Methane hydrates formation and dissociation in nano silica suspension

Enhanced clathrate hydrate formation kinetics at near ambient temperatures and moderate pressures: Application to natural gas storage

“…To overcome the slow kinetics, continuous research efforts have been put forth in improving the kinetics of methane hydrate formation either by innovative reactor designs [14][15][16][17][18][19][20] including the use of different porous media [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] or the use of kinetic promoters (predominantly surfactants) in order to enhance the rate of hydrate formation [30][31][32][33][34][35]. Though the kinetics of hydrate formation is improved by a choice of suitable reactor or kinetic promoter, there is no reduction of the high energy requirement due to low temperature and high pressure conditions of hydrate formation.…”

Preservation of methane gas in the form of hydrates: Use of mixed hydrates

“…Experimental procedure followed for gas hydrate synthesis has already been described earlier (Chari et al, 2011(Chari et al, , 2013aSharma et al, 2014). Briefly, the main part was an SS-316 cylindrical vessel, which can withstand gas pressures up to 15 MPa, and volume of the vessel was 400 mL.…”

Assessing thermodynamic models and introducing novel method for prediction of methane hydrate formation

“…Results of their study showed that methane hydrate formation rate and storage capacity increased effectively (Ganji et al 2007). Several studies focus on the rate of methane hydrate formation in presence of different chemicals and porous materials (Liang et al 2005(Liang et al , 2009aYan et al 2005;Ganji et al 2007;Park and Kim 2010;Babu et al 2013;Chari et al 2013;Pasieka et al 2013;Lim et al 2014, Siangsai et al 2014.…”