THE ROLE OF NATURAL GAS HYDRATE DURING NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION

Year 2018, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 937 - 953, 20.07.2018

Sukru Merey , Sotirios Nik. Longınos

https://doi.org/10.28948/ngumuh.445410

Cited By: 8

Abstract

The dependence
of industry on natural gas has increased a lot last decades so the
transportation of natural gas has become one of the most important issue in
natural gas industry. Although the formation of natural gas hydrate is a
problem in natural gas pipelines, the transportation of natural gas as natural
gas hydrates by ships or trucks is an advantage. Therefore, in this study,
first, the studies related to the inhibition of natural gas hydrate in
pipelines are reviewed because there are many gas pipeline projects so natural
gas hydrate inhibition is an important issue in natural gas industry. Then, the
studies related to the transportation of natural gas as natural gas hydrates
are reviewed in this study because this is a new subject and for the future, if
research and development in this transportation method could be done
successfully, this method might be better alternative compared to LNG and CNG
natural gas transportation methods.

Keywords

Gas hydrates, natural gas, hydrate inhibition, transportation

DOĞAL GAZ TAŞINMASI SIRASINDA DOĞAL GAZ HİDRATLARIN ROLÜ

Abstract

Endüstrinin
doğal gaza olan bağımlılığı son on yıllarda büyük oranda artmıştır bu yüzden
doğal gaz endüstrisinde doğal gazın taşınması çok önemli konulardan birisi
olmuştur. Doğal gaz hidrat oluşumu, doğal gaz boruları için bir problem
oluşturmasına rağmen, doğal gazın doğal gaz hidratı olarak gemiler veya tırlar
ile taşınması bir avantajdır. Bu yüzden, bu çalışmada ilk olarak boru
hatlarında doğal gaz hidratlarının oluşmasının engellenmesi ile ilgili çalışmalar
derlenmiştir çünkü bir çok gaz boru hattı projesi mevcuttur. Bu nedenle, doğal
gaz endüstrisinde doğal gaz hidratlarının engellenmesi önemli bir konudur. Daha
sonra, bu çalışmada doğal gazın doğal gaz hidratları olarak taşınması ile
ilgili çalışmalar derlenmiştir çünkü bu yeni bir konudur. Gelecekte bu doğal
gaz taşıma yöntemi ile ilgili araştırma ve geliştirme sonuçları başarılı bir
şekilde tamamlandığında, bu metot LNG ve CNG doğal gaz taşıma metodlarına
kıyasla daha iyi bir alternatif oluşturabilir.

Keywords

Gaz hidratlar, doğal gaz, hidrat engellenmesi, taşınma

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