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Methane Hydrate Crystallization on Sessile Water Droplets
Published on: May 26, 2021
Thermodynamic and molecular-scale analysis of new systems of water-soluble hydrate formers + CH4
Jong-Won Lee1, Hailong Lu, Igor L Moudrakovski
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University, 275 Budae-dong, Cheonan, Chungnam 331-717, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Among a variety of cyclic ether, cyclic ester, and cyclic ketone compounds, six new formers were found to form binary sII or sH hydrates with CH(4) gas. Hydrate-phase equilibria for all the hydrate formers were measured. The results obtained showed distinct relationships between the hydrate-phase equilibrium curve and the molecular size of the guests. In addition, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran and 3-methyltetrahydrofuran, or 4-methyl-1,3-dioxane and 4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane, showed different hydrate structures even though they have similar chemical structures. Such structural differences can provide useful information on the critical guest size, which determines hydrate crystal structures according to the size of the captured guest.
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