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The Effect of Slightly Upward and Downward Inclined Pipes on the Stability of Gas-Oil Two-Phase Flow Peyman Sabzi; Saheb Noroozi
ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol 14, No 1 (2014)
Publisher : Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Pipeline inclination has an important effect on the stability of two-phase flow and flow assurance in the pipeline. This inclination may be intentional; it may be inevitable in pipeline installation; or it may be due to an error in pipeline installation. In this situation, even the slight inclination of the pipe plays an important role in the growth or elimination of the instability of the two-phase flow. In this study using a code designed for the analysis of pipelines’ two-phase flow, the stability of the two-phase flow for Kerosene oil flow along with methane gas has been compared in downward inclined pipes, upward inclined pipes, and horizontal pipes. Using the mentioned computer code, it has been proved that the pipe’s upward inclination results in the increase of two-phase flow instability, while the pipe’s downward inclination is helpful in two-phase flow stability. In order to model two-phase flow in the pipe, two-fluid model has been used. This model considers each phase separately and the equations of mass conservation and momentum are written for each phase. The momentum exchange between the two phases and between each phase and the pipe wall has been considered. Conservation equations have been solved using SIMPLE algorithm in a numerical form with finite volume method.Keywords: Pipes, Two-Phase Flow, Inclined Stability, Two-Fluid Model
Thermodynamic Modelling of Gas Hydrate Formation in the Presence of Inhibitors and the Consideration of their Effect Peyman Sabzi; Saheb Noroozi
ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol 14, No 1 (2014)
Publisher : Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Gas hydrates formation is considered as one the greatest obstacles in gas transportation systems. Problems related to gas hydrate formation is more severe when dealing with transportation at low temperatures of deep water. In order to avoid formation of Gas hydrates, different inhibitors are used. Methanol is one of the most common and economically efficient inhibitor. Adding methanol to the flow lines, changes the thermodynamic equilibrium situation of the system. In order to predict these changes in thermodynamic behavior of the system, a series of modelings are performed using Matlab software in this paper. The main approach in this modeling is on the basis of Van der Waals and Plateau's thermodynamic approach. The obtained results of a system containing water, Methane and Methanol showed that hydrate formation pressure increases due to the increase of inhibitor amount in constant temperature and this increase is more in higher temperatures. Furthermore, these results were in harmony with the available empirical data.Keywords: Gas hydrates, thermodynamic inhibitor, modelling, pipeline blockage