Fluid compositions

In addition, the separator temperature and pressure of the surface facilities are typically outside the two-phase envelope, so that no liquids form during separation. This makes the prediction of the produced fluids during development very simple, and gas sales contracts can be agreed with the confidence that the fluid composition will remain constant during field life in the case of a dry gas. 

Though the type of processing required is largely dependent upon fluid composition at the wellhead, the equipment employed is significantly influenced by location whether for example the facilities are based on land or offshore, in tropical or arctic environments. Sometimes conditions are such that a process which is difficult or expensive to perform offshore can be exported to the coast and handled much more easily on land. 

Changes in fluid compositions include the reduction and removal of zinc from hydrauHc fluids. Zinc-free antiwear hydrauHc fluids, which may be ashless and free of phenol, were developed to meet wastewater treatment regulations for industrial sites by reducing the discharge of heavy metals and phenol into waterways. 

A number of analytical solutions have been derived for iC as a function of channel dimensions and fluid velocity (30). In practice, the fit between theory and data for K is poor except in idealized cases. Most processes exhibit either higher fluxes, presumably caused by physical dismption of the gel layer from the nonideal hydrodynamic conditions, or lower fluxes caused by fouling (31). In addition, iCis a function of the fluid composition. 

Fluid Composition bp(°C) Flammability Fluid Replaced Application... 

Suggested guides for line idendftcation for any one principal fluid composition ... 

Drilling Fluids Composition and Applications Water-Base Mud Systems Bentonite Mud... 

Summary of fluid compositions of Japanese geothermal systems (Chiba, 1991)... 

An oil-based drilling mud can be viscosified with maleated ethylene-propylene elastomers [919]. The elastomers are ethylene-propylene copolymers or ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymers. The maleated elastomers are far more effective oil mud viscosifiers than the organophilic clays used. On the other hand, specific organophilic clays can provide a drilling fluid composition less sensitive to high temperatures [491]. 

Scleroglucan is a polysaccharide secreted by the mycelia of certain microorganisms. It is produced by aerobic fermentation of D-glucose by such microorganisms. Scleroglucan has been proposed as a better alternative to xanthan gum for drilling fluid compositions [666]. 

B. B. Patel. Fluid composition comprising a metal aluminate or a viscosity promoter and a magnesium compound and process using the composition. Patent EP 617106,1994. 

G. S. Penny, R. S. Stephens, and A. R. Winslow. Method of supporting fractures in geologic formations and hydraulic fluid composition for same. Patent US 5009797, 1991. 

L. R. Quaife, J. Szarka, K. J. Moynihan, and M. E. Moir. Test-fluid composition and method for detecting leaks in pipelines and associated facilities. Patent US 5049312, 1991. 

In situ NMR measurements can be made in conjunction with down-hole fluid sampling [5, 6]. The NMR relaxation time and diffusivity can be measured under high-temperature, high-pressure reservoir conditions without loss of dissolved gases due to pressure depletion. In cases when the fluids may be contaminated by invasion of the filtrate from oil-based drilling fluids, the NMR analysis can determine when the fluid composition is approaching that of the formation [5, 6]. 

Typical hydraulic fracturing fluid compositions have been described by several authors (1 ). The fluids may be aqueous or hydrocarbon base and may also contain energizing gases such as nitrogen or... 

To set up an experiment, the researcher defines the fluid composition and Instrument control parameters. For some instruments, such as the rotational coaxial viscometers, the experiment setup can be quite complicated. For this reason, all data entry is of the fill-in-the-blank" nature. The researcher also has the option of using the experiment setup from a previous experiment for default parameters. 

Whenever a test 1s to be run, the sample composition and Instrument control parameters must be defined. This Is done with three (or more) data-entry screens. The first data-entry screen, shown In Figure 4, deals with experiment identification and base fluid composition. The operator simply types in the desired information Into unprotected fields of the screen. Information requested Includes such Items as experiment ID, submitter s name, base fluid type and base fluid additives. The base fluid pump rate and valve selection are also requested for later use by the control programs. The second data-entry screen is used to select the desired test temperatures and also to record any comments related to the experiment. The third data-entry screen Is used to input the in-line additive compositions. This screen is filled out for each set of additives to be tested with the base fluid as described on Data-Entry Screen No. 1. Also input are the pump rates for each of the three additive pumps. This information is used by the control programs when the additive set is being tested. (The pump rates are preset by the operator, but the pumps are turned on and off by the control programs as necessary during the course of an experiment.)... 

Consider the segment of tubular reactor shown in Figure 8.3. Since the fluid composition varies with longitudinal position, we must write our material balance for a reactant species over a different element of reactor (dVR). Moreover, since plug flow reactors are operated at steady state except during start-up and shut-down procedures, the relations of major interest are those in which the accumulation term is missing from equation 8.0.1. Thus... 

For a differential reactor, the change in composition across the reactor will be very small, and the bulk fluid composition may be estimated from the inlet molal flow rates. Assuming that the inlet air is 79% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, the calculations below indicate the bulk fluid mole fractions and partial pressures of the various components of the reaction mixture. 

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