Hydrate Growth on Methane Gas Bubbles in the Presence of Salt

Methane bubble dispersions in a water column can be observed in both vertical subsea piping as well as subsea gas seepages. Hydrate growth has been shown to occur at the gas-water interface under flowing conditions, yet the majority of the current literature is limited to quiescent systems. Gas hydr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 36(2020), 1 vom: 14. Jan., Seite 84-95
1. Verfasser: Yu, Louis C Y (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Charlton, Thomas B, Aman, Zachary M, Wu, David T, Koh, Carolyn A
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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