Ronald W. P. Ortiz, Tatiana S. L. Maravilha, Allan Belati, Felipe J. S. Bispo, Evelin A. Manoel, Vinicius O. Oliveira Gonçalves, Vinicius Kartnaller, João Cajaiba
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Abstract
Flow assurance encompasses the technical challenges of transporting hydrocarbon mixtures from the
reservoir to the platform and refineries. Challenges in flow assurance include gas hydrate plugs, deposition of
paraffin wax, asphaltenes, naphthenates, scale, and corrosion. Managing these deposits incurs high costs due to
production interruptions and remediation operations like pigging, solvent injection, acid dissolutions, and thermal
treatments. Therefore, prevention methods, such as the use of chemicals that inhibit deposit formation, are
preferred. This review consolidates scientific works highlighting the role of carboxylic acids in the synthesis of
chemicals for addressing flow assurance challenges as starting materials or final products for direct use. These
organic compounds are already employed for the mild remediation of scale and naphthenate deposits and inhibiting
gas hydrate, paraffin wax, asphaltene, scale deposits, and corrosion. Moreover, they play a crucial role in
developing green flow assurance challenges inhibitors, given that some, like fatty acids, amino acids, and aromatic
carboxylic acids, can be derived from natural sources. The presence of the carboxylic acid group in polymers
and biopolymers is also essential for the effectiveness of these products as inhibitors. The literature further
suggests that carboxylic acids will play a key role in the future development of simultaneous gas hydrate, corrosion,
and scale inhibitors.
期刊介绍:
Current Organic Chemistry aims to provide in-depth/mini reviews on the current progress in various fields related to organic chemistry including bioorganic chemistry, organo-metallic chemistry, asymmetric synthesis, heterocyclic chemistry, natural product chemistry, catalytic and green chemistry, suitable aspects of medicinal chemistry and polymer chemistry, as well as analytical methods in organic chemistry. The frontier reviews provide the current state of knowledge in these fields and are written by chosen experts who are internationally known for their eminent research contributions. The Journal also accepts high quality research papers focusing on hot topics, highlights and letters besides thematic issues in these fields. Current Organic Chemistry should prove to be of great interest to organic chemists in academia and industry, who wish to keep abreast with recent developments in key fields of organic chemistry.