RESEARCH ARTICLE

Efficient promotion of methane hydrate formation and elimination of foam generation using fluorinated surfactants

  • Quan CAO , 1 ,
  • Dongyan XU 2 ,
  • Huanfei XU 3 ,
  • Shengjun LUO , 1 ,
  • Rongbo GUO , 4
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  • 1. Shandong Industrial Engineering Laboratory of Biogas Production and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biofuels of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
  • 2. Faculty of Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
  • 3. Faculty of Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China; College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
  • 4. Shandong Industrial Engineering Laboratory of Biogas Production and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biofuels of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China; Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China; Faculty of Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China

Received date: 14 Nov 2019

Accepted date: 08 Apr 2020

Published date: 15 Sep 2020

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2020 Higher Education Press

Abstract

Methane hydrate preparation is an effective method to store and transport methane. In promoters to facilitate methane hydrate formation, homogeneous surfactant solutions, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in particular, are more favorable than heterogeneous particles, thanks to their faster reaction rate, more storage capacity, and higher stability. Foaming, however, could not be avoided during hydrate dissociation with the presence of SDS. This paper investigated the ability of five fluorinated surfactants: potassium perfluorobutane sulfonate (PBS), potassium perfluorohexyl sulfonate (PHS), potassium perfluorooctane sulfonate (POS), ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate (AOS), and tetraethylammonium perfluorooctyl sulfonate (TOS) to promote methane hydrate formation. It was found that both PBS and PHS achieve a storage capacity of 150 (V/V, the volume of methane that can be stored by one volume of water) within 30 min, more than that of SDS. Cationic ions and the carbon chain length were then discussed on their effects during the formation. It was concluded that PBS, PHS, and POS produced no foam during hydrate dissociation, making them promising promoters in large-scale application.

Cite this article

Quan CAO , Dongyan XU , Huanfei XU , Shengjun LUO , Rongbo GUO . Efficient promotion of methane hydrate formation and elimination of foam generation using fluorinated surfactants[J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2020 , 14(3) : 443 -451 . DOI: 10.1007/s11708-020-0683-2

Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by the Key R&D Project of Shandong Province (No. 2017GSF16106), DICP & QIBEBT Unite Fund (No.: DICP & QIBEBT UN201807) and Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science (No. XDA 21060400).

Electronic Supplementary Material

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