Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage
Solidified natural gas technology shows significant potential for storing safely multi-fold volumes of natural gas in clathrate hydrates, but the main concern is the stochastic and slow process of hydrate nucleation making it unstable and unpredictable in practice. To overcome this limitation, metha...
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ftcranfield:oai:dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk:1826/17625 2023-05-15T17:11:47+02:00 Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage Linqing, Tian Ha, Li Wang, Li Chen, Guangjin Coulon, Frederic Jiang, Yuelu Zeng, Xinyang Zhang, Ruifeng Wu, Guozhong 2022-02-10 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2022.117503 http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17625 en eng Elsevier Tian L, Ha L, Wang L, et al., (2022) Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 253, May 2022, Article number 117503 0009-2509 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2022.117503 http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17625 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ CC-BY-NC-ND methane hydrate SiC foam tray nucleation solidified natural gas gas storage Article 2022 ftcranfield https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2022.117503 2022-06-16T22:37:16Z Solidified natural gas technology shows significant potential for storing safely multi-fold volumes of natural gas in clathrate hydrates, but the main concern is the stochastic and slow process of hydrate nucleation making it unstable and unpredictable in practice. To overcome this limitation, methane hydrate was synthesized in a silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic foam packing trays reactor without stirring. Results suggested that the packing trays should be located near the gas-water interface instead of immersed in the aqueous phase, which decreased the induction time by about 98%. Results also highlighted the synergistic effects between the capillary wicking from the porous packings and the water suction from the initially formed hydrate clusters, which pumped water from the aqueous phase into the packings’ pores to provide an unsaturated porous environment for hydrate nucleation. It demonstrated that these two driving forces might also compete for water which became adverse to hydrate formation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Methane hydrate Cranfield University: Collection of E-Research - CERES Chemical Engineering Science 253 117503 |
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methane hydrate SiC foam tray nucleation solidified natural gas gas storage Linqing, Tian Ha, Li Wang, Li Chen, Guangjin Coulon, Frederic Jiang, Yuelu Zeng, Xinyang Zhang, Ruifeng Wu, Guozhong Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage |
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Solidified natural gas technology shows significant potential for storing safely multi-fold volumes of natural gas in clathrate hydrates, but the main concern is the stochastic and slow process of hydrate nucleation making it unstable and unpredictable in practice. To overcome this limitation, methane hydrate was synthesized in a silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic foam packing trays reactor without stirring. Results suggested that the packing trays should be located near the gas-water interface instead of immersed in the aqueous phase, which decreased the induction time by about 98%. Results also highlighted the synergistic effects between the capillary wicking from the porous packings and the water suction from the initially formed hydrate clusters, which pumped water from the aqueous phase into the packings’ pores to provide an unsaturated porous environment for hydrate nucleation. It demonstrated that these two driving forces might also compete for water which became adverse to hydrate formation. |
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Linqing, Tian Ha, Li Wang, Li Chen, Guangjin Coulon, Frederic Jiang, Yuelu Zeng, Xinyang Zhang, Ruifeng Wu, Guozhong |
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Linqing, Tian Ha, Li Wang, Li Chen, Guangjin Coulon, Frederic Jiang, Yuelu Zeng, Xinyang Zhang, Ruifeng Wu, Guozhong |
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Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage |
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Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage |
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Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage |
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Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage |
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Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage |
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location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage |
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Tian L, Ha L, Wang L, et al., (2022) Location optimization of silicon carbide foam packings in the unstirred packing trays reactor for the enhancement of solidified natural gas storage, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 253, May 2022, Article number 117503 0009-2509 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2022.117503 http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17625 |
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