Gas hydrates have attracted significant fundamental and applied interests due to their important role in various technological environmental processes. More recently, gas shown potential applications for greenhouse capture storage. To facilitate the latter application, introducing chemical additives into clathrate could help enhance hydrate formation/growth rates, provided storage capacity is n...

We aimed to investigate the effect of morin hydrate on neural stem cells (NSCs) isolated from mouse inner ear and its potential in protecting neuronal hearing loss. 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2-H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) and bromodeoxyuridine incorporation assays were employed to assess the effect of morin hydrate on the viability and proliferation of in vitro NSC culture. The N...

As the foundation of energy industry moves towards gas, flow assurance technology preventing pipelines from hydrate blockages becomes increasingly significant. However, the principle of hydrate inhibition is still poorly understood. Here, we examined natural hydrophobic amino acids as novel kinetic hydrate inhibitors (KHIs), and investigated hydrate inhibition phenomena by using them as a model...

Gas hydrates may play an important role in global climate change, carbon sequestration, energy production and seafloor stability. However, formation and dissociation pathways in geologically complex systems are poorly defined. We present a new approach to processing large amounts of data from a LUNA distributed sensing system (DSS) in the seafloor process simulator (SPS) at Oak Ridge National L...

Hydrate-based gas separation is often investigated using batch or semi-batch operations. To increase the throughput of mixture without increasing apparatus volume, it preferable to perform a continuous operation hydrate-based separation. Therefore, we proposed flow-type for performing formation with passing gaseous and subsequently decomposition hydrate particles. Characteristics multiple fluid...

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