Screening and Compounding of Gas Hydrate Anti-agglomerants from Commercial Additives through Morphology Observation

The anti-agglomeration performance of single or compounded commercial chemical additives with/without the addition of alcohol as a co-surfactant was evaluated using a sapphire cell and an autoclave reactor with a focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM) probe. Five kinds of gas hydrate morphologi...

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Published in:Energy & fuels 2013-05, Vol.27 (5), p.2488-2496
Main Authors: Chen, Jun, Sun, Chang-Yu, Peng, Bao-Zi, Liu, Bei, Si, Si, Jia, Meng-Lei, Mu, Liang, Yan, Ke-Le, Chen, Guang-Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additives
Agglomeration
Alcohols
Autoclaves
Droplets
Gas hydrates
Hydrates
Morphology
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Summary:The anti-agglomeration performance of single or compounded commercial chemical additives with/without the addition of alcohol as a co-surfactant was evaluated using a sapphire cell and an autoclave reactor with a focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM) probe. Five kinds of gas hydrate morphologies, clumpy-like, slush-like, flocculent-like, slurry-like, and powder-like, were found during evaluating the effect of the commercial additives in (water + oil) systems. The experimental results showed that AEO-3 combined with some commercial chemical additives, especially Span 20, exhibits good anti-agglomeration performance. The hydrate slurry thus formed has a high stability and will not result in agglomeration for a long period of time. A compounded inhibition mechanism, in which one of the components disperses water droplet in the oil phase and the other component prevents formed hydrate from agglomeration, was proposed. A new structure of hydrate anti-agglomerant was designed according to the evaluating results of the single or compounded commercial additives with/without the addition of alcohol material.
ISSN:0887-0624
1520-5029
DOI:10.1021/ef400147j