Issue 39, 2019

Hydrate nucleation and growth on water droplets acoustically-levitated in high-pressure natural gas

Abstract

Hydrate formation was studied using water droplets acoustically levitated in high-pressure natural gas. Despite the absence of solid interfaces, the droplets’ area-normalised nucleation rate was about four times faster than in steel autoclave measurements with interfacial areas roughly 200 times larger. Multiple stages of stochastic, template-free hydrate growth were observed.

Graphical abstract: Hydrate nucleation and growth on water droplets acoustically-levitated in high-pressure natural gas

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Leq 2019
Accepted
13 Way 2019
First published
14 Way 2019

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019,21, 21685-21688

Hydrate nucleation and growth on water droplets acoustically-levitated in high-pressure natural gas

K. Jeong, P. J. Metaxas, J. Chan, T. O. Kuteyi, Z. M. Aman, P. L. Stanwix, M. L. Johns and E. F. May, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 21685 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP04403E

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