Rapid Gas Hydrate Formation Processes: Will They Work?

Energies

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1154-1175

  Brown, Thomas D ^a   Taylor, Charles E ^a   Bernardo, Mark P ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Formation; Increasing hydrate formation rate(s); Methane hydrate formation techniques; Rapid gas hydrate formation techniques; storage; Transportation of methane hydrate

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; HYDRATION; METHANE;

FORMATION; INCREASING HYDRATE FORMATION RATES (S); METHANE HYDRATE FORMATION TECHNIQUES; RAPID GAS HYDRATE FORMATION TECHNIQUES; TRANSPORTATION OF METHANE HYDRATES;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 77954626046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en3061154     Document Type: Article

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