Specific features of the growth, composition, and content of natural gas hydrates synthesized in inverted oil emulsions

Autor: V. V. Koryakina, M. E. Semenov, E. Yu. Shits, A. F. Fedorova, I. I. Rozhin, I. K. Ivanova
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry. 90:1258-1263
ISSN: 1608-3296
1070-4272
Popis: A study of specific features of the growth, composition, and content of natural gas hydrates formed in a water-in-oil emulsion demonstrated that the process in which hydrates are formed in a water-oil emulsion occurs in stages and depends on the saturation of hydrate growth zones with the hydrate-forming gas via diffusion of natural-gas components across the oil phase. Hydrates enriched in methane are formed in water-oil emulsions, compared with the hydrates grown from distilled water, which is accounted for by the difference in solubility between natural-gas components in oil and water, and also by the presence of a surfactant layer on the surface of emulsified water drops. With increasing fraction of water in an emulsion, the content of hydrates decreases, and the mass of a hydrate being formed is independent of the composition of the water-oil emulsion.
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