A note on the evaluation of the guest-gas uptake into a clathrate hydrate being formed in a semibatch- or batch-type reactor

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1056-1062

  Mori, Yasuhiko H ^a   Komae, Naoya ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clathrate hydrate; Crystallization; Energy; Fuel; Gas hydrate; Multiphase reactors

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CONDENSATION; CRYSTALLIZATION;

CLATHRATE HYDRATE; GUEST-GAS UPTAKE; MULTIPHASE REACTORS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 40749091585     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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