TALLER EN CLASE

WATER CONTENT AND INHIBITION HYDRATE

Nombre : Olfer Eduardo Orduz Rodriguez

Codigo: 2155046

1. 150 MMscf/d of natural gas leaves an off-shore platform at 120°F and 1000
psia.
• The gas comes onshore at 45°F and 700 psia.
• The hydrate temperature of the gas is 65°F.
• Associated condensate production is 20 Bbl/MMscf.

The condensate has an API gravity of 48 and a MW of 145. Calculate the amount of
methanol and 70 wt% EG inhibitors required to prevent hydrate formation in the pipeline.

Solution:

1) Calculate the amount of water condensed per day

𝑊𝑖𝑛 = 100 𝑙𝑏/𝑀𝑀𝑠𝑐𝑓

𝑊𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 14 𝑙𝑏/𝑀𝑀𝑠𝑐𝑓

∆𝑊 = 86 𝑙𝑏/𝑀𝑀𝑠𝑐𝑓

𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑑 = (150) (100 − 14) = 12900 𝑙𝑏/𝑑𝑎𝑦

(120°F; 1000 psi)100lb /MMscf

(45°F; 700 psi) 14 lb /MMscf
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2) Calculate required methanol inhibitor concentration The minimum inhibitor

concentration in the free water phase may be approximated by
Hammerschmidt’s equation (1934).
 d ∗ MW
𝑋= ∗ 100
K + (d ∗ MW)
dT = 65 – 45 = 20°F
X = (20*32) / ((2335) + (20*32))

X = 0,21
Should not be used beyond 20-25 wt% for methanol and 60-70 wt% for the
glycols.

3) Calculate mass rate of inhibitor in water phase For methanol con-centrations up to

about 50%, the Nielsen-Bucklin provides better accuracy

0,23
 X ∗ mH2O 0.23 ∗ 12900
𝑚1 = = = 3853.25 Lb/day
𝑋𝐿 − 𝑋 1 − 𝑂. 23

4) Estimate vaporization losses

1,2

Daily loses=

(1,2)*(150)*(23) = 4140 lb/day

Ratio of methanol vapor composition to methanol liquid composition.
5) Estimate losses to hidrocarbon liquid phase

0,22

45°F and 23 wt% MeOH, xMeOH ≈ 0.22 mol%

6) Estimate losses to hidrocarbon liquid phase Lb/Mols of condensate per day:

150MMscf 20bbl (350)(0.78)lb 1𝑙𝑏. 𝑚𝑜𝑙

( )( )( )( )
𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑀𝑀𝑠𝑐𝑓 𝑏𝑏𝑙 145𝑙𝑏
= 5648.28 𝑙𝑏. 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑠/𝑑𝑎𝑦

L𝑏. 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑙 = (5648.28) (0.0022)

= 12.43 𝑙𝑏. 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑠/𝑑𝑎𝑦

𝐿𝑏 𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑙 = (12.43) (32) = 397.76 𝑙𝑏/𝑑𝑎𝑦

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 = 3853.25 + 4140 + 397.76
 = 8391.01 𝑙𝑏/𝑑𝑎𝑦

Ethylene glicol

d= 20°F
MW= 62
Kh=2200
d ∗ MW
𝑋= ∗ 100
K + (d ∗ MW)
d = 65 – 45 = 20°F
X = (20*32) / ((2200) + (20*32))

X = 0,36
Methanol left in the gas phase can be recovered by condensation with the remaining
water in downstream chilling processes. Likewise, the methanol in the condensate
phase can be recovered by water by downstream water washing. 80 wt% EG

X ∗ mH2O 0.36 ∗ 12900

𝑚1 = = = 13658 Lb/day
𝑋𝐿 − 𝑋 0.7 − 𝑂. 36

2. 80 MMscf/d of natural gas leaves an off-shore platform at 110°F and 1100

psia.
• The gas comes onshore at 45°F and 850 psia. The hydrate temperature of the gas is
60°F.
• Associated condensate production is 8 Bbl/MMscf.
• The condensate has an API gravity of and a 55 of 130. Calculate the amount of EG.

Solution:
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𝑊𝑖𝑛 = 75 𝑙𝑏/𝑀𝑀𝑠𝑐𝑓

𝑊𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 12 𝑙𝑏/𝑀𝑀𝑠𝑐𝑓

∆𝑊 = 63 𝑙𝑏/𝑀𝑀𝑠𝑐𝑓

𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑑 = (80) (75 – 12) = 5040𝑙𝑏/𝑑𝑎𝑦

(110°F; 1100 psi) 75lb /MMscf
(45°F; 850 psi) 13 lb /MMscf

d ∗ MW
𝑋= ∗ 100
K + (d ∗ MW)
d= (60-45) = 15
MW= 62

K= 2200
X = (15*62) / ((2200) + (15*62))

X = 0,297

X ∗ mH2O 0.297 ∗ 5040

𝑚1 = = = 2130 Lb/day
𝑋𝐿 − 𝑋 1 − 𝑂. 297