Exergy Analysis of Monoethylene glycol recovery processes for hydrate inhibition in offshore natural gas fields

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 798-813

  Teixeira, Alexandre Mendonça ^a   Arinelli, Lara de Oliveira ^a   Medeiros, José Luiz de ^a   Araújo, Ofélia de Queiroz F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exergy; Exergy analysis; Hydrate inhibition; MEG recovery

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXERGY; GAS HYDRATES; GAS INDUSTRY; GLYCOLS; HYDRATION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POLYOLS; RECOVERY; WELLHEADS;

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; HYDRATE INHIBITION; MONOETHYLENE GLYCOL; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE NATURAL GAS; REFERENCE ENVIRONMENTS; STANDARD ATMOSPHERES;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 84987962013     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.09.017     Document Type: Article

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