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The kihara potential function parameters of methane, ethane, propane, and i-butane: The effects on clathrate hydrate structure determination
Avaji, S. Javanmardi, J. Mohammadi, A.H. De-Gald, Vladislav
Avaji, S.
Javanmardi, J.
Mohammadi, A.H.
De-Gald, Vladislav
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2023-04
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(c) 2023 Elsevier. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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2022-12-26
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Gas hydrates, or clathrate hydrates, are solid crystalline compounds, which are formed by combination of water and gas and/or some volatile liquid molecules. Prediction of hydrate stability/dissociation/equilibrium conditions of natural gases is important in separation processes, gas storage, and in preventing blockage of gas transmission pipelines. In this study, initially, the different sets of the Kihara Potential Function Parameters, KPFP, reported in the literature were used to predict the experimental hydrate dissociation conditions of methane, ethane, propane and i-butane and mixtures of these four compounds. In most cases, however, based on these sets of KPFP, the hydrate structure cannot be predicted correctly. Consequently due to incorrect estimation of the hydrate structure, especially for natural gas mixture, the predicted hydrate dissociation conditions are found inaccurate. For overcoming this fault and by using a genetic algorithm, a new set of KPFP were optimized based on the new definition of the objective function considering hydrate structure. The results show good agreement with experimental data, both in the prediction of hydrate dissociation conditions and hydrate structure.
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Avaji S, Javanmardi J, Mohammadi AH et al (2023) The kihara potential function parameters of methane, ethane, propane, and i-butane: The effects on clathrate hydrate structure determination. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 567: 113716.
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