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A NEW METHOD FOR THE STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF NATURAL GAS HYDRATE NUCLEATION AT ELEVATED PRESSURE Kozielski, K.A.; Becker, N.C.; Hartley, P.G.; Wilson, P.W.; Haymet, A.D.J.; Gudimetla, R.; Ballard, A.L.; Kini, R.

Abstract

Nucleation is a stochastic process, most accurately represented by a probability distribution. Obtaining sufficient data to define this probability distribution is a laborious process. Here, we describe a novel instrument capable of the automated determination of hydrate nucleation probability under non-equilibrium conditions for a range of natural gas mixtures at pressures up to 10MPa. The instrument is based on the automated lag time apparatus (ALTA) which was developed to study the stochastic nature of nucleation in ambient pressure systems [1].We demonstrate that the probability distribution represents a robust and reproducible tool for the quantitative evaluation of hydrate formation risk under pseudo-realistic pressure conditions.

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A NEW METHOD FOR THE STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF NATURAL GAS HYDRATE NUCLEATION AT ELEVATED PRESSURE
Creator
Kozielski, K.A.; Becker, N.C.; Hartley, P.G.; Wilson, P.W.; Haymet, A.D.J.; Gudimetla, R.; Ballard, A.L.; Kini, R.
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; International Conference on Gas Hydrates (6th : 2008 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Date Issued
2008-07
Description
Nucleation is a stochastic process, most accurately represented by a probability distribution. Obtaining sufficient data to define this probability distribution is a laborious process. Here, we describe a novel instrument capable of the automated determination of hydrate nucleation probability under non-equilibrium conditions for a range of natural gas mixtures at pressures up to 10MPa. The instrument is based on the automated lag time apparatus (ALTA) which was developed to study the stochastic nature of nucleation in ambient pressure systems [1].We demonstrate that the probability distribution represents a robust and reproducible tool for the quantitative evaluation of hydrate formation risk under pseudo-realistic pressure conditions.
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Subject
Gas hydrates; Nucleation; Super-cooling; Sub-cooling
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Conference Paper
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Text
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application/pdf
Language
eng
Date Available
2008-07-29
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0041045
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1168
Affiliation
Non UBC
Citation
Kozielski, K.A.; Becker, N.C.; Hartley, P.G.; Wilson, P.W.; Haymet, A.D.J.; Gudimetla, R.; Ballard, A.L.; Kini, R. 2008. A NEW METHOD FOR THE STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF NATURAL GAS HYDRATE NUCLEATION AT ELEVATED PRESSURE. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA, July 6-10, 2008.
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Unreviewed
Copyright Holder
Wilson, P.W.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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