P44 - Towards Inline Hydrates Detection by Electrical Impedance Measuring System
- Event
- SMSI 2023
2023-05-08 - 2023-05-11
Nürnberg - Band
- Poster
- Chapter
- Poster
- Author(s)
- G. Fraga Gehring, M. José da Silva, R. Morales, E. Nunes dos Santos, J. Nakatu Longo, N. Reginaldo - Federal University of Technology, Curitiba (Brazil)
- Pages
- 366 - 367
- DOI
- 10.5162/SMSI2023/P44
- ISBN
- 978-3-9819376-8-8
- Price
- free
Abstract
Methane hydrates is a critical occurrence in the oil and gas industry because it can potentially interrupt the flow of pipelines. Monitoring the formation of hydrates is critical for decision-making leading to dam-age control of blockages. To date large safety margins are applied in hydrates management which could be optimized by proper monitoring, thus decreasing costs. Here we show that a straightforward imped-ance-based measuring system can detect fluctuations in conductance and capacitance and correlate them to the formation of ice in a tube. Ice has similar properties to hydrates and was therefore selected as model substance in this study.