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Rapid and high capacity methane storage in clathrate hydrates using surfactant dry solution

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Fan, S.
Yang, L.
Wang, Y.
Lang, X.
Wen, Y.
Lou, Xia
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2014
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Fan, Shuanshi and Yang, Liang and Wang, Yanhong and Lang, Xuemei and Wen, Yonggang and Lou, Xia. 2014. Rapid and high capacity methane storage in clathrate hydrates using surfactant dry solution. Chemical Engineering Science. 106: pp. 53-59.
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NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Science. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 106, (2014). doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.11.032

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Surfactant dry solution (DS) was prepared by mixing sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution, hydrophobic silica nanoparticles and air in a high speed blender. Flour-like SDS-DS combines the advantages of dispersed dry water and active SDS solution. Methane storage in clathrate hydrates using SDS-DS was investigated in a stainless steel vessel without stirring under the condition of 5.0MPa and 273.2K. The results demonstrated that highly dispersed SDS-DS could significantly enhance formation kinetics and storage capacity of methane hydrate. SDS-DS exhibited about the same methane storage capacity (172.96m3 m-3) as dry water, but faster storage rates than dry water. Compared to SDS solution, SDS-DS had similar storage rates (7.44m3 m-3 min-1) and higher methane storage capacity under the relative low pressure. However, the aggregation of partial SDS-DS powders destroyed its original dispersive property after hydrate dissociation.