Energy & Fuels, Vol.12, No.2, 212-215, 1998
Experimental study of hydrate crystal growth from methane, carbon dioxide, and methane plus propane mixtures
Gas hydrates are crystalline, icelike solids formed from water contacted with certain light hydrocarbons and other low-molecular-weight, nonpolar substances under high pressure and low temperature. In this study, methane-propane mixture hydrates were made at various conditions. The reaction rates were experimentally measured at each condition. Structure II-type hydrates were formed up to 7580 kPa at around 280 degrees K from methane containing 3% and 5% propane. The reaction rates for forming hydrates were proportional to the pressure difference between the system pressure and the dissociation pressure. The kinetic model was developed.