Dissociation of fresh- and seawater hydrates along the phase boundaries between 2.3 and 17 MPa

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6240-6246

  Loh, Matilda ^a   Falser, Simon ^a   Babu, Ponnivalavan ^a   Linga, Praveen ^a   Palmer, Andrew ^a   Tan, Thiam Soon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; HYDRATE PHASE; LOW-TEMPERATURE STABILITY; OFFSHORE PROJECT; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE;

DISSOCIATION; HYDRATION; PHASE BOUNDARIES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POROUS MATERIALS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84867636018     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef3008954     Document Type: Article

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