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Clathrate hydrates of natural gases.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sloan, E. Dendy, 1944-
- Series:
- Chemical industries ; v. 119.
- Chemical industries ; 119
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural gas--Hydrates.
- Natural gas.
- Clathrate compounds.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 721 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps.
- Edition:
- 3rd ed. / E. Dendy Sloan, Carolyn A. Koh.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2008.
- Contents:
- OVERVIEW AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Hydrates as a laboratory curiosity
- Hydrates in the natural gas industry
- Hydrates as an energy resource
- Environmental aspects of hydrates
- Safety aspects of hydrates
- Relationship of this chapter to those that follow
- MOLECULAR STRUCTURES AND SIMILARITIES TO ICE: Crystal structures of ice Ih and natural gas hydrates
- Comparison of properties of hydrates and ice
- The what and the how of hydrate structures
- HYDRATE FORMATION AND DISSOCIATION PROCESSES: Hydrate nucleation
- Hydrate growth
- Hydrate dissociation
- ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES FOR PHASE EQUILIBRIA OF NATURAL GAS HYDRATES: Hydrate phase diagrams for water [plus] hydrocarbon systems
- Three-phase (Lw-H-V) equilibrium calculations
- Quadruple points and equilibrium of three condensed phases (Lw-H-Lhc)
- Effect of thermodynamic inhibitors on hydrate formation
- Two-phase equilibrium: hydrates with one other phase
- Hydrate enthalpy and hydration number from phase equilibrium
- A STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMIC APPROACH TO HYDRATE PHASE EQUILIBRIA: Statistical thermodynamics of hydrate equilibria
- Application of the method to analyze systems of methane [plus] ethane [plus] propane
- Computer simulation: another microscopic-macroscopic bridge.
- EXPERIMENTAL METHODS AND MEASUREMENTS OF HYDRATE PROPERTIES: Experimental apparatuses and methods for macroscopic measurements
- Measurements of the hydrate phase
- Data for natural gas hydrate phase equilibria and thermal properties
- HYDRATES IN THE EARTH: The paradigm is changing from assessment of amount to production of gas
- Sediments with hydrates typicall have low contents of biogenic methane
- Sediment lithology and fluid flow are major controls on hydrate deposition
- Remote methods enable an estimation of the extent of a hydrated reservoir
- Drilling logs and coring provide imrproved assessments of hydrated gas amounts
- Hydrate reservoir models indicate key variables for methane production
- Future hydrated gas production trends are from the permafrost to the ocean
- Hydrates play a part in climate change and geohazards
- HYDRATES IN PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND TRANSPORTATION: How do hydrate plugs form in industrial equipment?
- How are hydrate plug formations prevented?
- How is a hydrate plug dissociated?
- Safety and hydrate plug removal
- Applications to gas transport and storage
- Summary of hydrates in flow assurance and transportation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780429129148 (electronic bk.)
- 0429129149 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99992096344
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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