loading page

Gas Hydrate Nucleation & Growth in Confinement and Its Application
  • Ahmad Majid,
  • Carolyn Ann Koh
Ahmad Majid
Colorado School of Mines

Corresponding Author:aabdulma@mymail.mines.edu

Author Profile
Carolyn Ann Koh
Colorado School of Mines
Author Profile

Abstract

Massive amounts of gas hydrates occur naturally in the pores of sediments or fractures in permafrost regions and beneath the oceans. For hydrate formation in confinement, the equilibrium condition can shift to harsher conditions, lowering the water activity, and subsequently depressing the hydrate freezing temperature at a given pressure. Conversely, the nucleation and rate of hydrate formation, as well as hydrate conversion can be increased in confinement. Therefore, reliable assessment of the hydrate distribution in nature requires accurate thermodynamic and kinetic models of hydrate formation; however, these models tend to be based upon the properties of bulk hydrates. Hydrate formation and growth promotion in confinement are potentially interesting for hydrate technological applications, such as gas separation, energy storage, and flow assurance. This paper reviews the thermodynamic and kinetic properties and their interrelations of gas hydrates in confined spaces.
18 Jun 2020Submitted to AIChE Journal
18 Jun 2020Submission Checks Completed
18 Jun 2020Assigned to Editor
24 Jun 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
23 Nov 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
09 Dec 20201st Revision Received
17 Dec 2020Submission Checks Completed
17 Dec 2020Assigned to Editor
31 Dec 2020Editorial Decision: Accept