SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC FEED OF INHIBITOR OF HYDRATE FORMATION INTO LINES OF GAS FIELD Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC E21B37/06 F17D3/12 

FIELD: oil and gas industry.

SUBSTANCE: system contains reservoir with an inhibitor, pipelines for inhibitor supply to protected points, an actuating mechanism providing direct controlled program supply of inhibitor, temperature and pressure transducers installed in protected points and connected to control station and actuating mechanism by wireless communication channel, inhibitor metering device, and consisting of return and controllable direct valves and an adjusting washer which are installed in protected points and are connected to the pipeline of inhibitor supply. A container with the inhibitor is made in the form of a pressure accumulator with a pressure sensor which is connected to the control station with the wireless communication channel. The actuating mechanism is made in form of control reducer.

EFFECT: diagnostics of the formation of the hydrate plug in real-time, and swift feed of the inhibitor directly to the area where the formation of the hydrate plug begins.

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