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<p>The methods of industrial production of gas hydrates are considered, their problems are identified, and a list of factors that are decisive for the intensification of mass exchange processes is outlined. The prospective use of mass transfer devices with a dynamic interfacial surface for the synthesis of gas hydrates is substantiated. A mathematical model of hydrate formation on the surface of a water droplet moving in a gas flow is proposed. Digital solutions for various droplet sizes, velocities, gas pressures, water temperature, gas permeability of gas hydrate, and dynamics of hydrate formation over time were obtained. It was established that the main ways of intensification of the synthesis of gas hydrates are: obtaining smaller water droplets, maintaining the gas temperature at the level of 0 °С, increasing the gas pressure, and increasing the residence time of the droplet in the gas medium. Approximation formulas for calculating quantitative indicators of the influence of various factors on the formation of methane gas hydrate have been obtained. The analysis of the obtained results made it possible to establish promising directions for the optimization of equipment for the synthesis of gas hydrates.</p>
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The methods of industrial production of gas hydrates are considered, their problems are identified, and a list of factors that are decisive for the intensification of mass exchange processes is outlined. The prospective use of mass transfer devices with a dynamic interfacial surface for the synthesis of gas hydrates is substantiated. A mathematical model of hydrate formation on the surface of a water droplet moving in a gas flow is proposed. Digital solutions for various droplet sizes, velocities, gas pressures, water temperature, gas permeability of gas hydrate, and dynamics of hydrate formation over time were obtained. It was established that the main ways of intensification of the synthesis of gas hydrates are: obtaining smaller water droplets, maintaining the gas temperature at the level of 0 °С, increasing the gas pressure, and increasing the residence time of the droplet in the gas medium. Approximation formulas for calculating quantitative indicators of the influence of various factors on the formation of methane gas hydrate have been obtained. The analysis of the obtained results made it possible to establish promising directions for the optimization of equipment for the synthesis of gas hydrates.

Theoretical Foundations of Gas Hydrate Synthesis Intensification

Department of Heat and Gas Supply, Ventilation and Heating

National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic»

Department of Building Physics and Renewable Energy

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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The methods of industrial production of gas hydrates are considered, their problems are identified, and a list of factors that are decisive for the...

Theoretical Foundations of Gas Hydrate Synthesis Intensification

Data publikacji: 06 lis 2023

Zakres stron: 666 - 682

Otrzymano: 02 kwi 2023

Przyjęty: 22 sie 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2023-0049

Słowa kluczowe
Gas hydrates, heat exchange, industrial synthesis, installations, mass exchange

© 2023 Bogdan Kutnyi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Theoretical Foundations of Gas Hydrate Synthesis Intensification

Data publikacji: 06 lis 2023

Zakres stron: 666 - 682

Otrzymano: 02 kwi 2023

Przyjęty: 22 sie 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2023-0049

Słowa kluczoweGas hydrates, heat exchange, industrial synthesis, installations, mass exchange

© 2023 Bogdan Kutnyi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
Gas hydrates, heat exchange, industrial synthesis, installations, mass exchange