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Hydrate Formation from Joule Thomson Expansion Using a Single Pass Flowloop by Jeong, Kwanghee, Norris, Bruce W. E., May, Eric F., Aman, Zachary M.

“…Hydrate risk management is critically important for an energy industry that continues to see increasing demand. Hydrate formation in production lines is a…”
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Underinhibited Hydrate Formation and Transport Investigated Using a Single-Pass Gas-Dominant Flowloop by Di Lorenzo, Mauricio, Aman, Zachary M, Kozielski, Karen, Norris, Bruce W. E, Johns, Michael L, May, Eric F

“…There are substantial economic and operational incentives to reduce the volumes of thermodynamic inhibitors (THIs) injected in deepwater oil and gas pipelines…”
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Dynamics of methane hydrate particles in water-dominant systems during transient flow by Sakurai, Shunsuke, Hoskin, Ben, Choi, Joel, May, Eric F., Aman, Zachary M., W. E. Norris, Bruce

“…[Display omitted] •Quantitative investigation of hydrate particle size distributions under shear.•Visual observations with an in-line video camera to capture…”
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Behavior of Methane Hydrate-in-Water Slurries from Shut-in to Flow Restart by Sakurai, Shunsuke, Hoskin, Ben, Choi, Joel, Norris, Bruce W. E, May, Eric F, Johns, Michael L, Aman, Zachary M

“…Natural gas hydrates have attracted interest as a potential future energy resource to meet the expected growth in the global energy demand. One of the key…”
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Investigating hydrate formation rate and the viscosity of hydrate slurries in water-dominant flow: Flowloop experiments and modelling by Sakurai, Shunsuke, Hoskin, Ben, Choi, Joel, Nonoue, Tomoya, May, Eric F., Kumar, Asheesh, Norris, Bruce W.E., Aman, Zachary M.

“…•High resolution images of hydrate growth in turbulent bubbly flow.•New hydrate growth model considering gas mass transfer and turbulent eddies.•Measurement of…”
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Prediction of solid formation conditions in mixed refrigerants with iso-pentane and methane at high pressures and cryogenic temperatures by Sadaghiani, Mirhadi S., Siahvashi, Arman, Norris, Bruce W.E., Al Ghafri, Saif Z.S., Arami-Niya, Arash, May, Eric F.

“…High boiling-point components in mixed refrigerants can improve the performance of natural gas and hydrogen liquefaction facilities. However, such heavy…”
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Rheology of Methane-Hydrate-Slurry Flow in 100% Water Cut System and Influence of Turbulent–Laminar Transition by Sakurai, Shunsuke, Choi, Joel, Manning, Nickolas, Aman, Zachary M., Nagaoka, Takuya, Omori, Motohiro, Norris, Bruce W.E.

“…Natural gas hydrates have attracted interest as a potential future energy resource. Hydrate plugging in production lines is one of the key issues for future…”
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Cage-Specific Hydrate Equilibrium Electrolyte Model by Zhu, David J., May, Peter M., Norris, Bruce W. E., Aman, Zachary M., May, Eric F.

“…Understanding the stability of gas hydrates in aqueous electrolyte solutions is pivotal for industrial applications, particularly in oil and gas extraction and…”
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Simulations of hydrate reformation in the water production line of the second offshore methane hydrate production test in Japan’s Nankai trough by Sakurai, Shunsuke, Aman, Zachary M., Nonoue, Tomoya, Nagaoka, Takuya, Omori, Motohiro, Choi, Joel, May, Eric F., Norris, Bruce W.E.

“…•Flow simulation of hydrate re-formation in actual offshore gas hydrate production.•Quantitative estimation of hydrate volume fraction along water production…”
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A Joule-Thomson Loop to Study High-Pressure Fluid Expansion by Jeong, Kwanghee, Norris, Bruce W. E., Siahvashi, Arman, Jiao, Fuyu, Patterson, Joseph E., Estanga, Douglas, May, Eric F., Aman, Zachary M.

“…A specialized facility was constructed to investigate the Joule-Thomson (JT) effect during fluid expansion over a valve. The flow loop facility consists of 1.5…”
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Exploiting Natural Oil Surfactants to Control Hydrate Aggregation by McKenzie, Angus J., Rasheed, Muhammad D., Morrissy, Shane A., Norris, Bruce W. E., Johns, Michael L., May, Eric F., Aman, Zachary M.

“…The growth and aggregation potential of gas hydrates in subsea flowlines are critical risk parameters for oil and gas production flow assurance. Hydrate…”
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Modelling hydrate deposition and sloughing in gas-dominant pipelines by Di Lorenzo, Mauricio, Aman, Zachary M., Kozielski, Karen, Norris, Bruce W.E., Johns, Michael L., May, Eric F.

“…[Display omitted] •A newly developed model for hydrate blockages in gas-dominated pipelines is presented.•The model is validated against an extensive set of…”
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Hydrate Plug Dissociation via Active Heating: Uniform Heating and a Simple Predictive Model by Boxall, John A., Ng, Song H., Aman, Zachary M., Norris, Bruce W. E., Hughes, Thomas J., Ioannou, Karolina, May, Eric F.

“…Direct electrical heating (DEH) is one class of active heating technology for subsea pipelines used to prevent hydrate blockages during transient operations…”
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Rapid assessments of hydrate blockage risk in oil-continuous flowlines by Norris, Bruce W.E., Zerpa, Luis E., Koh, Carolyn A., Johns, Michael L., May, Eric F., Aman, Zachary M.

“…As industry moves toward the production of oil and gas resources in deep offshore environments, the prospective formation of natural gas hydrates under low…”
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