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Glycolinjection: This Spreadsheet Calculates The Minimum Amount of Required Inhibitor Usage. Instructions

This spreadsheet calculates the minimum amount of glycol needed to inhibit gas hydrates when transporting natural gas. It takes input data on gas flow rate, pressure, temperature, and water content at different points. Based on this, it calculates the water to be removed, glycol properties, and the glycol requirement using Hammerschmidt's method. The result is the required volume and weight of commercial glycol solution, as well as hourly, daily, and daily injection rates.

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Glycolinjection: This Spreadsheet Calculates The Minimum Amount of Required Inhibitor Usage. Instructions

This spreadsheet calculates the minimum amount of glycol needed to inhibit gas hydrates when transporting natural gas. It takes input data on gas flow rate, pressure, temperature, and water content at different points. Based on this, it calculates the water to be removed, glycol properties, and the glycol requirement using Hammerschmidt's method. The result is the required volume and weight of commercial glycol solution, as well as hourly, daily, and daily injection rates.

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GlycolInjection

This spreadsheet calculates the minimum amount of required inhibitor usage.

Instructions:
1) Update input data in blue;
2) View result.

Input Data:
Gas flow rate: 40 MMscfd
Gas specific gravity (gg): 0.7 air = 1
Minimum pressure (pm): 900 psia
Inlet gas temperature (ti): 90 F
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Hydrate temperature pm: 65 F


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Operating temperature (to): 40 F


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Water content at ti and pm: 53 lb/MMscf


Water content at to and pm: 9.5 lb/MMscf
Inhibitor data: Used (1=Yes; 0=No)? Win Wout Density:
EG 1 80% 65% 9.08 ppg
DEG 0 80% 65% 9.08 ppg
Concentration of inhibitor in its commercial solution: 80% Wt %

Intermediate Calculations:

Water to be removed from gas (wG): 43.5 lb/MMscf


Molecular weight of inhibitor (MW)inh: 62
Density of inhibitor (rinh): 9.08 ppg
Hammerschmidt constant for inhibitor (KH): 4000
Depression of hydrate formation temperature (Dth): 25 F
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Wout for the selected inhibitor: 65 Wt %


Win for the selected inhibitor: 80 Wt %
Inhibitor requirement based on Hammerschmidt's method:

( MW )inh t h = 27.93 Wt %
W h= 100
( MW )inh t h + K H
Inlet concentration to be used: 80 Wt %

WG
I 100= = 150.80 lb/MMscf
100 100
( W out

W in )
Result:

Required volume of commercial inhibitor solution: 188.5 lb/MMscf


Required weight of commercial inhibitor solution: 20.76 gal/MMscf
Hourly inhibitor injection rate: 34.60 gal/hour
Daily inhibitor injection rate: 830.40 gal/day
Daily inhibitor injection rate: 7540 lb/day

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