TY - GEN
T1 - Phase behavior of PCB-contaminated natural gas
AU - Nor-Azlan, N.
AU - Adewumi, M. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to acknowledge the support of this work by GRI. The constant support of the program manager, David Linz and the Weston’s program manager, John Woodyard is gratefully acknowledged. The PCB research group at Penn State was a rich source of ideas and critique throughout the period of this work.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2000, Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Polychlorinated-biphenyl (PCB) contamination problems are prevalent in the natural gas industry especially in the pipeline transmission and distribution sectors. As a result of PCB disposal problems, many natural gas companies have been subjected to heavy fines. Considering the magnitude of the problem, the gas industry has taken the initiative to pursue a comprehensive remediation effort to cleanup pipeline and distribution systems contaminated with PCB. This study is a part of the remediation effort. This paper addresses the phase behavior of PCB-contaminated natural gas systems and explores how to utilize this information to attempt the formulation of remediation strategies. A model suitably designed for studying the problem has been developed. The model is used to investigate the distributive nature of PCB compounds and to analyze their effects on the overall phase behavior of the natural gas system. New quality line definitions are introduced for the purpose of tracing PCBs in the gas mixture. Some experimental results and model predictions are presented and discussed. A case study using actual field natural gas mixture is performed in order to demonstrate the capability of the model prediction. The study is important in assisting engineers and operators to design an effective remediation strategy to cleanup pipeline transmission and distribution lines contaminated with PCBs.
AB - Polychlorinated-biphenyl (PCB) contamination problems are prevalent in the natural gas industry especially in the pipeline transmission and distribution sectors. As a result of PCB disposal problems, many natural gas companies have been subjected to heavy fines. Considering the magnitude of the problem, the gas industry has taken the initiative to pursue a comprehensive remediation effort to cleanup pipeline and distribution systems contaminated with PCB. This study is a part of the remediation effort. This paper addresses the phase behavior of PCB-contaminated natural gas systems and explores how to utilize this information to attempt the formulation of remediation strategies. A model suitably designed for studying the problem has been developed. The model is used to investigate the distributive nature of PCB compounds and to analyze their effects on the overall phase behavior of the natural gas system. New quality line definitions are introduced for the purpose of tracing PCBs in the gas mixture. Some experimental results and model predictions are presented and discussed. A case study using actual field natural gas mixture is performed in order to demonstrate the capability of the model prediction. The study is important in assisting engineers and operators to design an effective remediation strategy to cleanup pipeline transmission and distribution lines contaminated with PCBs.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85054496231
SN - 9781555633493
T3 - Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/CERI Gas Technology Symposium 2000, GTS 2000
BT - Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/CERI Gas Technology Symposium 2000, GTS 2000
PB - Society of Petroleum Engineers
T2 - SPE/CERI Gas Technology Symposium 2000, GTS 2000
Y2 - 3 April 2000 through 5 April 2000
ER -