An experimental study of crystallization and crystal growth of methane hydrates from melting ice |
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Authors: | M J Hwang D A Wright A Kapur G D Holder |
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Institution: | (1) Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, PE 15261 Pittsburgh, USA |
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Abstract: | An experiment with well defined gas-water interfacial surface area was developed to study the crystallization and crystal growth of methane hydrates. Measurable formation rates were observed only when melting ice was involved. No hydrates nucleated from liquid water or from non-melting ice. It is concluded that melting ice, which like hydrate water is hydrogen-bonded, provides a template for hydrate nucleation as well as providing a heat sink for absorbing the heat of formation during hydrate growth. The experiment was conducted in the absence of mixing so that hydrate crystals grew under quiescent conditions.Dedicated to Dr D. W. Davidson in honor of his great contributions to the sciences of inclusion phenomena. |
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Keywords: | Clathrates gas hydrates kinetics crystal growth |
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