Investigation of kinetics of methane hydrate formation during isobaric and isochoric processes in an agitated reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 76, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-65

  Mohebbi, V ^a   Naderifar, A ^a   Behbahani, R M ^b   Moshfeghian, M ^c,d  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d John M Campbell Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Gas hydrates; Kinetics; Mass transfer; Methane; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

AGITATED REACTORS; CONTACT AREAS; FUNCTION OF PRESSURE; GAS CONSUMPTION; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS UPTAKE; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE PARTICLES; ISOCHORIC PROCESS; MASS TRANSFER PHENOMENA; METHANE HYDRATES; STIRRED VESSELS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

DIFFUSION; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDRATION; LIQUID METHANE; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84860287072     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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