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Structure and thermal expansion of natural gas clathrate hydrates |
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| Authors: | S. Takeya M. Kida H. Sakagami N. Takahashi V. Soloviev N. Biebow A. Salomatin |
| Affiliation: | a National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan b Kitami Institute of Technology, 165 Koen-cho, Kitami 090-8507, Japan c All-Russian Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean, 1 Angliyskiy Avenue, 190121 Saint-Petersburg, Russia d Leibniz-Institute of Marine Science, IFM-GEOMAR, Wischhofstr. 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany e Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany f V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 43, Baltiyskaya Street, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia g Renard Centre of Marine Geology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium |
| Abstract: | We report on the structural properties of natural gas hydrate crystals from the Sea of Okhotsk. Using powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), it was determined that sediments from four locations contained type I gas hydrate, which encage mostly methane (96-98%) and a small amount of carbon dioxide. For all hydrates, the lattice constant was estimated to be  at 113 K, which approximately equals that of pure methane hydrate. The result is in good agreement with the structure of artificially synthesized methane + carbon dioxide mixed-gas hydrates. These results suggest that the lattice constant of the natural gas hydrate does not change due to a change of CO2 gas content. In addition, the thermal expansion of the sampled hydrate was measured for the temperature range of 83-173 K, and the resulting density of the hydrate crystal at 273 K was estimated to be  . These results are essential for applying natural gas hydrates as an alternative natural fuel resources. |
| Keywords: | Energy Gases Chemical analysis Clathrate hydrate Thermal expansion |
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