• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.25-32
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• 2020

In this study, the effects of thermodynamic hydrate inhibitors on hydrate formation and dissociation behaviors were identified. The nucleation and growth of CP hydrate in the presence of methanol were monitored by optical microscope. Cyclopentane was used to demonstrate the oil phase in the pipeline in this study. Hydrate morphology, required time for hydrate formation, hydrate dissociation temperature were also identified by experiments. With the addition of methanol in water solution, the hydrate nucleation as well as hydrate growth were delayed. Moreover, hydrate morphology was also varied with the addition of methanol. Hydrate formation and dissociation temperature also decrease as the concentration of methanol increases.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.122.1-122.1
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• 2011

The motivation for this work was the potential of hydrophobic amino acids such as glycine, L-alanine, and L-valine to be applied as thermodynamic hydrate inhibitors (THIs). To confirm their capabilities in inhibiting the formation of gas hydrates, three-phase (liquid-hydrate-vapor) equilibrium conditions for carbon dioxide hydrate formation in the presence of 0.1 to 3.0 mol% amino acid solutions were determined in the range of 273.05 to 281.45 K and 14.1 to 35.2 bar. From quantitative analyses, the inhibiting effects of the amino acids (on a mole concentration basis) decreased in the following order: L-valine > L-alanine > glycine. The application of amino acids as THIs has several potential advantages over conventional methods. First, the environmentally friendly nature of amino acids as compared to conventional inhibitors means that damage to ecological systems and the environment could be minimized. Second, the loss of amino acids in recovery process would be considerably reduced because amino acids are non-volatile. Third, amino acids have great potential as a model system in which to investigate the inhibition mechanism on the molecular level, since the structure and chemical properties of amino acids are well understood.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.150.2-150.2
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• 2010

가스 하이드레이트는 낮은 온도와 높은 압력 조건에서 물 분자들이 수소 결합을 통해 형성하는 3차원의 격자구조에 저분자량의 기체 분자들이 포획되어 있는 결정성 화합물이다. 가스 하이드레이트는 형성 시 많은 양의 가스를 저장할 수 있는 특성을 가진다. 천연 가스를 심해저로 수송하는 수송관 내부에 가스 하이드레이트가 생성되면 막힘 현상이 일어나 비용과 시간 측면에서 막대한 손실이 일어날 수 있다. 따라서 이를 방지하기 위해 열역학적 상평형 조건을 변화시켜 가스 하이드레이트 형성을 방지할 수 있는 열역학적 저해제에 관한 연구의 필요성이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 Glycine, Alanine 등의 열역학적 저해제를 5, 10, 15 wt% 등으로 첨가하여 $CO_2$ 하이드레이트의 상평형 조건에 미치는 영향을 측정하였고, 각 물질을 12.5, 22.0 mmol%로 첨가하여 물질에 따라 상평형에 미치는 영향을 비교하여 보았다. 또한 Alanine의 두 가지 광학 이성질체를 같은 농도로 첨가하여 각 물질에 따라 상평형에 미치는 영향을 비교하였다.