Flow characteristics and morphology of hydrate slurry formed from (natural gas+diesel oil/condensate oil+water) system containing anti-agglomerant

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 333-344

  Peng, Bao Zi ^a,c   Chen, Jun ^a   Sun, Chang Yu ^a   Dandekar, Abhijit ^b   Guo, Shao Hui ^a   Liu, Bei ^a   Mu, Liang ^a   Yang, Lan Ying ^a   Li, Wen Zhi ^a   Chen, Guang Jin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c National Institute of Clean and Low Carbon Energy   (China)

Author keywords

Anti agglomerant; Hydrate; Morphology; Non Newtonian fluids; Rheology; Slurries

Indexed keywords

ANTI-AGGLOMERANT; APPARENT VISCOSITY; DIESEL OIL; DISPERSED SYSTEMS; FLOW ASSURANCE; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW LOOPS; FLUID-PHASE; HYDRATE PARTICLES; HYDRATE SLURRY; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; OIL-AND-GAS PIPELINES; PLUG-INS; POWER LAW FLUID; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; WATER CUTS;

ELASTICITY; HYDRATES; MORPHOLOGY; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES;

HYDRATION;

EID: 84866281109     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.08.030     Document Type: Article

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