Water Analysis in Wet Gas Flows

自1990年S开始生产以来，英国大陆架已经生产了26350亿立方米的天然气。该行业仍然是英国经济的关键组成部分，能源供应提供了英国一半的天然气。在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后，英国政府最近宣布加快本土能源的开发，以实现更大的能源独立性。从北海高效、低排放生产天然气是英国新的英国能源安全战略的关键组成部分。全球天然气生产商面临的一个关键行业挑战是准确测量和鉴定来自海底储气库的天然气生产中的水。AI Explore(AIX)拥有一种商业传感器，它使用一种新型的光学吸收技术来实时量化管道内的含水率。该项目的目标是更好地了解不同工艺条件下水颗粒如何与传感器相互作用以及水在管道中的位置。国家工程实验室(NEL)先进的多相流回路的使用将重现现实生活中工艺条件下的条件，使AIX能够更好地了解水的行为，并调整其电流传感器以扩展测量范围和能力。

The UK continental shelf has produced 2,635 billion cubic meters of gas since production started in the 1990's. The sector continues to be a critical component of the UK economy and energy supply generating half of the UK's gas. With the recent announcement of the UK government to accelerate homegrown power sources for greater energy independence in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine the efficient, low emission production of gas from the North Sea is a critical component to the UK's new British Energy Security Strategy.A key industry challenge facing global gas producers is the accurate measurement and qualification of water in the production of gas coming from subsea reservoirs.Ai Exploration (AIX) has a commercial sensor that uses a novel optical absorption technique to quantify the water-cut in real time inside the pipeline. The goal of the project is to better understand how the water partials are interacting with the sensor and where the water is located in the pipe under different process conditions.The use of the the National Engineering Laboratory's (NEL) advanced multiphase flow-loop will recreate the conditions found in real life process conditions allowing AIX to better understand the behaviour of the water and adapt their current sensor to extend the measurement range and capability.