TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic evaluation of natural gas hydrate as an alternative for natural gas transportation
AU - Javanmardi, J.
AU - Nasrifar, Kh
AU - Najibi, S. H.
AU - Moshfeghian, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors appreciate the financial support (Grant No. 8022210076) of Research and Development Branch of National Iranian Gas Company.
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - Based on a proposed process for conversion of natural gas to natural gas hydrate, NGH, the amortized total capital investment, operation and maintenance costs and total cost for production of NGH have been obtained. The effects of different operational conditions such as seawater temperature as cooling media and hydrate storage temperature have been investigated. The economic parameters for marine transportation of NGH from Asaluyeh port in the south of Iran to the different gas markets, as a case study, have been obtained. Also, the required NGH ships and their operation costs for different gas markets have been estimated.
AB - Based on a proposed process for conversion of natural gas to natural gas hydrate, NGH, the amortized total capital investment, operation and maintenance costs and total cost for production of NGH have been obtained. The effects of different operational conditions such as seawater temperature as cooling media and hydrate storage temperature have been investigated. The economic parameters for marine transportation of NGH from Asaluyeh port in the south of Iran to the different gas markets, as a case study, have been obtained. Also, the required NGH ships and their operation costs for different gas markets have been estimated.
KW - Economy
KW - Gas hydrate
KW - Natural Gas
KW - Natural gas transportation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.10.009
DO - 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.10.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:17644428055
SN - 1359-4311
VL - 25
SP - 1708
EP - 1723
JO - Applied Thermal Engineering
JF - Applied Thermal Engineering
IS - 11-12
ER -
