Process for transporting a fluid such as a dry gas likely to form hydrates
US5816280A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/0391
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Process for transporting gas hydrates formed from a natural gas or from a condensate gas, consisting in using a dispersing additive, possibly coupled with a film-forming additive, in solution in a liquid hydrocarbon fraction, this liquid hydrocarbon fraction participating in the formation of an emulsion and/or of a suspension with the condensation water produced and the hydrates. The dispersing additive is recycled after the transportation of the hydrates in the pipe.
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