A method to use solar energy for the production of gas from marine hydrate-bearing sediments: A case study on the Shenhu Area

Energies

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1861-1879

  Ning, Fulong ^a,b   Wu, Nengyou ^b   Jiang, Guosheng ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Guan, Jia'an ^b   Yu, Yibing ^a   Tang, Fenglin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gas production; Marine gas hydrates; Shenhu area; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650879910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en3121861     Document Type: Article

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