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Methane Extraction from Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoirs with Simultaneous Storage of Carbon Dioxide
Author(s) -
Merkel Florian Stephan,
Schultz Heyko Jürgen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201300164
Subject(s) - methane , carbon dioxide , natural gas , hydrate , extraction (chemistry) , clathrate hydrate , environmental science , petroleum engineering , chemical engineering , carbon sequestration , chemistry , waste management , environmental chemistry , chromatography , geology , engineering , organic chemistry
Hydrates of natural gases like methane have become subjects of great interest, mainly because of their potential as an energetic resource. Another important discussion topic is carbon dioxide and its function as greenhouse gas. Extracting methane from gas hydrates while simultaneously storing carbon dioxide in them (reformation) could be a promising means to solve both problems at the same time. Here, reformation of natural gas hydrates has been examined to realize technically feasible reformation processes and promising results regarding the saturation of hydrates with carbon dioxide have been achieved.