Volume 45, Issue 8 pp. 1482-1488
Research Article

Development of a Prediction Model for Gas Hydrate Formation in Multiphase Pipelines by Artificial Intelligence

Jai Krishna Sahith Sayani

Jai Krishna Sahith Sayani

University College Dublin, Belfield, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, D04V1W8 Dublin, Ireland

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Mechanical Engineering Department, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES), 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

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Vinayagam Sivabalan

Vinayagam Sivabalan

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES), 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Chemical Engineering Department, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

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Khor Siak Foo

Khor Siak Foo

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES), 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Chemical Engineering Department, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

PTTEP, Level 26-30, Tower 2, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Srinivasa Rao Pedapati

Srinivasa Rao Pedapati

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Mechanical Engineering Department, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

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Bhajan Lal

Corresponding Author

Bhajan Lal

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES), 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Chemical Engineering Department, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Correspondence: Bhajan Lal ([email protected]), CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia.Search for more papers by this author
First published: 30 May 2022
Citations: 5

Abstract

A prediction model is developed by means of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to determine the gas hydrate formation kinetics in multiphase gas dominant pipelines with crude oil. Experiments are conducted to determine the rate of formation and reaction kinetics of hydrates formation in multiphase systems. Based on the results, an artificial intelligence model is proposed to predict the gas hydrate formation rate in multiphase transmission pipelines. Two ANN models are suggested with single-layer perceptron (SLP) and multilayer perceptron (MLP). The MLP shows more accurate prediction when compared to SLP. The models were predicted accurately with high prediction accuracy both for the pure and multiphase systems.

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