Optimization of gas hydrate reactors with slug flow
- Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer Sheva (Israel)
A model of heat transfer during gas hydrate formation at a gas-liquid interface in gas-liquid slug flow with liquid plugs containing small bubbles is suggested. Under the assumption of perfect mixing of liquid in liquid plugs, recurrent relations for temperature in the n-th liquid plug and heat and mass fluxes from the n-th unit cell in a gas-liquid slug flow are derived. The ratio of the total mass flux during gas hydrate formation in a cluster with N unit cells to the mass flux in a cluster with an infinite number of unit cells is determined. The number of unit cells that yield 95% of the total amount of gas hydrates in an infinite cluster of unit cells is calculated and formula for an optimal length of a gas hydrate slug flow reactor is derived.
- OSTI ID:
- 562027
- Journal Information:
- International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 24, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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