In order to study the effects of CH4 gas injection method on the morphologies, structures and gas contents of methane hydrate, a hydrate formation experiment was performed in a high pressure reactor. Results showed that small amount of CH4 hydrate was produced when gas injected from the top of the reactor, while large amount of hydrate was produced when gas bubbled from the bottom. There are few CH4 molecules in large cages of structure I hydrate when performed by the top-injection method, and the ratio of CH4 molecules in large and small cages was ideally 3:1 when the CH4 hydrate was prepared by bottom-bubble method.
DING Ya-long
,
XU Chun-gang
,
LI Xiao-sen
. Effect of CH4 Gas Injection Method on CH4 Hydrate Formation[J]. Advances in New and Renewable Energy, 2017
, 5(4)
: 300
-304
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DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-560X.2017.04.010
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