Unraveling Adhesion Strength between Gas Hydrate and Solid Surfaces.

ABSTRACT: Natural gas hydrate is a promising future energy source, but it also poses a huge threat to oil and gas production due to its ability to deposit within and block pipelines. Understanding the atomistic mechanisms of adhesion between the hydrate and solid surfaces and elucidating its underlying key determining factors can shed light on the fundamentals of novel antihydrate materials design. In this study, large-scale molecular simulations are employed to investigate the hydrate adhesion on solid surfaces, especially with focuses on the atomistic structures of intermediate layer and their influences on the adhesion. The results show that the structure of the intermediate layer formed between hydrate and solid surface is a competitive equilibrium of induced growth from both sides, and is regul

SUBMITTER: Ma R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8638257 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature