OPTIMIZATION OF GAS HYDRATE REACTORS WITH SLUG FLOW

Authors
ELPERIN T FOMINYKH A
Citation
T. Elperin et A. Fominykh, OPTIMIZATION OF GAS HYDRATE REACTORS WITH SLUG FLOW, International communications in heat and mass transfer, 24(7), 1997, pp. 999-1008
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics,Thermodynamics
Journal title
International communications in heat and mass transfer → ACNP
ISSN journal
07351933
Volume
24
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
999 - 1008
Database
ISI
SICI code
0735-1933(1997)24:7<999:OOGHRW>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A model of heat transfer during gas hydrate formation at a gas-liquid interface in gas-liquid slug flow with liquid plugs containing small b ubbles is suggested. Under the assumption of perfect mixing of liquid in liquid plugs, recurrent relations for temperature in the n-th liqui d plug and heat and mass fluxes from the n-th unit cell in a gas-liqui d slug flow are derived. The ratio of the total mass flux during gas h ydrate 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 numbe r 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 opt imal length of a gas hydrate slug flow reactor is derived. (C) 1997 El sevier Science Ltd.