@article {43437,
	title = {Effect of additives on formation and decomposition kinetics of methane clathrate hydrates: application in energy storage and transportation},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering},
	volume = {94},
	year = {2016},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {2160-2167},
	abstract = {Methane gas storage and transportation via clathrate hydrates is proposed to be a potential solution for large-scale energy storage. In this work, we study the formation and decomposition kinetics of methane hydrates (MH) in a laboratory-scale unstirred crystallizer. The present investigation demonstrates comparative studies of hydrate formation and dissociation kinetics in the presence of tetrahydrofuran (55.6 and 27.8mmol/mol, 5.56 and 2.78mol\% THF) and sodium dodecyl sulphate (1mg/g, 0.1wt\% SDS). Moreover, the storage capacity and hydrate formation kinetics in both the systems are discussed. In a recent work, enhanced methane hydrate growth in the presence of THF at close to atmospheric conditions was demonstrated. The emphasis of the current work is to study the stability of hydrates to understand dissociation kinetics by measuring the rate of hydrate decomposition at different temperatures. Hydrate stability measurements were performed at -8, -3, 2, 10, and 20 degrees C to study the decomposition rates of MH and self-preservation in presence of the two additives THF and SDS.},
	doi = {10.1002/cjce.22583},
	author = {Kumar, Asheesh and Kushwaha, Omkar Singh and Rangsunvigit, Pramoch and Linga, Praveen 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}
}
