Experimental Investigation of the Decomposition of a Nonpolar-Gas Hydrate in a Pipe Under the Action of a Microwave Electromagnetic Field

Results of experimental investigations of the decomposition of a propane hydrate in a pipe under the action of a microwave electromagnetic field are presented. Methods of obtaining a gas hydrate, its decomposition under the action of a microwave electromagnetic field, and measuring the temperature and pressure in a pipeline have been developed. It has been established that the rate of decomposition of a gas hydrate increases under the action of a microwave electromagnetic field. It is shown that a gas hydrate in a pipe can be completely decomposed under the action of a microwave electromagnetic radiation whose wavelength is comparable to the thickness of this hydrate. __________ Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 108–114, May–June, 2005.