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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 402, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126276
Keywords
Xerogels; Gas hydrates; Confinement effects; Porous structure; Surface chemistry
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- MINECO [MAT2016-80285-p, CTQ2017-87820-R]
- Principado de Asturias-FICYT-FEDER [PCTI-Asturias IDI/2018/ 000118]
- CONACyT, Mexico [330625]
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A series of xerogels with a properly designed porous structure and surface chemistry have been synthesized and evaluated as a host structure to promote the nucleation and growth of methane hydrates. Organic xerogels (OGs) have been synthesized from resorcinol-formaldehyde mixtures using a sol-gel approach and microwave heating. These xerogels are hydrophilic in nature and possess designed meso/macrocavities in the pore size range 5-55 nm. Carbon xerogels (CGs) have been synthesized from their organic counterparts after a carbonization treatment at high temperature. Interestingly, the carbonization process does not alter/modify substantially the porous network of the parent xerogels, while developing new micropores. Under water-supplying conditions, the two types of xerogels exhibit a large improvement in the methane adsorption capacity compared to the pure physisorption process taking place in dry conditions (up to 200% improvement), and associated with a significant hysteresis loop. These excellent values must be associated with the promoting effect of these xerogels in the water-to-hydrate conversion process. The comparison of OGs and CGs as a host structure anticipates that surface chemistry, total pore volume and pore size are critical parameters defining the extent and yield of the methane hydrate formation process.
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