Effect of SDS, silver nanoparticles, and SDS + silver nanoparticles on methane hydrate semicompletion time

Abstract

ABSTRACTIn this research, the semicompletion time (t95%) of gas uptake in the process of methane hydrate formation in the presence and absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and silver nanoparticles (SNPs) is investigated. The experiments were carried out in a 460 cm3 stirred batch reactor at temperatures of 273.65 and 275.65 K and initial pressures of 5, 5.7, and 7 MPa. The results showed that the addition of both additives at all tested conditions, noticeably, decreases the semicompletion time of methane uptake, compared to pure water. The semicompletion time of methane uptake in the presence of 500 ppm SDS, 45 μM SNPs, and 500 ppm SDS + 45 μM SNPs is 75.6, 546.3, and 129.9 min, respectively, while that for pure water it is 8729.0 min at 273.65 K and 7 MPa.