Unusual kinetic inhibitor effects on gas hydrate formation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1368-1376

  Lee, Ju Dong ^a   Englezos, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas hydrates; Kinetic inhibitors; Morphology; Water droplets

Indexed keywords

ETHANE; METHANE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

CATASTROPHIC GROWTH; KINETIC INHIBITORS; WATER DROPLETS;

GAS HYDRATES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 30444442380     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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