Sequestering carbon dioxide into complex structures of naturally occurring gas hydrates

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Large amounts of CH4 in the form of solid hydrates are stored on continental margins and in permafrost regions. If these CH4 hydrates could be converted into CO2 hydrates, they would serve double duty as CH4 sources and CO2 storage sites. We explore here the swapping phenomenon occurring in structure l (sl) and structure II (sil) CH4 hydrate deposits through spectroscopic analyses and its potential application to CO2 sequestration at the preliminary phase. The present 85% CH4 recovery rate in sl CH4 hydrate achieved by the direct use of binary N-2 + CO2 guests is surprising when compared with the rate of 64% for a pure CO2 guest attained in the previous approach. The direct use of a mixture of N-2 + CO2 eliminates the requirement of a CO2 separation/purification process. in addition, the simultaneously occurring dual mechanism of CO2 sequestration and CH4 recovery is expected to provide the physicochemical background required for developing a promising large-scale approach with economic feasibility. In the case of sill CH4 hydrates, we observe a spontaneous structure transition of sll to sl during the replacement and a cage-specific distribution of guest molecules. A significant change of the lattice dimension caused by structure transformation induces a relative number of small cage sites to reduce, resulting in the considerable increase of CH4 recovery rate. The mutually interactive pattern of targeted guest-cage conjugates possesses important implications for the diverse hydrate-based inclusion phenomena as illustrated in the swapping process between CO2 stream and complex CH4 hydrate structure.
Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Issue Date
2006-08
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

C-13 NMR-SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; CO2; BEHAVIOR; OCEAN; MEXICO; GUEST; GULF

Citation

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , v.103, no.34, pp.12690 - 12694

ISSN
0027-8424
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/3371
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CBE-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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