Flow characteristics and rheological properties of natural gas hydrate slurry in the presence of anti-agglomerant in a flow loop apparatus

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-108

  Yan, Ke Le ^a   Sun, Chang Yu ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Chen, Li Tao ^b   Shen, De Ji ^a   Liu, Bei ^a   Jia, Meng Lei ^a   Niu, Meng ^a   Lv, Yi Ning ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Song, Zhi Yu ^a   Niu, Shu Shan ^a   Chen, Guang Jin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

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

Author keywords

Anti agglomerant; Flow characteristics; Hydrate; Rheological properties; Slurry

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; NATURAL GAS; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES; VOLUME FRACTION;

ANTI-AGGLOMERANT; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FLOW LOOP APPARATUS; ORIGINAL STRUCTURES; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; THIXOTROPIC BEHAVIOUR; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84890403349     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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