Application of the shrinking-core model to the kinetics of repeated formation of methane hydrates in a system of mixed dry-water and porous hydrogel particulates

• Published in: Chemical engineering science Vol. 109; pp. 315 - 325
• Main Authors: Shi, Bo-Hui, Fan, Shuan-Shi, Lou, Xia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 19.04.2014
• Subjects: Clathrates; Design engineering; Droplets; Hydrogels; Kinetics; Methane; Methane diffusivity; Methane hydrates; Methane hydrates formation; Particulates; Porous hydrogel; Rate constants; Reversible methane storage; Shrinking-core model; Shrinking-core model; Porous hydrogel; Kinetics; Reversible methane storage; Methane hydrates formation; Methane diffusivity

Mixed dry-water (DW) droplets and porous hydrogel (HYD) microspheres have been investigated for applications in reversible methane storage in the form of clathrates. The process of the methane hydrates formation in the presence of these particles was found to be complex. In this work, a modified shr...