Issue -, Pages 1-6Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jct.2011.12.023
Keywords
DSC; THI; Hydrate; Inhibition; Equilibrium
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Funding
- NSF RAPID [CBET-1042752]
- CSM Hydrate Consortium
- BP
- Chevron
- Conoco-Phillips
- ExxonMobil
- Nalco
- Petrobras
- Shell
- SPT Group
- Statoil
- Total
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1042752] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Natural gas hydrates are ice-like inclusion compounds that form at high pressures and low temperatures in the presence of water and light hydrocarbons. Hydrate formation conditions are favorable in gas and oil pipelines, and their formation threatens gas and oil production. Thermodynamic hydrate inhibitors (THIs) are chemicals (e. g., methanol, monoethylene glycol) deployed in gas pipelines to depress the equilibrium temperature required for hydrate formation. This work presents a novel application of a stepwise differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurement to accurately determine the methane hydrate phase boundary in the presence of THIs. The scheme is first validated on a model (ice + salt water) system, and then generalized to measure hydrate equilibrium temperatures for pure systems and 0.035 mass fraction NaCl solutions diluted to 0, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.20 mass fraction methanol. The hydrate equilibrium temperatures are measured at methane pressures from (7.0 to 20.0) MPa. The measured equilibrium temperatures are compared to values computed by the predictive hydrate equilibrium tool CSMGem. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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