Water Analysis in Wet Gas Flows

自20世纪90年代开始生产以来，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和能源供应的关键组成部分，占英国天然气的一半。随着英国政府最近宣布在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后加快本土电力来源以实现更大的能源独立，北海天然气的低排放生产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北海的天然气生产中的水。Ai Exploration（AIX）有一种商用传感器，其使用新颖的光吸收技术来量化管道内的真实的含水量。该项目的目标是更好地了解水部分如何与传感器相互作用以及在不同工艺条件下水在管道中的位置。使用国家工程实验室（NEL）先进的多相流-循环将重新创建真实的生命过程条件中发现的条件，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.