AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF CRYSTALLIZATION AND CRYSTAL-GROWTH OF METHANE HYDRATES FROM MELTING ICE

被引:87
作者
HWANG, MJ
WRIGHT, DA
KAPUR, A
HOLDER, GD
机构
[1] Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
来源
JOURNAL OF INCLUSION PHENOMENA AND MOLECULAR RECOGNITION IN CHEMISTRY | 1990年 / 8卷 / 1-2期
关键词
Clathrates; crystal growth; gas hydrates; kinetics;
D O I
10.1007/BF01131291
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
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. © 1990 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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页码:103 / 116
页数:14
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