Methane hydrates as potential energy resource: Part 1 - Importance, resource and recovery facilities

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1547-1561

  Demirbas, Ayhan ^a  

^a SIRNAK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clathrate; Greenhouse effect; Methane; Methane hydrate; Recovery; Resource

Indexed keywords

CLATHRATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; CUBIC SYMMETRY; GUEST MOLECULES; HEXAGONAL SYMMETRY; HYDRO-CARBON GAS; METHANE GAS; METHANE HYDRATE; METHANE HYDRATES; NATURAL HAZARD; OCEAN FLOOR; PURE LIQUIDS; SAFETY PROBLEMS; SEA FLOOR; SEA SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURE TYPE; WATER DEPTH;

BUTANE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ETHANE; GAS HAZARDS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; HYDRATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PERMAFROST; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROPANE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER RESOURCES;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 77949654946     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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