Natural Gas Hydrates and Coal Bed Methane detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (PETRO), R18 regulation has been taken from the JNTUHs official website and presented for the students of B.Tech Petroleum Engineering branch affiliated to JNTUH course structure. For Course Code, Course Titles, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the universities official website.
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For all the (Professional Elective-5) subjects refer to Professional Elective-5 Scheme. The detail syllabus for natural gas hydrates and coal bed methane is as follows.
Course Objective:
This course is designed to introduce a basic study of natural gas hydrates and coal bed methane and their properties. The student will be imparted the knowledge of:
- Overview of NGH and classification of NGH, Hydrate formation by using different methods, inhibiting hydrate formation, Different physical and chemical properties of NGH, Deacting with hydrates using heat and pressure,
- Overview of scenario of CBM, The geology of coal, Basic principles of sorption and isotherms and Reservoir characterization of CBM.
Course Outcome:
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Unit – I
Introduction: Overview of natural gas hydrates- Natural gas- Water molecule- Hydrates- Water and natural gas- Free-Water- Heavy water- Units. Hydrate types and formers: Type I hydrates- Type II hydrates- Size of the guest molecule- n-Butane-Other hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbon molecules- Chemical properties of potential guests- Liquid hydrate formers- Type H hydrates- Hydrate forming conditions- Pressure-Temperature- Composition-Other hydrate formers- Mixtures- Examples. Hydrate formation hand calculation methods: Gas gravity method- K-Factor method- Baillie-Wichert method- Comments on these methods- Examples.
Unit – II
Hydrate formation computer methods: Phase equilibrium- Van der Waals and Platteeuw- Parrish and Prausnitz-Ng and Robinson methods- Calculations- Commercial software packages- Accuracy of these programs- Dehydration- Examples. Inhibiting hydrate formation with chemicals: Freezing point depression- Hammer schmidt equation-Nielsen-Bucklin equation- New method- Brine solutions- Comment on the simple methods- Advanced calculation methods- Inhibitor vaporization- Comment on injection rates- Kinetic inhibitors- Examples. Combating hydrates using heat and pressure: Use of heat- Heat loss from a buried pipeline- Line heater deign- Two-Phase heater transfer- Depressurization- Melting a plug with heat- Examples.
Unit – III
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Unit – IV
Introduction: Overview of coal bed methane (CBM) in India – CBM vs Conventional Reservoirs. Geological influences on coat formation of coals – Coal chemistry – Significance of rank – Cleat system and natural fracturing.
Unit – V
Sorption: Principles of Adsorption-The Isotherm construction-CH4 retention by coal seams-CH4 content determination in coal seams-The isotherm for recovery prediction-Model of the micro-pores-coal sorption of other molecular species. Reservoir Analysis: Coal as a reservoir-Permeability-Porosity-Gas Flow-Reserve Analysis-Well spacing and drainage area-Enhanced recovery.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Natural Gas Hydrates in Flow Assurance, E. Dendy Sloan, C. Koh, A. K. Sum, A. L. Ballard, J. Creek, M. Eaton, N. McMullen, T. Palermo, G. Shoup and L. Talley, Elsevier, 2010.
- Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, E. Dendy Sloan, Jr., C. Koh, 3rdEdition, CRC Press, 2007.
- Coal Bed Methane, Robert A. Lamarre, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2008.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of B.Tech Petroleum Engineering 4th Year 2nd Sem , visit PETRO 4th Year 2nd Sem syllabus subjects.
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