<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Babu, Ponnivalavan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, Rajnish</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Linga, Praveen</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Unusual behavior of propane as a co-guest during hydrate formation in silica sand: potential application to seawater desalination and carbon dioxide capture</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemical Engineering Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carbon dioxide capture</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Desalination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enhanced kinetics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gas hydrates</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Propane hydrate: pre-combusuon capture</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SEP</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">117</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">342-351</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;We report an unusual behavior of hydrate formation in silica sand with gas mixtures containing propane as a co-guest. Based on morphology study we observed that propane as a co-guest has the ability to draw water dispersed in silica sand to the hydrate formation region and showed a tendency to result in drastic hydrate growth due to the migration of water molecules to the gas phase region. Hydrate nucleation occurred in the interstitial pore space between the silica sand particles and hydrate growth occurred in the gas phase above the silica sand bed and to sustain the hydrate growth, dispersed water was drawn towards the hydrate growth front. In addition, we elucidated the effect of sand bed height to maximize the growth rates utilizing this behavior that results in enhanced kinetics. We propose conceptual designs for utilizing this behavior of propane as a co-guest in sand for seawater desalination and an innovative approach to simultaneously capture carbon dioxide and desalinate seawater. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.85
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