The Equilibrium Data and Thermodynamic Modeling of Hydrate Formation for CO2 and Mixtures of CO2 and CH4 in the Presence of Methanol

Abstract

Equilibrium data for the novel formation of hydrates of carbon dioxide and mixtures of carbon dioxide and methane in 20 wt% aqueous methanol solution were measured by the constant-volume method. For CO2, these data were taken at the temperature and pressure ranges of 264.7–270.7 K and 1,470–3,160 kPa, respectively. For mixtures of carbon dioxide and methane, these data were taken at the temperature and pressure ranges of 262.9–273.7 K and 1,370–5,100 kPa, respectively. The data obtained for CO2 in 20 wt% aqueous methanol solution were in disagreement with previously published data, but there was good agreement between our data and the predictions of thermodynamic models. The Peng-Robinson equation of state (PR EOS) coupled with the Wong-Sandler (WS) mixing rule was used to obtain the fugacities of the components in the gas and aqueous liquid phases. The PR EOS was then coupled with van der Waals-Platteeuw (vdW-P) hydrate model and applied to predict hydrate-formation conditions in the system containing methanol. The model predictions demonstrated good agreement with the experimental data.