Open questions on methane hydrate nucleation [PDF]
Communications Chemistry, 2021 The commercial use of natural methane hydrate is hampered by several open questions that remain regarding hydrate formation. Here the authors comment on past interpretations and aim to provide a roadmap for developing a predictive theory of methane ...
Guang-Jun Guo, Zhengcai Zhang
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Three-body aggregation of guest molecules as a key step in methane hydrate nucleation and growth. [PDF]
Commun Chem, 2022 Gas hydrates have an important role in environmental and astrochemistry, as well as in energy materials research. Although it is widely accepted that gas accumulation is an important and necessary process during hydrate nucleation, how guest molecules ...
Hu W +10 more
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Reduced phase stability and faster formation/dissociation kinetics in confined methane hydrate. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 Significance Large amounts of methane hydrate—which consists of water forming molecular ice cages around methane molecules—are trapped in the porosity of rocks and seafloors.
Jin D, Coasne B.
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Mechanical creep instability of nanocrystalline methane hydrates [PDF]
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 Fundamental creep mechanisms of nanocrystalline methane hydrates are revealed, which are of importance to evaluate the mechanical stability of gas hydrate-bearing sediments in both terrestrial and planetological environments.
Pinqiang Cao +3 more
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The second offshore production of methane hydrate in the Nankai Trough and gas production behavior from a heterogeneous methane hydrate reservoir. [PDF]
RSC Adv, 2019 Following the first attempt at producing gas from a naturally occurring methane hydrate (MH) deposit in the Daini–Atsumi Knoll in the eastern Nankai Trough area off Honshu Island, Japan in 2013, a second attempt was made in April to June of 2017 at a ...
Yamamoto K, Wang XX, Tamaki M, Suzuki K.
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Does Confinement Enable Methane Hydrate Growth at Low Pressures? Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. [PDF]
J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces, 2020 Natural methane hydrates are estimated to be the largest source of unexploited hydrocarbon fuel. The ideal conditions for methane hydrate formation are low temperatures and high pressures.
Yu KB, Yazaydin AO.
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Contactless probing of polycrystalline methane hydrate at pore scale suggests weaker tensile properties than thought. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2020 Methane hydrate is widely distributed in the pores of marine sediments or permafrost soils, contributing to their mechanical properties. Yet the tensile properties of the hydrate at pore scales remain almost completely unknown, notably the influence of ...
Atig D, Broseta D, Pereira JM, Brown R.
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Dataset for the new insights into methane hydrate inhibition with blends of vinyl lactam polymer and methanol, monoethylene glycol, or diethylene glycol as hybrid inhibitors [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2023 Three-phase equilibrium conditions of vapor–aqueous solution–gas hydrate coexistence for the systems of CH4–H2O–organic thermodynamic inhibitor (THI) were experimentally determined.
Anton P. Semenov +6 more
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Formation of Methane Hydrate in the Presence of Natural and Synthetic Nanoparticles. [PDF]
J Am Chem Soc, 2018 Natural gas hydrates occur widely on the ocean-bed and in permafrost regions, and have potential as an untapped energy resource. Their formation and growth, however, poses major problems for the energy sector due to their tendency to block oil and gas ...
Cox SJ +9 more
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Methane hydrate efficient formation in a 3D-rGO/SDBS composite. [PDF]
RSC AdvWang M, Yan S, Wang N, Ge W, Zhang W.
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