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 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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 999-1008 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1997 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Chemical Engineering (all)
- Condensed Matter Physics