Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Gas Hydrate Formation and Decomposition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H: Geo-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2021) | Viewed by 23329
Special Issue Editor
Interests: natural gas hydrates; cryogenics; thermodynamics; Raman spectroscopy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Guest Editor is inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Gas Hydrate Formation and Decomposition”. Understanding and quantifying the kinetics and thermodynamics of gas hydrate formation and decomposition is necessary in order to unlock their potential. There have been many proposed and tested applications for gas hydrates in recent years. Moreover, there is still much to discover about the thermodynamics and kinetics of semi-clathrates, which are a closely related cousin to gas hydrates.
This Special Issue will deal with the measurement, computation, and application of the thermodynamics and kinetics of gas hydrate nucleation, formation, and decomposition. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Gas hydrate phase equilibrium measurements and correlation;
- Measurement of the thermophysical properties of gas hydrates;
- Molecular dynamics for computing gas hydrate properties;
- Estimation of gas hydrate nucleation, formation, and decomposition kinetics from experiments;
- Formation and decomposition of gas hydrates in pipelines and process equipment;
- CO2 sequestration and gas storage via gas hydrates;
- Modelling of the production of natural gas from naturally occurring hydrate deposits;
- Gas-hydrate-based separation technologies;
- Inhibition of gas hydrate formation;
- Promotion of gas hydrate formation;
- Measurement and correlation of the kinetics and thermodynamics of semi-clathrate formation.
Prof. Dr. Matthew Clarke
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gas hydrates
- clathrates
- kinetics
- thermodynamics
- nucleation
- carbon sequestration
- gas storage
- molecular dynamics
- semi-clathrates
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