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Fakhreeva AV, Nosov VV, Voloshin AI, Dokichev VA. Polysaccharides Are Effective Inhibitors of Natural Gas Hydrate Formation. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15071789. [PMID: 37050403 PMCID: PMC10097116 DOI: 10.3390/polym15071789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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This review covers the types and applications of chemical inhibitors of gas hydrate formation in the oil and gas industry. The main directions of the development of new types of highly effective and environmentally safe “green” kinetic hydrate inhibitors (KHIs) based on biopolymers are analyzed. The structure, physicochemical properties, efficiency of gas hydrate formation inhibition, and commercial prospects of polysaccharides in preventing and controlling the formation of gas hydrates are considered. The criteria for their selection, current experimental data, and the mechanism of inhibition are presented. Recent research in the development of cost-effective, efficient, and biodegradable KHIs for industrial applications in the oil and gas industry is also presented.
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- Alsu Venerovna Fakhreeva
- Ufa Institute of Chemistry, Ufa Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia
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- Ufa Institute of Chemistry, Ufa Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia
- RN–BashNIPIneft LLC, 450103 Ufa, Russia
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- Ufa Institute of Chemistry, Ufa Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia
- RN–BashNIPIneft LLC, 450103 Ufa, Russia
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Almashwali AA, Khan MS, Lal B, Jin QC, Sabil KM, Khor SF. Inhibitory influence of amino acids on the formation kinetics of methane hydrates in oil-water and oil-brine systems. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 312:137325. [PMID: 36423723 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This experimental study evaluates the inhibition performance of kinetic hydrates inhibitors (KHIs) of three amino acids, namely: glycine, proline, and alanine. It includes the performance comparison with the conventional inhibitor i.e., polyvinyl pyrrolidine (PVP) on methane (CH4) hydrate in oil systems in two different systems, i.e., deionized and brine water systems. The experiments were conducted in a high-pressure hydrate reactor replicating subsea pipeline conditions, i.e., the temperature of 274 K, pressure 8 MPa, and concentration of 1 wt%, by applying the isochoric cooling technique. The formation kinetics results suggest that all the studied amino acids effectively worked as kinetic inhibitors by potentially delaying CH4 hydrate formations due to their steric hindrance abilities. The interesting phenomenon was observed that the different studied amino acids behave differently in the brine-oil and deionized water-oil systems due to their side chain interaction. In a deionized water-oil system, glycine gives the highest inhibition performance by reducing the hydrate formation risk. On the contrary, in the brine-oil system, proline showed a significant inhibition effect. It should be noted that both glycine and proline were giving almost similar inhibition performance compared to the conventional hydrate inhibitor PVP, however glycine and proline significantly reduced CH4 consumption into hydrate due to their high surface active under CH4 conditions, which strengths the surface tension of the liquid/CH4 interface. Furthermore, according to the findings, it shows that increased side alkyl chain lengths of amino acids increase the efficacy of their kinetic hydration inhibition performance due to better surface adsorption abilities. The amino acids' ability to suppress growth is also linked strongly with hydrophobicity and alkyl side chain length. The findings of this study contribute significantly to current efforts to limit gas hydrate formation in offshore pipelines, particularly in oil-dominant pipelines.
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- Abdulrab Abdulwahab Almashwali
- Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia; CO(2) Research Centre (CO(2)RES), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
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- CO(2) Research Centre (CO(2)RES), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia; CO(2) Research Centre (CO(2)RES), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia.
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- PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd, Kawasan Institusi Bangi, Lot 3288 3289 Off Jalan Ayer Itam, Kajang, Selangor 43000, Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
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Meghana MC, Nandhini C, Benny L, George L, Varghese A. A road map on synthetic strategies and applications of biodegradable polymers. Polym Bull (Berl) 2022; 80:1-50. [PMID: 36530484 PMCID: PMC9735231 DOI: 10.1007/s00289-022-04565-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Biodegradable polymers have emerged as fascinating materials due to their non-toxicity, environmentally benign nature and good mechanical strength. The toxic effects of non-biodegradable plastics paved way for the development of sustainable and biodegradable polymers. The engineering of biodegradable polymers employing various strategies like radical ring opening polymerization, enzymatic ring opening polymerization, anionic ring opening polymerization, photo-initiated radical polymerization, chemoenzymatic method, enzymatic polymerization, ring opening polymerization and coordinative ring opening polymerization have been discussed in this review. The application of biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles in the biomedical field and cosmetic industry is considered to be an emerging field of interest. However, this review mainly highlights the applications of selected biodegradable polymers like polylactic acid, poly(ε-caprolactone), polyethylene glycol, polyhydroxyalkanoates, poly(lactide-co-glycolide) and polytrimethyl carbonate in various fields like agriculture, biomedical, biosensing, food packaging, automobiles, wastewater treatment, textile and hygiene, cosmetics and electronic devices.
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- M. C. Meghana
- Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029 India
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- Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029 India
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- Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029 India
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- Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029 India
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- Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029 India
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Nashed O, Talib NK, Lal B, Ghanem OB, Mohshim DF, Sabil KM, Shariff AM. Measurement of physicochemical properties of green aqueous amino acid‐based ionic liquids and their correlation with temperature and concentration. ASIA-PAC J CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/apj.2860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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- Omar Nashed
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Technical Engineering Bright Star University El‐Brega Libya
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- Chemical Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
- CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES) Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
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- Petroleum Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
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- PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd Kawasan Institusi Bangi Lot 3288 3289 Off Jalan Ayer Itam Kajang Selangor 43000 Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
- CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES) Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
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Kinetic Hydrate Inhibition of Natural Gels in Complex Sediment Environments. Gels 2022; 8:gels8120758. [PMID: 36547282 PMCID: PMC9778188 DOI: 10.3390/gels8120758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Natural gels are emerging as a hotspot of global research for their greenness, environmental-friendliness, and good hydrate inhibition performance. However, previous studies mostly performed experiments for simple pure water systems and the inhibition mechanism in the sediment environment remains unclear. Given this, the inhibition performance of xanthan gum and pectin on hydrate nucleation and growth in sediment environments was evaluated via hydrate formation inhibition tests, and the inhibition internal mechanisms were revealed via a comprehensive analysis integrating various methods. Furthermore, the influences of natural gels on sediment dispersion stability and low-temperature fluid rheology were investigated. Research showed that the sediments of gas hydrate reservoirs in the South China Sea are mainly composed of micro-nano quartz and clay minerals. Xanthan gum and pectin can effectively inhibit the hydrate formation via the joint effects of the binding, disturbing, and interlayer mass transfer suppression processes. Sediments promote hydrate nucleation and yet inhibit hydrate growth. The interaction of sediments with active groups of natural gels weakens the abilities of gels to inhibit hydrate nucleation and reduce hydrate formation. Nonetheless, sediments help gels to slow down hydrate formation. Our comprehensive analysis pointed out that pectin with a concentration of 0.5 wt% can effectively inhibit the hydrate nucleation and growth while improving the dispersion stability and low-temperature rheology of sediment-containing fluids.
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Yaqub S, Thi Ko Ko H, lal B, Murtaza M, Bavoh CB. Effect of biopolymers and their mixtures with glycine on the formation kinetics of methane hydrates. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Almashwali A, Bavoh CB, Lal B, Khor SF, Jin QC, Zaini D. Gas Hydrate in Oil-Dominant Systems: A Review. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:27021-27037. [PMID: 35967034 PMCID: PMC9366985 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Gas hydrate risks minimization in deepsea hydrocarbon flowlines, especially in high water to oil ratios, and is critical for the oil and gas flow assurance industry. Although there are several reviews on gas hydrate mitigation in gas-dominated systems, limited reviews have been dedicated to the understanding and mechanism of hydrate formation and mitigation in oil-dominated systems. Hence, this review article discusses and summarizes the prior studies on the hydrate formation behavior and mitigation in oil-dominated multiphase systems. The factors (such as oil volume or water cut, bubble point, and hydrate formers) that affect hydrate formation in oil systems are also discussed in detail. Furthermore, insight into the hydrate mitigation and mechanism in oil systems is also presented in this review. Also, a detailed table on the various studied hydrate tests in oil systems, including the experimental methods, inhibitor type, conventions, and testing conditions, is provided in this work. The findings presented in this work are relevant for developing the best solution to manage hydrate formation in oil-dominated systems for the oil and gas industry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Abdulrab
Abdulwahab Almashwali
- Chemical
Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi
PETRONAS, Bandar
Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
- Research
Centre for CO2 Capture (RCCO2C), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi
PETRONAS, Bandar
Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
- Research
Centre for CO2 Capture (RCCO2C), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi
PETRONAS, Bandar
Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
- Research
Centre for CO2 Capture (RCCO2C), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
- . Tel.: +6053687619
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi
PETRONAS, Bandar
Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
- PTTEP,
Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, 50450 Salangor, Malaysia
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- Numit
Enterprise, Seri Kembangan, 43300 Salongor, Malaysia
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi
PETRONAS, Bandar
Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
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Mohammadi A, Babakhanpour N, Mohammad Javidani A, Ahmadi G. Corn’s dextrin, a novel environmentally friendly promoter of methane hydrate formation. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Hassanpouryouzband A, Joonaki E, Vasheghani Farahani M, Takeya S, Ruppel C, Yang J, English NJ, Schicks JM, Edlmann K, Mehrabian H, Aman ZM, Tohidi B. Gas hydrates in sustainable chemistry. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:5225-5309. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00989a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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This review includes the current state of the art understanding and advances in technical developments about various fields of gas hydrates, which are combined with expert perspectives and analyses.
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- Aliakbar Hassanpouryouzband
- Hydrates, Flow Assurance & Phase Equilibria Research Group
- Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering
- School of Energy
- Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
- Heriot-Watt University
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- Hydrates, Flow Assurance & Phase Equilibria Research Group
- Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering
- School of Energy
- Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
- Heriot-Watt University
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- Hydrates, Flow Assurance & Phase Equilibria Research Group
- Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering
- School of Energy
- Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
- Heriot-Watt University
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Tsukuba 305-8565
- Japan
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- Hydrates, Flow Assurance & Phase Equilibria Research Group
- Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering
- School of Energy
- Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
- Heriot-Watt University
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- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
- University College Dublin
- Dublin 4
- Ireland
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- School of Geosciences
- University of Edinburgh
- Grant Institute
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Cambridge
- USA
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- Fluid Science & Resources
- School of Engineering
- University of Western Australia
- Perth
- Australia
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- Hydrates, Flow Assurance & Phase Equilibria Research Group
- Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering
- School of Energy
- Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
- Heriot-Watt University
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