Browsing by Author "Lorenc, Maciej"

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Apparatus to study volumetric properties of the gas hydrates
(2012) Lorenc, Maciej; Warowny, Witold
A new pVT apparatus was built on Department of Drilling, Oil and Gas at AGH University of Science and Technology, which was sponsored by the Polish Oil and Gas Company. The apparatus was adjusted to measurement of the proprieties of the gas hydrates. On the schematic diagram of this apparatus, methodological solutions of the equipment were compared to different of this kind literature apparatuses. Among others innovatory elements of the present apparatus some of them should be counted: method of the changes of volume or automatic system (arrangement) to taking the sample with supported nafion drying. The first step of the experimental study is desulfurization of the natural, by using process of the hydrates formation in gas mixture.
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Doświadczalne metody badań hydratów gazowych
(2011) Lorenc, Maciej; Warowny, Witold
Knowledge of the nature gas hydrates is connected mainly with experimental studies in laboratory and pilot plant and theory supported by calculations and computer simulations. In work have been given methods of measurement dealing with: formation and/or prevention of formation gas hydrates, studies their properties, and utilization in new technologies. Generally, studies of the gas hydrates and hydratation can be divided on several thematic groups: experimental and calculated determination of phase equilibrium, studies of the physicochemical and structural parameters, kinetic measurements, including nucleation, and agglomeration of particles, studies influence of inhibitors and surfactants on the hydratation process, possibility of technological applications, especially hydrate of methane, including getting out, transport, storage and purification, plus geological and geophysical studies carried out in order to estimation methane hydrate deposits. KEYWORDS: hydrate, clathrate, methane, experimental, nucleation, nonstoichiometric, inhibitor, Van der Waals bond, hydrogen bond, crystalline.
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Wykorzystanie zjawiska hydratacji gazów
(2009) Warowny, Witold; Lorenc, Maciej
Gas hydrates (clathrate hydrates) forms non-stoichiometry solid solutions compose with condensed hydrate substances closed into water crystalline lattice. Clathrates are not chemical compounds, because lattice of water crystal is stabilized by hydrogen bonds, while van der Waals forces answer for water molecules and hydrate substances influences. Their specific physical properties are utilize in various industrial fields, mainly in natural gas industry, because methane hydrate have the greatest importance. Fundamental task are now is preventing of hydrates formation in production chain (production, storage, transportation) of natural gas and crude oil, that is why to research of new prevention methods, mainly various inhibitors (kinetic, thermodynamic, dispersive, mixed) and modifiers. Many countries intensively research of storage and transport of natural gas in the hydrate form, with regard to stability in room temperature, quite low pressure and the possibility of high pressure generation without compressor application. Many researches are about surfactants which accelerate hydrates growth. Next technologies concern of purification and/or separating sour gases (carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide) from natural gas and synthetic gas (hydrogen + carbon oxide). Hydrate formation method allows to selectively separation one component from the mixture and distribution of boilingnear substances as well. Hydrate formation phenomenon is make use of desalinate sea water, paper production, food production, heat storage, and sequestration of carbon dioxide on the sea bed. Water vapor pressure over hydrates is lower than over pure water, which enable to gas drying. More often is thinking of methane production from huge deposits of methane hydrates. Production from deposit rest on destabilization methane through well known conditionings from pipelines unpluging 1) adding strong hydrogen bonds chemical substances (inhibitor), 2) increasing temperature of deposit using water vapor or hot water and gas production through another well, 3) pressure decrease in the well below stability point of hydrate formation and bottom plant to hydrates gathering from the sea bed and transport equipment onto the ship. However, above- mentioned proposals will be hard to carry out on to large scale in case of technical, economical and environmental reasons.