eprintid: 15704 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/57/04 datestamp: 2023-11-10 03:30:20 lastmod: 2023-11-10 03:30:20 status_changed: 2023-11-10 02:00:10 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Yaqub, S. creators_name: Lal, B. creators_name: Md Jalil, A.A.-M.B. creators_name: Bharti, A. title: Effect of Inulin on the Formation Kinetics of Methane Hydrate ispublished: pub keywords: Biomolecules; Biopolymers; Gas industry; Gases; Hydration; Hydrogen bonds; Kinetics; Methane; Natural gas transportation; Offshore oil well production; Petroleum transportation, CH 4; Clathrate formation; Flow assurance; Formation kinetics; Formation rates; Hydrate formation; Inulin; Kinetic hydrate inhibitors; Methane hydrates; Offshores, Gas hydrates note: cited By 0; Conference of 3rd International Conference on Separation Technology, ICoST 2020 ; Conference Date: 15 August 2020 Through 16 August 2020; Conference Code:261289 abstract: In the petroleum industry, clathrate formation during natural gas transportation is the dominant flow assurance problem. The use of kinetic hydrate inhibitor (KHI) is one of the optimum approaches to inhibit hydrate formation and provide flow assurance in offshore gas pipelines. Therefore, the performance of inulin on the formation kinetics of methane (CH4) clathrate is examined. At 274 K and 7.5 MPa a sapphire hydrate reactor is used to perform kinetic experiments. Gas hydrate kinetics dealt with fundamental knowledge about hydrate onset time, the initial formation rate, and the amount of gas consumed at numerous concentrations (0.12, 0.5, and 1wt ) of biopolymer. Results reveal that the addition of inulin forms substantial hydrogen bonding with water (H2O) molecules and efficiently inhibits the CH4 hydrate formation for 37 min. The increased biopolymer concentration to 1wt showed increasing KHI performance. In addition, the hydrate formation rate is reduced by 51 better than H2O. While by adding small amounts of inulin, gas consumption is also significantly (65) decreased. It is concluded that inulin can be an imminent choice for inhibiting CH4 hydrate formation in offshore gas pipelines. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. date: 2021 publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85111384461&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-16-0742-4_27&partnerID=40&md5=34c68bd37e63dc06e33ea77d358c010e id_number: 10.1007/978-981-16-0742-4₂₇ full_text_status: none publication: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering pagerange: 389-397 refereed: TRUE isbn: 9789811607417 issn: 21954356 citation: Yaqub, S. and Lal, B. and Md Jalil, A.A.-M.B. and Bharti, A. (2021) Effect of Inulin on the Formation Kinetics of Methane Hydrate. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. pp. 389-397. ISSN 21954356