An analysis of gas hydrate dissociation in the presence of thermodynamic inhibitors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1748-1761

  Nihous, Gérard C ^a   Kuroda, Kana ^b   Lobos González, José Rodrigo ^c   Kurasaki, Ryan J ^d   Masutani, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Motoyama Engineering Works Ltd   (Japan)

^c Solenis Especialidades Químicas   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Dissociation; Gas hydrate; Heat transfer; Kinetics; Phase change; Phase equilibria

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DISSOCIATION MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FRONT VELOCITY; HEAT TRANSFER KINETICS; HYDRATE SURFACES; INTERFACE TEMPERATURES; INTRINSIC DISSOCIATION; KINETIC BEHAVIOR; METHANE HYDRATES; MULTIPLICATIVE FACTORS; PHASE CHANGE; THERMAL PROCESS; THERMODYNAMIC INHIBITORS; TIME-DOMAIN REPRESENTATION;

DECOMPOSITION; DISSOCIATION; GAS HYDRATES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HYDRATION; METHANE; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE TESTING; THERMODYNAMICS;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 75849159482     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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