Promoting effect of common marine cations on hydrate dissociation and structural evolution under a static electric field

B Chen, K Li, H Sun, L Jiang, M Yang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Natural gas hydrate, a potential energy resource, is attracting worldwide attention. In this
study, we propose a new method of hydrate dissociation which uses seawater and …

The effect of electric fields in methane hydrate growth and dissociation: A molecular dynamics simulation

T Xu, X Lang, S Fan, Y Wang, J Chen - Computational and Theoretical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulation was employed to examine the growth and dissociation
process of methane hydrate in the presence of static/oscillation electric fields at T= 260 K …

The effect of aqueous NaCl solution on methane hydrate nucleation and growth

D Bai, Z Wu, C Lin, D Zhou - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2019 - Elsevier
Electrolyte solution can effectively inhibit the formation of hydrate. In this work, molecular
dynamics simulations of hydrate nucleation and growth in aqueous NaCl solutions were …

Experimental study of CO2 hydrate formation under an electrostatic field

Q Zhao, ZY Chen, XS Li, ZM Xia - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The hydrate-based CO 2 capture and storage technique is cutting-edge and promising, but it
exhibits slow formation rates and insufficient gas storage capacity, making …

Effect of a weak electric field on THF hydrate formation: Induction time and morphology

B Chen, H Dong, H Sun, P Wang, L Yang - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The kinetics of bulk hydrate formation is of crucial importance in the application of hydrate-
based technique involving energy storage, desalination and flow assurance. Various …

The influence of NaCl ions on hydrate structure and thermodynamic equilibrium conditions of gas hydrates

Y Qi, W Wu, Y Liu, Y Xie, X Chen - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2012 - Elsevier
Concentrated brines are known to be very good inhibitors for gas hydrate formation, and gas
hydrates can be used in the desalination of seawater under the assumption that salinity is …

Molecular simulation study of methane hydrate formation mechanism in NaCl solutions with different concentrations

J Xu, S Du, Y Hao, X Yang, J Zhang - Chemical Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of sodium chloride on hydrate formation depend on its concentrations. NaCl
solutions can promote hydrate formation at low concentrations and inhibit it at high …

Accelerating gas production of the depressurization-induced natural gas hydrate by electrical heating

S Liu, H Li, B Wang, B Sun - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) will be one of the major future energy sources due to its
properties of clean energy and large reserves. Depressurization is proposed as an effective …

Molecular Dynamics of Carbon Sequestration via Forming CO2 Hydrate in a Marine Environment

H Wang, Y Lu, X Zhang, Q Fan, Q Li, L Zhang… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The current situation of global warming requires immediate attention due to the excessive
accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere. Given that the hydrate generation process can trap …

Origin of self-preservation effect for hydrate decomposition: Coupling of mass and heat transfer resistances

D Bai, D Zhang, X Zhang, G Chen - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Gas hydrates could show an unexpected high stability at conditions out of thermodynamic
equilibrium, which is called the self-preservation effect. The mechanism of the effect for …