Investigation of the Flow Characteristics of Methane Hydrate Slurries with Low Flow Rates

Gas hydrate blockage in pipelines during offshore production becomes a major problem with increasing water depth. In this work, a series of experiments on gas hydrate formation in a flow loop was performed with low flow rates of 0.33, 0.66, and 0.88 m/s; the effects of the initial subcooling, flow r...

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Main Authors: Cuiping Tang, Xiangyong Zhao, Dongliang Li, Yong He, Xiaodong Shen, Deqing Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-01-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/1/145