Kinetic simulation of methane hydrate formation and dissociation in porous media

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3476-3495

  Sun, Xuefei ^a   Mohanty, Kishore K ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Hydrates; Kinetics; Modeling; Porous media; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS;

KIM-BISHNOI MODEL; KINETICS; METHANE HYDRATES; MODELING; PRIMARY VARIABLE SWITCH METHOD (PVSM);

GAS HYDRATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; GAS HYDRATES; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 33645530937     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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