Investigation on natural gas hydrate dissociation from a slurry to a water-in-oil emulsion in a high-pressure flow loop

• Published in: Fuel (Guildford) Vol. 233; pp. 743 - 758
• Main Authors: Shi, Bo-Hui, Song, Shang-Fei, Lv, Xiao-Fang, Li, Wen-Qing, Wang, Ying, Ding, Lin, Liu, Yang, Yang, Ju-Heng, Wu, Hai-Hao, Wang, Wei, Gong, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Agglomeration; Breakage; Data processing; Deep water; Dissociation; Emulsions; Energy of dissociation; Flow assurance; Flow rates; Flow velocity; Free energy; Gas hydrates; Heat of formation; Influence coefficient; Initial pressure; Ion beams; Management methods; Natural gas; Natural gas hydrate; Natural gas industry; Particle agglomeration; Pressure; Pressure drop; Reflectance; Slurries; Slurry reactors; Water-in-oil emulsion; Particle agglomeration; Water-in-oil emulsion; Dissociation; Natural gas hydrate; Flow assurance

Investigations of natural gas hydrate dissociation from a slurry to a water-in-oil emulsion are conducted in a high-pressure hydrate experimental flow loop equipped with on-line microcosmic instruments including a focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM) probe and a particle video microscope (PVM...