Microscale Processes and Dynamics during CH4–CO2 Guest-Molecule Exchange in Gas Hydrates

Temperature-dependent Raman Spectroscopic Observation for Structural Transformation and Guest Dynamics of Gas Hydrates and Hydroquinone Clathrates

Clathrates are crystalline inclusion compounds formed by a physically stable reaction between host and guest molecules. Gas hydrate and hydroquinone (HQ) clathrate are one of the most studied and welldefined clathrate compounds. In this study, guest-free, CO2-loaded, CH4-loaded and CO2/CH4-loaded HQ clathrates were synthesized by gas-phase reaction and recrystallization. In addition, pure CO2 a...

Experimental Measurement of Methane and Ethane Mole Fractions during Gas Hydrate Formation

The super-saturation condition has to be provided to form gas hydrates. Consequently, the prediction of the guest molecule fraction in the aqueous phase is crucial in the study of the gas hydrate kinetics. In the present work, several experiments were carried out in a semi-batch reactor in order to determine the mole fraction of methane and ethane during gas hydrates formation (growth stage...

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Guest – Host Hydrogen Bonding in Structure I, Ii, and H Clathrate Hydrates

The standard picture is that clathrate hydrates form when hydrophobic guest molecules are compressed with water under high pressure-low temperature conditions. In the ice-like hydrate framework, water molecules form molecule-sized cavities that encapsulate the guests and minimize water-hydrophobic guest interactions. This picture, however, must be modified by observations that many water solubl...

7 Natural Gas Hydrates

Gas Hydrates: Resource and Hazard

Solid gas hydrates are a potentially huge resource of natural gas for the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated that there are about 85 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of technically recoverable gas hydrates in northern Alaska. The Minerals Management Service estimated a mean value of 21,000 TCF of in-place gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico. By comparison, total U.S. natural gas consum...