화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.58, No.12, 3545-3550, 2013
Dissociation Data of Semiclathrate Hydrates for the Systems of Tetra-n-butylammonium Fluoride (TBAF) plus Methane plus Water, TBAF plus Carbon Dioxide plus Water, and TBAF plus Nitrogen plus Water
One of the limitations in the process of hydrate formation to benefit its positive application is high pressure and low temperature conditions. Design and construction of a unit with the aforementioned conditions is therefore expensive and unsafe. Thus, an investigation of methods for moderation of hydrate formation conditions seems to be very important. As mentioned in literature, utilization of ammonium salts in water normally promotes the hydrate formation conditions. One of these salts is tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride (TBAF). In this research, the dissociation data of semiclathrate hydrates for the systems of methane + TBAF + water, carbon dioxide + TBAF + water, and nitrogen + TBAF + water have been measured and reported. Experimental measurements were performed at three concentrations of TBAF, that is, (0.02, 0.05, and 0.15) mass fraction. A comparison of hydrate dissociation data in the presence or absence of TBAF shows the promotion effect of TBAF on methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen hydrate formation. By increasing the concentration of TBAF from (0.02 to 0.15) mass fraction, its promotion effect increases, and the p T curves of the double gas + TBAF semiclathrate systems shift to the low pressure and high temperature regions (moderate conditions). Results of the experiments show that, contrary to clathrate hydrates, a small increase in temperature of semiclathrate hydrates, studied herein, leads to a noticeable increase in dissociation pressure.