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Methane Hydrate Crystallization on Sessile Water Droplets
Published on: May 26, 2021
Structural stability of methane hydrates in porous medium: Raman spectroscopic study
Vangala Dhanunjana Chari1, Pinnelli S R Prasad2, Sarabu Ramana Murthy3
1Gas Hydrates Division, National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad 500007, India; Department of Physics, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500007, India.
Abstract:
Thermal and temporal stability of the methane hydrates (MH) at ambient pressure, synthesised in a spherical silica (solid and hollow, with average diameter of 70 μm) matrix, are investigated by the Raman spectroscopy. Identical Raman spectroscopic spectral features for all the synthesized hydrate samples indicate structural resemblance irrespective of matrix. It is observed that the growth of hydrates in hollow silica matrix is homogeneous, while that with solid grain is highly heterogeneous. Temporal and thermal stability of MH depends on the silica matrix. Appearance of the Raman signatures characteristic of MH, in hollow silica, indicates that the hydrates are stable over several hours (upon preserving at 153 K and 0.1 MPa) and until ∼273 K at 0.1 MPa. However, MH in solid silica matrix is highly unstable under similar P, T conditions and they are readily dissociated within 2 h. The thermal stability of these samples at 0.1 MPa is also significantly lower.
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