Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications. Volume 6: Natural Gas Transportation and Storage
- 1st Edition - April 4, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Mohammad Amin Makarem, Maryam Meshksar
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 2 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 2 6 - 5
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications is a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discusses in detail the theoretical basics and practical methods of various aspects of natural gas from exploration and extraction, to synthesizing, processing and purifying, producing valuable chemicals and energy. The volumes introduce transportation and storage challenges as well as hydrates formation, extraction, and prevention.
Volume 6 titled Natural Gas Transportation and Storage is separated into three sections. The first section discusses different natural gas transportation technologies (such as LNG, CNG, ANG, etc.). The second section introduces related apparatus for natural gas transportation and storage, including leak detection techniques, compressors, pumps, and cold energy recovery system. The last section explains challenges of natural gas transmission including inhibition of pipeline corrosion and wax deposition, pipeline cleaning challenges, accompanied with Modelling and simulation of multiphase high-pressure natural gas release from pipelines.
- Introduces various natural gas transportation technologies (LNG, CNG, ANG)
- Describes different apparatus for natural gas transportation and storage
- Includes various challenges of natural gas transportation such as pipeline corrosion and wax deposition
Researchers in academia, students and professors in chemical engineering, oil and gas engineering, and mechanical engineering.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Reviewer acknowledgments
- Section I. Natural gas transportation technologies
- 1. Introduction to natural gas storage and transportation technologies
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Storage technologies
- 3. Comparison of storage technologies
- 4. Transportation
- 5. Compressed natural gas
- 6. Natural gas hydrate
- 7. Comparison of transport technologies
- 8. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 2. Sales gas transmission from refinery to users
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Transmission options for NG
- 3. Developments and improvements
- 4. Challenges and problems
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 3. Liquefied natural gas storage and transmission
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principles and procedures
- 3. Processes
- 4. Applications, case histories, and hazard assessment
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 4. Compressed natural gas storage and transmission
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Fundamental aspects of CNG
- 3. CNG processes
- 4. Current applications and cases
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 5. Adsorbed natural gas storage and transmission technology
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Storage technology by ANG
- 3. Technical terms used by the ANG
- 4. The state of ANG systems now and in the future
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviation and symbols
- 6. Underground natural gas storage
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Underground gas storage
- 3. Natural gas storage reservoirs
- 4. Current applications and cases
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Section II. Apparatus for natural gas transportation and storage
- 7. Leak detection technologies in natural gas transportation and storage systems
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Natural gas leak-detecting technology
- 3. Comparative performance evaluation
- 4. Criteria for pipeline leakage investigative techniques
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 8. Compressor/pump stations in natural gas transmission pipelines
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principles and procedures of compressor stations
- 3. Gas compression and processing
- 4. Current applications and cases
- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 9. Cold energy recovery for LNG-receiving terminals
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Current technologies in LNG cold energy utilization
- 3. Process modeling of light hydrocarbon separation unit
- 4. Results
- 5. Possibilities for further improvement
- 6. Challenges of LNG cold energy utilization
- 7. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Section III. Challenges of natural gas transmission
- 10. Inhibition of wax deposition in natural gas transmission pipelines
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Wax formation theory
- 3. The mechanism for depositing wax
- 4. Identifying wax deposits
- 5. Mechanism for preventing wax deposits
- 6. Influencing elements on wax inhibitor efficiency
- 7. Conclusion and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 11. Prevention of natural gas pipeline cracking
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principle of cracking
- 3. Cracking processes
- 4. Crack prevention measures for natural gas pipeline
- 5. Current applications and cases
- 6. Conclusions and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 12. Cleaning challenges of natural gas transmission pipelines
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principles of pigging
- 3. Pigging devices
- 4. Pigging processes
- 5. Pigging cleaning challenges
- 6. Conclusions and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- 13. Modeling and simulation of multiphase high-pressure natural gas release from subsea pipelines due to possible breakage
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Principles and procedures
- 3. Recent applications and case studies
- 4. Hazard analysis in risk assessment
- 5. Conclusions and future outlooks
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 4, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 570
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443192258
- eBook ISBN: 9780443192265
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Mohammad Reza Rahimpour
Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a professor in Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University joint with University of Sydney, Australia 1988. He started his independent career as Assistant Professor in September 1998 at Shiraz University. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour, was a Research Associate at University of California, Davis from 2012 till 2017. During his stay in University of California, he developed different reaction networks and catalytic processes such as thermal and plasma reactors for upgrading of lignin bio-oil to biofuel with collaboration of UCDAVIS. He has been a Chair of Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University from 2005 till 2009 and from 2015 till 2020. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour leads a research group in fuel processing technology focused on the catalytic conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and renewable fuels such as bio-oils derived from lignin to valuable energy sources. He provides young distinguished scholars with perfect educational opportunities in both experimental methods and theoretical tools in developing countries to investigate in-depth research in the various field of chemical engineering including carbon capture, chemical looping, membrane separation, storage and utilization technologies, novel technologies for natural gas conversion and improving the energy efficiency in the production and use of natural gas industries.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, IranMM
Mohammad Amin Makarem
Dr. Mohammad Amin Makarem is a research associate at Taylor's University, Malaysia. He former worked at Shiraz University. His research interests are gas separation and purification, nanofluids, microfluidics, catalyst synthesis, reactor design and green energy. In gas separation, his focus is on experimental and theoretical investigation and optimization of pressure swing adsorption process, and in the gas purification field, he is working on novel technologies such as microchannels. Recently, he has investigated methods of synthesizing bio-template nanomaterials and catalysts. Besides, he has collaborated in writing and editing various books and book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley, as well as guest editing journals special issues.
Affiliations and expertise
Taylor's University, MalaysiaMM
Maryam Meshksar
Maryam Meshksar is a research associate at Shiraz University. Her research has focused on gas separation, clean energy, and catalyst synthesis. In gas separation, she is working on membrane separation process, and in the clean energy field, she has worked on different reforming-based processes for syngas production from methane experimentally. She has also synthesized novel catalysts for these processes which are tested in for the first time. Besides, she has reviewed novel technologies like microchannels for energy production. Recently, she has written various book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, IranRead Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications. Volume 6: Natural Gas Transportation and Storage on ScienceDirect