Journal
APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 188, Issue -, Pages 190-199Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.002
Keywords
Gas hydrates; SNG technology; Energy storage; Enhanced kinetics; Hydrate nucleation
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- Energy Innovation Research Programme (EIRP) [NRF2015EWTEIRP002-002]
- Lloyd's Register
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Natural gas storage in dathrate hydrates or solidified natural gas (SNG) offers the safest, cleanest and the most compact mode of storage aided by the relative ease in natural gas (NG) recovery with minimal cost compared to known conventional methods of NG storage. The stochastic nature of hydrate nucleation and the slow kinetics of hydrate growth are major challenges that needs to be addressed on the SNG production side. A deterministic and fast nucleation coupled with rapid crystallization kinetics would empower this beneficial technology for commercial application. We propose a hybrid combinatorial approach of methane hydrate formation utilizing the beneficial aspect of environmentally benign amino acid (leucine) as a kinetic promoter by combining stirred and unstirred reactor operation. This hybrid approach is simple, can easily be implemented and scaled-up to develop an economical SNG technology for efficient storage of natural gas on a large scale. Added benefits include the minimal energy requirement during hydrate growth resulting in overall cost reduction for SNG technology. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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