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  • Characterization of clathra...
    Kodera, Masamichi; Takeya, Satoshi; Lassiège, Maxence; Alavi, Saman; Ohmura, Ryo

    Fuel (Guildford), 07/2021, Volume: 295
    Journal Article

    •Four-phase (H2 + CO2) + water + THP + hydrate equilibrium conditions was measured.•THP acts as the hydrate thermodynamic promoter in this system.•The equilibrium conditions in this system can be estimated from CO2 partial pressure.•H2 might scarcely influences the stability of the hydrate with H2 + CO2 + THP.•The structure of the hydrate in this system was identified to be structure II. This paper reports the thermodynamic and crystallographic characterization of the clathrate hydrate formed in H2 + CO2 + tetrahydropyran (THP) + water system by phase equilibrium measurements and powder X-ray diffraction measurements with a goal of developing a hydrate-based carbon capture technology in an integrated coal gasification combined cycle. The four-phase (H2 + CO2) gas + water liquid + THP liquid + hydrate equilibrium conditions were measured with two series of gas compositions (around H2:CO2 = 0.7:0.3 and 0.9:0.1 in mole fractions) in the range of 2.64 MPa to 7.51 MPa. At around H2:CO2 = 0.7:0.3 in gas phase, the equilibrium temperatures in (H2 + CO2) gas + THP + water system are always higher by approximately 9 to 10 K compared to the equilibrium temperatures of H2 + CO2 + water system. This means that THP acts as the hydrate thermodynamic promoter. The equilibrium conditions in (H2 + CO2) gas + THP + water system, which is only considered with CO2 partial pressure, greatly agree with those in CO2 + THP + water system. Therefore, the equilibrium conditions in (H2 + CO2) gas + THP + water system would only depend on the partial pressure of CO2. Moreover, the crystallographic structure of the hydrate formed in H2 + CO2 + THP + water system was identified to be structure II, which is the same structure as the hydrate formed in H2 + CO2 + water system. These results can contribute to the study of a hydrate-based gas separation and carbon capture.