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中国化学工程学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (5): 103-110.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.07.002

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Microscopic morphology evolution of the crystal structure of tetrahydrofuran hydrate under flowing condition

Jialu Zhang1,2, Xiang Liu1,2, Shuai Liu1,2, Yuxing Li1,2, Qihui Hu1,2, Wuchang Wang1,2   

  1. 1 Shandong Key Laboratory of Oil-Gas Storage and Transportation Safety, College of Pipeline and Civil Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China;
    2 State Key Loboratory of Natural Gas Hydrates, Beijing 100028, China
  • 收稿日期:2021-04-06 修回日期:2021-07-03 出版日期:2022-05-28 发布日期:2022-06-22
  • 通讯作者: Wuchang Wang,E-mail:wangwuchang@upc.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51991363 (Major Program), 51974349, U19B2012), State Key Laboratory of Natural Gas Hydrates ( 443CCL2020RCPS0225ZQN) which are gratefully acknowledged.

Microscopic morphology evolution of the crystal structure of tetrahydrofuran hydrate under flowing condition

Jialu Zhang1,2, Xiang Liu1,2, Shuai Liu1,2, Yuxing Li1,2, Qihui Hu1,2, Wuchang Wang1,2   

  1. 1 Shandong Key Laboratory of Oil-Gas Storage and Transportation Safety, College of Pipeline and Civil Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China;
    2 State Key Loboratory of Natural Gas Hydrates, Beijing 100028, China
  • Received:2021-04-06 Revised:2021-07-03 Online:2022-05-28 Published:2022-06-22
  • Contact: Wuchang Wang,E-mail:wangwuchang@upc.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51991363 (Major Program), 51974349, U19B2012), State Key Laboratory of Natural Gas Hydrates ( 443CCL2020RCPS0225ZQN) which are gratefully acknowledged.

摘要: The evolution of the hydrate particle structure during growth and agglomeration under flowing condition affects the particle as well as flow characteristic, which plays an important role in the flow assurance as well as heat transfer in refrigeration systems. Therefore, this article conducts experiments to study and observe the growth and agglomeration process in the main forming stage of hydrate. It was found that the growth of tetrahydrofuran hydrate was anisotropic and in a layered growth pattern. Single crystals generally transformed from octahedral structure to octahedral skeleton structure with growth, however some single crystals also deformed into plate type particles. The thickness of the plate type particles increased gradually during growth, and the edge part increased earlier than the middle part. During agglomeration, the hydrate particles contacted and sintered together. Sand as the impurity didn’t serve as the nucleation center but affected the agglomeration of hydrate particles by collisions. In addition, the effect increased as the sand size decreased. Finally, a microstructure model for hydrate growth and agglomeration was proposed, which showed the hydrate structure evolution in these processes and could lay a foundation for studying the flow assurance of hydrate slurry.

关键词: Tetrahydrofuran hydrate, Growth, Agglomeration, Morphology, Microstructure, Microstructure model

Abstract: The evolution of the hydrate particle structure during growth and agglomeration under flowing condition affects the particle as well as flow characteristic, which plays an important role in the flow assurance as well as heat transfer in refrigeration systems. Therefore, this article conducts experiments to study and observe the growth and agglomeration process in the main forming stage of hydrate. It was found that the growth of tetrahydrofuran hydrate was anisotropic and in a layered growth pattern. Single crystals generally transformed from octahedral structure to octahedral skeleton structure with growth, however some single crystals also deformed into plate type particles. The thickness of the plate type particles increased gradually during growth, and the edge part increased earlier than the middle part. During agglomeration, the hydrate particles contacted and sintered together. Sand as the impurity didn’t serve as the nucleation center but affected the agglomeration of hydrate particles by collisions. In addition, the effect increased as the sand size decreased. Finally, a microstructure model for hydrate growth and agglomeration was proposed, which showed the hydrate structure evolution in these processes and could lay a foundation for studying the flow assurance of hydrate slurry.

Key words: Tetrahydrofuran hydrate, Growth, Agglomeration, Morphology, Microstructure, Microstructure model