Enhancement of Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitor Polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP) with Addition of Polyethyleneoxide (PEO)

• Main Author: Afiq Safeeuddin bin Nordin, Afiq Safeeuddin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2012
• Subjects: TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/5644/1/Afiq%20Safeeuddin%20Nordin_11858_Dissertation%20LOG.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/5644/

Gas hydrates are well known problem in oil and gas industry that cost millions of dollars in production and transmission pipelines. By definition, hydrate is a solid clathrate structure, non-stoichiometric, formed due to the nucleation of polyhedral water cages which encapsulates the “guest” molecul...