Affiliation:
1. Novosibirsk State University
2. Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The effect of silicon dioxide nanoparticles on the formation of hydrate phases in the presence of CH4/CO2 has been studied. The theoretical experiment has been carried out by molecular dynamics methods at initial pressures in the system of 2.4 and 1.2 MPa and a temperature of 271 K for methane and carbon dioxide systems. The results showed that in the presence of silicon dioxide nanoparticles, the induction time of the methane hydrate formation decreased by 79%, and the amount of methane trapped in the hydrate cavity increased by 55.8% at a pressure of 2.4 MPa. In the presence of silicon dioxide nanoparticles, the induction time for the formation of carbon dioxide hydrate decreased by 62%, and the amount of carbon dioxide trapped in the hydrate cavity increased by 27.8% at a pressure of 1.2 MPa.
Publisher
The Russian Academy of Sciences