Distribution coefficient flow-through method

Section 4.2 deals with the most useful hydrate equilibria—calculations of temperatures and pressures at which hydrates form from gas and free water. In this section, two historical methods, namely, the gas gravity method (Section 4.2.1) and the Kvs, value method (Section 4.2.2), for calculating the pressure-temperature equilibrium of three phases (liquid water-hydrate-vapor, Lw-H-V)1 are discussed. With the gas gravity method in Section 4.2.1.1, a method is given for limits to expansion, as for flow through a valve. In Section 4.2.2 a distribution coefficient (KVSi) method is provided to determine whether a component prefers residing in the hydrate or the vapor phase. These methods provide initial estimates for the calculation and provide a qualitative understanding of the equilibria. A statistical... 

The values of the dispersion coefficients will be established for most actual cases by experiments, which pursue the registration and interpretation of the exit time distribution of a signal that passes through a physical reduced model of the real device. However, in some cases, the actual device can be used. The method for identifying the dispersion coefficient [3.27, 3.28] is, in fact, the classical method of flow identification based on the introduction in the device input of a signal (frequently as a 5 impulsion or a unitary impulsion) the exit response is then recorded from its start until it disappears. It is evident that this experimental part of the method has to be completed by calculation of the dispersion model flow and by identification of the value of the dispersion coefficient. For this last objective, the sum of the square differences between the measured and computed values of the exit signal, are minimized. 

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