Enhanced rate of gas hydrate formation in a fixed bed column filled with sand compared to a stirred vessel

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 617-623

  Linga, Praveen ^a   Daraboina, Nagu ^b   Ripmeester, John A ^c   Englezos, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Enhanced kinetics; Gas hydrates; Mass transfer; Natural gas; Porous media

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONTACT MODES; FIXED BED COLUMNS; GAS CONSUMPTION; HYDRATE FORMATION; STIRRED VESSELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; GASES; HYDRATION; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL GAS; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICA; SILICA SAND;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 81055155824     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.10.030     Document Type: Article

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