Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 13, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en13153938
Keywords
bubble dissolution; non-hydrate condition; temperature dependence; salinity
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- METI (the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan)
- O ffice of Naval Research [N00014-17-1-2206]
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To investigate the temperature dependency of the methane bubble dissolution rate, buoyant single methane bubbles were held stationary in a countercurrent water flow at a pressure of 6.9 MPa and temperatures ranging from 288 K to 303 K. The 1 to 3 mm diameter bubbles were analyzed by observation through the pressure chamber viewport using a bi-telecentric CCD camera. The dissolution rate in artificial seawater was approximately two times smaller than that in pure water. Furthermore, it was observed that the methane bubble dissolution rate increased with temperature, suggesting that bubble dissolution is a thermal activation process (the activation energy is estimated to be 9.0 kJ/mol). The results were different from the expected values calculated using the governing equation for methane dissolution in water. The dissolution modeling of methane bubbles in the mid-to-shallow depth of seawater was revised based on the current results.
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