期刊
FUEL
卷 89, 期 2, 页码 294-301出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.06.019
关键词
Methane hydrate; Kinetics; Reaction rate constant
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Le Fond Quebecois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT)
- Canada Research Chair program (CRC)
- McGill University
Particle size distribution measurements were performed during the growth stage of methane hydrate formation in a semi-batch stirred tank crystallizer. Experiments were carried out at temperatures between 275.1 and 279.2 K and pressures ranging from 3873 to 5593 kPa. The reaction rate constant of methane hydrate formation was determined using the model of Bergeron and Servio (AIChE J 2008; 54: 2964). The experimental reaction rate constant was found to increase with temperature, following an Arrhenius-type relationship, from 8.3 x 10 (8) m/s to 6.15 x 10 (7) m/s over the 4 degrees range investigated, resulting in an activation energy of 323 kJ/mol. An increase in pressure of approximately 600 kPa did not have any effect on the reaction rate constant. Population balances, based on the measured critical nuclei diameter and that predicted by homogeneous nucleation theory, were also used for comparison purposes. The initial number of hydrate particles was calculated using the mole fraction of methane in the bulk liquid phase and compared to that predicted by an energy balance. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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