To investigate the morphological evolution of the whole growth and aggregation processes of hydrate crystals near the gas–liquid interface,we used a high-pressure visual reactor with high-speed camera to capture the ...To investigate the morphological evolution of the whole growth and aggregation processes of hydrate crystals near the gas–liquid interface,we used a high-pressure visual reactor with high-speed camera to capture the micromorphology of hydrate particles in a natural gas+pure water system with pressure from 2.6 to 3.6 MPa and sub-cooling from 4.7 to 6.23C.The results showed that under low sub-cooling conditions,the amount and size of particles increased first and then decreased in the range of 0–330 lm,and the small particles always dominated.These particles can be roughly classified into two categories:planar flake particles and polyhedral solid particles.Then,the concept of maximum growth dominant particle size was proposed to distinguish the morphological boundary of growth and aggregation.In addition,the micro model was established to better reflect the effects of particle formation process and evolution mechanism near the gas–liquid interface under stirring condition.The results of this study can provide a guidance for flow assurance in multiphase pipeline.展开更多
High pressure pipeline transportation has been an established technology for economically transporting large amounts of CO_(2).However,there are still issues and associated risks that have to be effectively addressed ...High pressure pipeline transportation has been an established technology for economically transporting large amounts of CO_(2).However,there are still issues and associated risks that have to be effectively addressed and adequately understood.It is well known that a strong JouleThomson Cooling effect can occur when pressurized CO_(2) flows through a choke valve.Thus,to investigate the choking characteristics especially the temperature drop of high pressure CO_(2),a new laboratory scale experimental setup(total length of 14.85 m and the inner diameter of 15 mm)was constructed.Steady choked flow and transient choked flow tests were carried out respectively for pressurized CO_(2) in various initial phases.The phase transitions and temperature drop characteristics were then studied following the choked flow and the results show that the phase transitions in steady choked flow differs significantly from that in transient choked flow.For transient choked flow of various initial phases,all the flows downstream would transfer from single phase to gas-liquid twophase flow.Furthermore,the effect of water on transient choked flow of supercritical CO_(2) pipeline was investigated,and the phenomena of solid particles deposition was captured which was paramount importance of ensuring the safety operation of CO_(2)pipelines when throttling by the choke valves.展开更多
The evolution of the hydrate particle structure during growth and agglomeration under flowing condition affects the particle as well as flow characteristic,which plays an important role in the flow assurance as well a...The evolution of the hydrate particle structure during growth and agglomeration under flowing condition affects the particle as well as flow characteristic,which plays an important role in the flow assurance as well as heat transfer in refrigeration systems.Therefore,this article conducts experiments to study and observe the growth and agglomeration process in the main forming stage of hydrate.It was found that the growth of tetrahydrofuran hydrate was anisotropic and in a layered growth pattern.Single crystals generally transformed from octahedral structure to octahedral skeleton structure with growth,however some single crystals also deformed into plate type particles.The thickness of the plate type particles increased gradually during growth,and the edge part increased earlier than the middle part.During agglomeration,the hydrate particles contacted and sintered together.Sand as the impurity didn’t serve as the nucleation center but affected the agglomeration of hydrate particles by collisions.In addition,the effect increased as the sand size decreased.Finally,a microstructure model for hydrate growth and agglomeration was proposed,which showed the hydrate structure evolution in these processes and could lay a foundation for studying the flow assurance of hydrate slurry.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(51974349,U19B2012,51991363)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2017MEE057)which are gratefully acknowledged.
文摘To investigate the morphological evolution of the whole growth and aggregation processes of hydrate crystals near the gas–liquid interface,we used a high-pressure visual reactor with high-speed camera to capture the micromorphology of hydrate particles in a natural gas+pure water system with pressure from 2.6 to 3.6 MPa and sub-cooling from 4.7 to 6.23C.The results showed that under low sub-cooling conditions,the amount and size of particles increased first and then decreased in the range of 0–330 lm,and the small particles always dominated.These particles can be roughly classified into two categories:planar flake particles and polyhedral solid particles.Then,the concept of maximum growth dominant particle size was proposed to distinguish the morphological boundary of growth and aggregation.In addition,the micro model was established to better reflect the effects of particle formation process and evolution mechanism near the gas–liquid interface under stirring condition.The results of this study can provide a guidance for flow assurance in multiphase pipeline.
基金Key laboratory of oil&gas storage&transportation PetroChina(GDGS-KJZX-2016-JS-379)supported by the National Science and Technology Special Project(2016ZX05016-002).
文摘High pressure pipeline transportation has been an established technology for economically transporting large amounts of CO_(2).However,there are still issues and associated risks that have to be effectively addressed and adequately understood.It is well known that a strong JouleThomson Cooling effect can occur when pressurized CO_(2) flows through a choke valve.Thus,to investigate the choking characteristics especially the temperature drop of high pressure CO_(2),a new laboratory scale experimental setup(total length of 14.85 m and the inner diameter of 15 mm)was constructed.Steady choked flow and transient choked flow tests were carried out respectively for pressurized CO_(2) in various initial phases.The phase transitions and temperature drop characteristics were then studied following the choked flow and the results show that the phase transitions in steady choked flow differs significantly from that in transient choked flow.For transient choked flow of various initial phases,all the flows downstream would transfer from single phase to gas-liquid twophase flow.Furthermore,the effect of water on transient choked flow of supercritical CO_(2) pipeline was investigated,and the phenomena of solid particles deposition was captured which was paramount importance of ensuring the safety operation of CO_(2)pipelines when throttling by the choke valves.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51991363(Major Program),51974349,U19B2012)State Key Laboratory of Natural Gas Hydrates(443CCL2020RCPS0225ZQN)。
文摘The evolution of the hydrate particle structure during growth and agglomeration under flowing condition affects the particle as well as flow characteristic,which plays an important role in the flow assurance as well as heat transfer in refrigeration systems.Therefore,this article conducts experiments to study and observe the growth and agglomeration process in the main forming stage of hydrate.It was found that the growth of tetrahydrofuran hydrate was anisotropic and in a layered growth pattern.Single crystals generally transformed from octahedral structure to octahedral skeleton structure with growth,however some single crystals also deformed into plate type particles.The thickness of the plate type particles increased gradually during growth,and the edge part increased earlier than the middle part.During agglomeration,the hydrate particles contacted and sintered together.Sand as the impurity didn’t serve as the nucleation center but affected the agglomeration of hydrate particles by collisions.In addition,the effect increased as the sand size decreased.Finally,a microstructure model for hydrate growth and agglomeration was proposed,which showed the hydrate structure evolution in these processes and could lay a foundation for studying the flow assurance of hydrate slurry.
