The stability of methane hydrates in highly concentrated electrolyte solutions by differential scanning calorimetry and theoretical computation

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1183-1191

  Dalmazzone, Didier ^a   Clausse, Daniele ^b   Dalmazzone, Christine ^c   Herzhaft, Benjamin ^c  

^a ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALORIMETERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRILLING FLUIDS; ELECTROLYTES; EMULSIONS; HYDRATION; MELTING; METHANE; OIL WELL DRILLING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; CONCENTRATED ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; EUTECTIC MELTING; HIGH PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIES; METHANE HYDRATES; SATURATED SALTS; STABILITY LIMIT; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

CALORIMETRY; CLATHRATE; ELECTROLYTE; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 4444328004     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-8-904     Document Type: Article

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