Hydrate Formation Kinetics and Hydrate Derivatives’ Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Natural gas hydrate (gas hydrate), also known as combustible ice, is an ice-like crystalline compound, formed by different guest molecules and water under high-pressure and low-temperature conditions. It is a huge reserve of clean energy that is usually found in the seabed and permafrost on land. In addition, hydrates can be widely used in gas separation, gas solid-state storage and transportation, carbon sequestration, seawater desalination, thermal energy storage and other technical fields.

However, the hydrate formation rate and gas uptake of a pure water system is relatively slow, thereby necessitating efficient technologies to enhance the formation of hydrate to improve the reaction rate and to increase the gas capacity.

This Special Issue will be dedicated to new perspectives in the chemical and fundamental properties of natural gas hydrate formation kinetics and derivative applications.

We invite submissions of original research that address a range of topics related to hydrate formation kinetics and the applications of hydrate derivatives. These may include, but are not limited to:

• Hydrate formation kinetics;
• Hydrate’s basicphysical properties;
• Hydrate-based gas separation (HBGS) technology;
• Molecular simulation;
• Natural gas solid transportation and storage;
• Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS);
• Hydrate-based desalination (HBD) technology.

Dr. Xiaoya Zang
Guest Editor

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• gas hydrate
• formation kinetics
• hydrate-based gas separation
• natural gas solid transportation and storage
• hydrate-based desalination