Direct conversion of water droplets to methane hydrate in crude oil

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5066-5072

  Turner, D J ^a   Miller, K T ^a   Sloan, E D ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Emulsion; Methane hydrate; Multiphase flow; Particle formation; Petroleum; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

METHANE HYDRATE; METHANE HYDRATES; PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DROP FORMATION; EMULSIFICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRATION; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 67651093627     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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