Towards the development of cavitation technology for gas hydrate prevention
In offshore gas well drilling and production, methane hydrate may block the tubing, resulting in the stoppage of gas production. Conventional methods such as injection of thermal hydrate inhibitors, thermal insulating or heating, gas dehydration and reducing pressure are time-consuming and expensive...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:d5abb4c45fee47eca41fc15584b23470 2023-05-15T17:11:58+02:00 Towards the development of cavitation technology for gas hydrate prevention Mingbo Wang Junjie Qiu Weiqing Chen 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202054 https://doaj.org/article/d5abb4c45fee47eca41fc15584b23470 EN eng The Royal Society https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.202054 https://doaj.org/toc/2054-5703 doi:10.1098/rsos.202054 2054-5703 https://doaj.org/article/d5abb4c45fee47eca41fc15584b23470 Royal Society Open Science, Vol 8, Iss 8 (2021) gas hydrate deepwater gas well cavitation computational fluid dynamics experimental study Science Q article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202054 2022-12-31T08:56:30Z In offshore gas well drilling and production, methane hydrate may block the tubing, resulting in the stoppage of gas production. Conventional methods such as injection of thermal hydrate inhibitors, thermal insulating or heating, gas dehydration and reducing pressure are time-consuming and expensive, and sometimes, they are not realistic in production conditions. New methods are needed to lower the cost of gas hydrate prevention and to overcome these limitations. The thermal effect of cavitation was applied to the prevention of gas hydrate in this study. The thermal impact of cavitation, supposed to heat the fluids and prevent the formation of gas hydrate, was evaluated. Numerical simulation was performed to study the thermal performance of cavitation. Furthermore, experimental studies of the influence of initial temperature, flow rate, fluid volume and fluid viscosity on the thermal effect of cavitation were performed, and the results were analysed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Methane hydrate Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Royal Society Open Science 8 8 202054 |
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In offshore gas well drilling and production, methane hydrate may block the tubing, resulting in the stoppage of gas production. Conventional methods such as injection of thermal hydrate inhibitors, thermal insulating or heating, gas dehydration and reducing pressure are time-consuming and expensive, and sometimes, they are not realistic in production conditions. New methods are needed to lower the cost of gas hydrate prevention and to overcome these limitations. The thermal effect of cavitation was applied to the prevention of gas hydrate in this study. The thermal impact of cavitation, supposed to heat the fluids and prevent the formation of gas hydrate, was evaluated. Numerical simulation was performed to study the thermal performance of cavitation. Furthermore, experimental studies of the influence of initial temperature, flow rate, fluid volume and fluid viscosity on the thermal effect of cavitation were performed, and the results were analysed. |
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Towards the development of cavitation technology for gas hydrate prevention |
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