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High Pressure Rheology of Gas Hydrate in Multiphase Flow Systems

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Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2019)

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The measurement of the rheological properties of gas hydrate slurries necessitates the high pressure rheometer that can provide a proper mixing inside the pressure cell during hydrate formation from two multiphase fluids, water and gas. However, the hydrate formation is highly challenging in conventional cup and bob geometry due to its plane surface. To overcome this, the present work focuses on the study of high pressure rheology for hydrate slurries formed from water-heptane (C7H16) system using a high pressure cell in Anton-Paar® (MCR-52) rheometer and a modified Couette geometry which enables the measurement of rheological studies of multiphase hydrate system. It was observed that the hydrate slurries exhibit shear thinning behavior. The present study provides an important information about the rheology of methane hydrate slurries formed from multiphase systems for flow assurance applications.

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Gaurav Pandey acknowledges the support from the joint NUS-IITM Ph.D. program.

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  1. Department of Petroleum Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 248007, India

    Gaurav Pandey

  2. Gas Hydrate and Flow Assurance Laboratory, Petroleum Engineering Program, Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India

    Gaurav Pandey & Jitendra S. Sangwai

  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore

    Gaurav Pandey

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  1. Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Vallam Sundar

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    S. A. Sannasiraj

  3. Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    V. Sriram

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

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Pandey, G., Sangwai, J.S. (2021). High Pressure Rheology of Gas Hydrate in Multiphase Flow Systems. In: Sundar, V., Sannasiraj, S.A., Sriram, V., Nowbuth, M.D. (eds) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2019). Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 106. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8506-7_26

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