@article { ISI:000367235100139,
	title = {Effect of different fixed bed media on the performance of sodium dodecyl sulfate for hydrate based CO2 capture},
	journal = {Materials \& Design},
	volume = {90},
	year = {2016},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {1186-1191},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCI LTD},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) is used as a kinetic promoter in gas hydrate formation. In this work, the performance of SDS for carbon dioxide gas hydrate formation in two different fixed bed media: silica sand and zeolite (5A and 13X) has been evaluated. The concentration of SDS was fixed at 0.5 wt\%. The experiments were carried out in batch mode with the initial pressure fixed at 3.0 MPa, and the temperature kept constant at 274.65 K. The results showed that hydrate of carbon dioxide with fixed bed of silica sand was significantly promoted by the addition of SDS as compared to the other fixed bed medium used in this study: zeolite 13X. (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Carbon dioxide, Fixed bed media, Hydrate formation, Kinetic promoter, Silica sand, Zeolite 5A and 13X},
	issn = {0261-3069},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matdes.2015.06.049},
	author = {Arora, Amit and Kumar, Asheesh and Bhattacharjee, Gaurav and Kumar, Pushpendra and Balomajumder, Chandrajit}
}
@article {45648,
	title = {Effect of the amino acid L-histidine on methane hydrate growth kinetics},
	journal = {Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering},
	volume = {35},
	year = {2016},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = {1453-1462},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>In the present study, the effect of a polar amino acid, L-histidine on methane hydrate growth kinetics has been investigated. Methane hydrate formation experiments were carried out in a stirred tank reactor setup at pressure and temperature conditions of 274.15 K and 5.0 MPa respectively. Two different concentrations (0.1 and 1 wt \%) of L-histidine were studied. Hydrate growth through molecular dynamic (MD) simulation was also studied; pressure and temperature conditions for the simulations were set at 10.0 MPa and 270.0 K, while the concentration of L-histidine was kept fixed at 0.94 wt \%. Hydrate formation runs using MD simulation were carried out with optimal concentration of methane in water. The presence of L-histidine in the system was found to significantly enhance methane hydrate growth kinetics as compared to pure water for both experimental and MD simulation runs. Final gas consumption with 1 wt \% L-histidine was found to be comparable to that with 1 wt \% SDS, the most commonly used additive for hydrate promotion studies. L-histidine is a benign additive which offers considerable enhancement in methane hydrate formation kinetics and can be utilized for various hydrate based technologies such as methane storage and transport. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Amino acid, Crystal growth, Gas hydrate, kinetics, Molecular dynamic simulation},
	issn = {1875-5100},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jngse.2016.05.052},
	author = {Bhattacharjee, Gaurav and Choudhary, Nilesh and Kumar, Asheesh and Chakrabarty, Suman and Kumar, Rajnish}
}
@article {43738,
	title = {Effects of micellization on growth kinetics of methane hydrate},
	journal = {Industrial \& Engineering Chemistry Research},
	volume = {56},
	year = {2017},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {3687-3698},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Surfactants are Specific functional materials, that form various types of self-assemblies and affect local water ordering alongside solution properties. Such surface active agents are used extensively in gas hydrate based applications as kinetic hydrate promoters. To understand the effect of surfactant micelles on hydrate formation kinetics, a novel surfactant system capable of producing micelles at hydrate forming temperature was developed. The presence of surfactant micelles in this new system (a combination of anionic surfactant SDS and zwitterionic surfactant CAPB) was determined through DLS measurements. Pure methane and a coal bed methane mixture were individually used to assess the efficacy of the surfactant mixture for hydrate formation. This study conclusively proves for the first time that the presence of surfactant micelles enhances hydrate formation kinetics. The findings reported here can contribute significantly toward improving the utility of surfactants in gas hydrate based technological applications such as gas separation and methane storage.},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00328},
	author = {Bhattacharjee, Gaurav and Kushwaha, Omkar Singh and Kumar, Asheesh and Khan, Muzammil Yusuf and Patel, Jay Narayan and Kumar, Rajnish}
}
