Review and prospects of hydrate cold storage technology

Cheng, Chuanxiao; Wang, Fan; Tian, Yongjia; Wu, Xuehong; Zheng, Jili; Zhang, Jun; Li, Longwei; Yang, Penglin; Zhao, Jiafei

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2019.109492

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“…As an example, cold production and storage currently use harmful refrigerant materials such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which directly impact global warming. To reduce this impact, hydrate-based secondary refrigeration using environmentally neutral secondary fluids [31][32][33][34] is under consideration an effective and promising solution.…”

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Methane Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in Sand Media: Effect of Water Saturation, Gas Flowrate and Particle Size

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Assessing the influence of key parameters governing the formation of hydrates and determining the capacity of the latter to store gaseous molecules is needed to improve our understanding of the role of natural gas hydrates in the oceanic methane cycle. Such knowledge will also support the development of new industrial processes and technologies such as those related to thermal energy storage. In this study, high-pressure laboratory methane hydrate formation and dissociation experiments were carried out in a sandy matrix at a temperature around 276.65 K. Methane was continuously injected at constant flowrate to allow hydrate formation over the course of the injection step. The influence of water saturation, methane injection flowrate and particle size on hydrate formation kinetics and methane storage capacity were investigated. Six water saturations (10.8%, 21.6%, 33%, 43.9%, 55% and 66.3%), three gas flowrates (29, 58 and 78 mLn·min−1) and three classes of particle size (80–140, 315–450 and 80–450 µm) were tested, and the resulting data were tabulated. Overall, the measured induction time obtained at 53–57% water saturation has an average value of 58 ± 14 min minutes with clear discrepancies that express the stochastic nature of hydrate nucleation, and/or results from the heterogeneity in the porosity and permeability fields of the sandy core due to heterogeneous particles. Besides, the results emphasize a clear link between the gas injection flowrate and the induction time whatever the particle size and water saturation. An increase in the gas flowrate from 29 to 78 mLn·min−1 is accompanied by a decrease in the induction time up to ~100 min (i.e., ~77% decrease). However, such clear behaviour is less conspicuous when varying either the particle size or the water saturation. Likewise, the volume of hydrate-bound methane increases with increasing water saturation. This study showed that water is not totally converted into hydrates and most of the calculated conversion ratios are around 74–84%, with the lowest value of 49.5% conversion at 54% of water saturation and the highest values of 97.8% for the lowest water saturation (10.8%). Comparison with similar experiments in the literature is also carried out herein.

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Methane Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in Sand Media: Effect of Water Saturation, Gas Flowrate and Particle Size

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“…8 Natural hydrates are ascertained to be a future energy source if used with feasible technology and will have economic value. 9 The synthetic hydrates provide multifaceted applications such as storage media for greenhouse gases, [10][11][12][13][14][15][16] carbon dioxide capture from fuel gas, 17 methane recovery from coal mine gas, 18,19 desalination, [20][21][22] cold storage, [23][24][25][26][27] and gas transportation. 12,28 Because of their structural properties and selectivity, this process slowly escalates to address various food technology issues.…”

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Enrichment of gas storage in clathrate hydrates by optimizing the molar liquid water–gas ratio

Kiran

Prasad

2022

RSC Adv.

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“…It was suggested that to reduce energy consumption and the effect of the same on global warming, phase change material (eutectics) can be used as an alternative for metallic sheets of higher thermal conductivity and renewable alternative to fossil fuel energy. To control the energy consumption, environmental impact and total operational cost of a CSC, Cheng et al (2020) presented that the shift of CSC technology from old to hydrate ensures the optimization of the above-considered parameters.…”

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Depiction of possible solutions to improve the cold supply chain performance system

Kumar

Tyagi

Sachdeva

2021

JAMR

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PurposeA poor performance of the cold supply chain (CSC) may increase the loss of quality and potency of perishables and temperature-sensitive products that deteriorate the financial and environmental aspects of the same. The purpose of the current research work is to identify the critical performance factors (criteria) and their co-factors (sub-criteria) that are responsible for the performance measurement of CSC and suggest the best possible solutions (alternatives) to improve the same.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve the objective of the research, a hierarchical model has been developed and analyzed using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)-Fuzzy TOPSIS as a hybrid approach to obtain the severity weights of the identified criteria and prioritization toward their relative importance for the best possible alternatives.FindingsAnalysis reveals that the criteria “energy consumption” comes out to be the most critical criteria, and alternative “application of passive cold devices” is the most effective solution for improving the performance of CSC. Higher energy consumption leads to a higher rate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increasing the global warming phenomenon, high operational cost and degradation of natural energy resources. The Application of Passive Cold Devices (PCDs) utilizes solar energy to operate the refrigeration units reducing the energy consumption, environmental and operating cost of CSC.Research limitations/implicationsThe research work provides several insights into the critical issues related to the CSC and suggests significant findings that enable the management and decision-makers to adopt these practices for performance evaluation and improvement of the same. The key findings of the work, such as “application of passive cold devices” and “application of IoT in cold chain logistics”, facilitate an improved platform to improve the CSC performance and proposed several directions that will enhance the merit of future research.Originality/valueThe presented study consolidates the various perspectives associated with CSC performance, explores the most critical criteria and proposes the best suitable cold chain practices for organizational growth. The work also provides an analytical analysis with the essence of practicalities and sensitivity analysis to support the robustness of the results. By enriching the literature and quantitative analysis of the new proposed model, this paper forms vast managerial and research implications in the field of CSC.

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Review and prospects of hydrate cold storage technology

Cited by 115 publications

References 186 publications

Methane Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in Sand Media: Effect of Water Saturation, Gas Flowrate and Particle Size

Methane Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in Sand Media: Effect of Water Saturation, Gas Flowrate and Particle Size

Enrichment of gas storage in clathrate hydrates by optimizing the molar liquid water–gas ratio

Depiction of possible solutions to improve the cold supply chain performance system

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