Metastable boundary conditions of water-in-oil emulsions in the hydrate formation region

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2216-2225

  Chen, Jun ^a   Sun, Chang Yu ^a   Liu, Bei ^a   Peng, Bao Zi ^a   Wang, Xiu Lin ^a   Chen, Guang Jin ^a   Zuo, Julian Y ^b   Ng, Heng Joo ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (Canada)

Author keywords

emulsion; film; hydrate; metastable boundary; methane

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY PRESSURE; CRITICAL THICKNESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDRATE FILM; HYDRATE FORMATION; METASTABLE BOUNDARY; METHANE GAS; NANO SCALE; PRESSURIZATION METHODS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; WATER DROPLET SIZE; WATER DROPLETS; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FILMS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; METHANE;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84862023030     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12726     Document Type: Article

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