Hydrate seeding effect on the metastability of CH4 hydrate

Cyclopentane (CP) hydrate seeds can lead to nucleation of CH 4 hydrate with a lower supersaturation; the concept of nucleation potential was applied to estimate the metastable zone width (MSZW) of CH 4 hydrate. To verify the crystal structure of CH 4 hydrate formed from the CP hydrate seeds, the hyd...

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Published inThe Korean journal of chemical engineering Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 341 - 349
Main Authors Baek, Seungjun, Lee, Wonhyeong, Min, Juwon, Ahn, Yun-Ho, Kang, Dong Woo, Lee, Jae W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.02.2020
Springer Nature B.V
한국화학공학회
Subjects
Biotechnology
Catalysis
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Crystal structure
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Materials Science
Methane hydrates
Nucleation
Parameter estimation
Separation Technology
Sodium dodecyl sulfate
Stainless steel
Stainless steels
Steel structures
Supersaturation
Surface energy
Thermodynamics
Walls
화학공학
Methane Hydrates
Hydrate Seed Crystals
Hydrate Nucleation
Metastable Zone Width
Cyclopentane Hydrates
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ISSN0256-1115
1975-7220
DOI10.1007/s11814-019-0451-3

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Summary:Cyclopentane (CP) hydrate seeds can lead to nucleation of CH 4 hydrate with a lower supersaturation; the concept of nucleation potential was applied to estimate the metastable zone width (MSZW) of CH 4 hydrate. To verify the crystal structure of CH 4 hydrate formed from the CP hydrate seeds, the hydrate samples were analyzed by high resolution powder diffraction (HRPD). 1 wt% of CP hydrates in the system reduced the MSZW of CH 4 hydrate from 3.39 K to 1.32 K, and showed synergetic performance with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). From the hydrate nucleation theory, SDS is able to decrease the effective surface energy for heterogeneous nucleation on the stainless steel wall, but the CP hydrate seeds provide new nucleation sites with even lower surface energy than that of the stainless steel wall. Hence, the nucleation rate depends on the amount of CP hydrate seeds, and the kinetic parameter can be estimated from the concentration of nucleation sites on the CP hydrate seeds. Also, the MSZW of CH 4 hydrate was satisfactorily correlated with the amount of CP hydrate seeds by the cumulative nucleation potentials using estimated kinetic parameters.
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ISSN:0256-1115
1975-7220
DOI:10.1007/s11814-019-0451-3