Lowering of clathrate hydrate cohesive forces by surface active carboxylic acids

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5102-5108

  Aman, Zachary M ^a   Sloan, E Dendy ^a   Sum, Amadeu K ^a   Koh, Carolyn A ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CLATHRATE HYDRATE; COHESION FORCE; COHESIVE FORCE; CONTINUOUS SYSTEM; DATA SUPPORT; DATA YIELDS; HYDRATE PARTICLES; HYDRATE SURFACES; HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS; HYDROPHOBIC GROUPS; INTERFACIAL THERMODYNAMICS; INTERPARTICLE COHESION; MICRO-MECHANICAL; OIL/GAS PRODUCTION; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC; SURFACE ACTIVE; SURFACE-ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; SURFACTANT ADSORPTION; WATER CAPILLARIES;

ADHESION; ADSORPTION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HYDRATION; HYDROCARBONS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDRATES;

EID: 84865121618     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef300707u     Document Type: Conference Paper

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