Chemical Engineering Science, Vol.63, No.23, 5714-5718, 2008
Storage capacity of hydrogen in tetrahydrofuran hydrate
The storage capacity of hydrogen in tetrahydrofuran hydrate was investigated by means of pressure-volume-temperature (p-V-T) measurement and Raman spectroscopic analysis. We carried out two measurement strategies using Raman spectroscopic analysis. One was isothermal pressure-swing absorption using tetrahydrofuran hydrate at 277.15 K. and the other was the preparation of a single crystal of hydrogen+tetrahydrofuran mixed gas hydrate from compressed hydrogen and tetrahydrofuran aqueous solutions along the stability boundary. The storage amount of hydrogen at 277.15 K obtained from the p-V-T measurement is about 1.6 mol (hydrogen)/mol (tetrahydrofuran) (about 0.8 mass%) at 70 MPa, and isothermal Raman spectroscopic measurement reveals that it reaches the maximum value of 2.0 mol (hydrogen)/mol (tetrahydrofuran) at about 85 MPa. These results agree well with those for a single crystal of hydrogen+tetrahydrofuran hydrate. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.