Rheology of methane hydrate slurries during their crystallization in a water in dodecane emulsion under flowing

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 505-515

  Fidel Dufour, Annie ^a   Gruy, Frédéric ^a   Herri, Jean Michel ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Crystallization; Gas hydrates; Multiphase flow; Rheology

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; EMULSIONS; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUCLEATION; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES;

DODECANE SYSTEMS; DROP CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE HYDRATES; THREE-BODY COLLISIONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EMULSION; RHEOLOGY; SLURRY;

EID: 27144509716     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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