Measurements of methane hydrate heat of dissociation using high pressure differential scanning calorimetry |
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Authors: | Arvind Gupta |
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Affiliation: | Center for Hydrate Research, Department of Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois Street, Alderson Hall #425, Golden, CO 80401, USA |
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Abstract: | The methane hydrate heat of decomposition was directly measured up to 20 MPa and 292 K using a high pressure differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The methane hydrate sample was formed ex-situ using granular ice particles and subsequently transferred into the DSC cell under liquid nitrogen. The ice and water impurities in the hydrate sample were reduced by converting any dissociated hydrate into methane hydrate inside the DSC cell before performing the thermal properties measurements. The methane hydrate sample was dissociated by raising the temperature (0.5-1.0 K/min) above the hydrate equilibrium temperature at a constant pressure. The measured methane hydrate heat of dissociation (H→W+G), ΔHd, remained constant at 54.44±1.45 kJ/mol gas (504.07±13.48 J/gm water or 438.54± 13.78 J/gm hydrate) for pressures up to 20 MPa. The measured ΔHd is in agreement with the Clapeyron equation predictions at high pressures; however, the Clausius-Clapeyron equation predictions do not agree with the heat of dissociation data at high pressures. In conclusion, it is recommended that the Clapeyron equation should be used for hydrate heat of dissociation estimations at high pressures. |
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Keywords: | Methane hydrate Heat of dissociation Differential scanning calorimetry Clapeyron equation Clausius-Clapeyron equation Thermogram |
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