Clathrate hydrate formation using liquid jets impinging on each other: An observational study using paired water jets or water and methylcyclohexane jets

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1844-1858

  Yamamura, Koji ^a   Fukuzaki, Jun ichi ^a   Mori, Yasuhiko H ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clathrate hydrates; Crystallization; Dispersion; Drops; Impinging jets; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

CLATHRATE HYDRATE; CONSTANT PRESSURES; DIFLUOROMETHANE; GAS CONSUMPTION RATE; GASPHASE; HYDRATE FILM; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE NUCLEATION; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; IMPINGING JETS; LIQUID ATOMIZATION; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID JETS; LIQUID SHEETS; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; WATER JETS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DISPERSIONS; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HYDRATION; JETS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79952445527     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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