HYDRATE FORMATION MONITORING REACTOR Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC G01N21/65 

FIELD: technological processes.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to automatic control of natural gas hydrate conditions and can be used for studying conditions of hydrate formation on different materials in conditions of deposits of hydrocarbons and main pipelines. Reactor for controlling hydrate formation comprises a metal cell provided with a plug configured to hermetically lock the cell and provided with channels for a thermocouple and for supplying water and gas under pressure, plug is made in form of cylinder equipped with annular band, is equipped with sealing ring seals in gap between plug surface and inner surface of cell, vertical walls of the cell are equipped with diametrically located through holes, in which sealed sight glasses are placed from material which is transparent to the laser beam of the spectrometer, cell is equipped with a cooling unit comprising chambers enclosing side surfaces of the cell, except for areas on which through holes are made, note here that chambers covering side surfaces of the cell are interconnected by horizontal channel with cell bottom used as top wall. Note here that samples of tested materials are located in cell cavity. Besides, cooling circuits are provided with holes for supply and discharge of cooling liquid.

EFFECT: enabling simulation of a medium for formation of hydrocarbon gas hydrates with the possibility of instantaneous recording of hydrate formation of hydrocarbons on nano- and hybrid functional materials, alloys and coatings with special properties using Raman scattering spectroscopy.

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