Solid Particles in Natural Gas from a Transportation Network: A Chemical Composition Study

Maxime Cachia, Hervé Carrier, Brice Bouyssiere, Philippe Le Coustumer, Pierre Chiquet, Guilhem Caumette and Isabelle Le Hécho
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Maxime Cachia: CNRS/Univ Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour L’Environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, Helioparc-2 Avenue du Président Angot, 64000 Pau, France
Hervé Carrier: CNRS/Total/Univ Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, LFCR-IPRA UMR 5150, 64000 Pau, France
Brice Bouyssiere: CNRS/Univ Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour L’Environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, Helioparc-2 Avenue du Président Angot, 64000 Pau, France
Philippe Le Coustumer: CNRS/Univ Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour L’Environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, Helioparc-2 Avenue du Président Angot, 64000 Pau, France
Pierre Chiquet: Teréga, 40 Avenue de l’Europe CS 20 522, 64010 Pau CEDEX, France
Guilhem Caumette: Teréga, 40 Avenue de l’Europe CS 20 522, 64010 Pau CEDEX, France
Isabelle Le Hécho: CNRS/Univ Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour L’Environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, Helioparc-2 Avenue du Président Angot, 64000 Pau, France

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 20, 1-8

Abstract: This paper aims to provide the elemental composition of particles found in natural gas. Particle sampling is performed on cellulose filters obtained from an industrial gas storage facility, and the qualitative particle composition is determined by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Our results establish that natural gas may contain solid particles, with sizes ranging from less than 1 μm to more than 50 μm. The observed particles are composed of numerous elements, such as aluminum (Al), silica (Si), sulphur (S), chloride (Cl), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), sodium (Na), manganese (Mg), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V), potassium (K), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), silver (Ag), cobalt (Co), iodine (I), and barium (Ba), with relative occurrences ranging from 1 to 85%. Moreover, metallic elements enable the formation of larger particles as a result of the agglomeration of smaller particles.

Keywords: gas; characterization; solid particles; chemical composition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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