Natural Gas Hydrates : A Guide for Engineers.

Front Cover -- NATURAL GAS HYDRATES: A Guide for Engineers -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- 1.1 NATURAL GAS -- 1.2 THE WATER MOLECULE -- 1.3 HYDRATES -- 1.4 WATER AND NATURAL GAS -- 1.5 HEAVY WATER -- 1.6 ADDITIONAL READING -- 1.7 UNITS -- 1.8 QUANTIFYING ERROR -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Chapter 2 - Hydrate Types and Formers -- 2.1 TYPE I HYDRATES -- 2.2 TYPE II HYDRATES -- 2.3 TYPE H HYDRATES -- 2.4 THE SIZE OF THE GUEST MOLECULE -- 2.5 N-BUTANE -- 2.6 OTHER HYDROCARBONS -- 2.7 CYCLOPROPANE -- 2.8 2-BUTENE -- 2.9 HYDROGEN AND HELIUM -- 2.10 CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF POTENTIAL GUESTS -- 2.11 LIQUID HYDRATE FORMERS -- 2.12 HYDRATE FORMING CONDITIONS -- 2.13 V+LA+H CORRELATIONS -- 2.14 LA+LN+H CORRELATIONS -- 2.15 QUADRUPLE POINTS -- 2.16 OTHER HYDRATE FORMERS -- 2.17 HYDRATE FORMATION AT 0°C -- 2.18 MIXTURES -- APPENDIX 2A WATER CONTENT OF THE FLUID IN EQUILIBRIUM WITH HYDRATE FOR PURE COMPONENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 - Hand Calculation Methods -- 3.1 THE GAS GRAVITY METHOD -- 3.2 THE K-FACTOR METHOD -- 3.3 BAILLIE-WICHERT METHOD -- 3.4 OTHER CORRELATIONS -- 3.5 COMMENTS ON ALL OF THESE METHODS -- 3.6 LOCAL MODELS -- APPENDIX 3A KATZ K-FACTOR CHARTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 - Computer Methods -- 4.1 PHASE EQUILIBRIUM -- 4.2 VAN DER WAALS AND PLATTEEUW -- 4.3 PARRISH AND PRAUSNITZ -- 4.4 NG AND ROBINSON -- 4.5 CALCULATIONS -- 4.6 COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE PACKAGES -- 4.7 THE ACCURACY OF THESE PROGRAMS -- 4.8 DEHYDRATION -- 4.9 MARGIN OF ERROR -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 - Inhibiting Hydrate Formation with Chemicals -- 5.1 FREEZING POINT DEPRESSION -- 5.2 THE HAMMERSCHMIDT EQUATION -- 5.3 THE NIELSEN-BUCKLIN EQUATION -- 5.4 A NEW METHOD -- 5.5 BRINE SOLUTIONS -- 5.6 ØSTERGAARD ET AL.

5.7 COMMENT ON THE SIMPLE METHODS -- 5.8 ADVANCED CALCULATION METHODS -- 5.9 A WORD OF CAUTION -- 5.10 AMMONIA -- 5.11 ACETONE -- 5.12 INHIBITOR VAPORIZATION -- 5.13 A COMMENT ON INJECTION RATES -- 5.14 SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS -- 5.15 PRICE FOR INHIBITOR CHEMICALS -- 5.16 LOW DOSAGE HYDRATE INHIBITORS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 - Dehydration of Natural Gas -- 6.1 WATER CONTENT SPECIFICATION -- 6.2 GLYCOL DEHYDRATION -- 6.3 MOLE SIEVES -- 6.4 REFRIGERATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 - Combating Hydrates Using Heat and Pressure -- 7.1 PLUGS -- 7.2 THE USE OF HEAT -- 7.3 DEPRESSURIZATION -- 7.4 MELTING A PLUG WITH HEAT -- 7.5 HYDRATE PLUG LOCATION -- 7.6 BUILDINGS -- 7.7 CAPITAL COSTS -- 7.8 CASE STUDIES -- APPENDIX 7A OUTPUT FROM PIPE HEAT LOSS PROGRAM FOR THE EXAMPLES IN THE TEXT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 - Physical Properties of Hydrates -- 8.1 MOLAR MASS -- 8.2 DENSITY -- 8.3 ENTHALPY OF FUSION -- 8.4 HEAT CAPACITY -- 8.5 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY -- 8.6 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES -- 8.7 VOLUME OF GAS IN HYDRATE -- 8.8 ICE VERSUS HYDRATE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 - Phase Diagrams -- 9.1 PHASE RULE -- 9.2 COMMENTS ABOUT PHASES -- 9.3 SINGLE COMPONENT SYSTEMS -- 9.4 BINARY SYSTEMS -- 9.5 PHASE BEHAVIOR BELOW 0°C -- 9.6 MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 - Water Content of Natural Gas -- 10.1 DEW POINT -- 10.2 EQUILIBRIUM WITH LIQUID WATER -- 10.3 EQUILIBRIUM WITH SOLIDS -- 10.4 LOCAL WATER CONTENT MODEL -- APPENDIX 10A OUTPUT FROM AQUALIBRIUM -- HYDRATE BOOK EXAMPLE 10.4: 100PSI -- HYDRATE BOOK EXAMPLE 10.4: 250PSI -- HYDRATE BOOK EXAMPLE 10.4: 500PSI -- HYDRATE BOOK EXAMPLE 10.4: 1000PSI -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 - Additional Topics -- 11.1 JOULE-THOMSON EXPANSION -- 11.2 THEORETICAL TREATMENT -- 11.3 IDEAL GAS -- 11.4 REAL FLUIDS -- 11.5 SLURRY FLOW -- 11.6 HYDRATE FORMATION IN THE RESERVOIR DURING PRODUCTION -- 11.7 FLOW IN THE WELL.

11.8 CARBON STORAGE -- 11.9 TRANSPORTATION -- 11.10 NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF HYDRATES -- 11.11 SEABED -- 11.12 NATURAL GAS FORMATIONS -- 11.13 OUTER SPACE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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