Chemical Communications 2012-12-11

Methane hydrates with a high capacity and a high formation rate promoted by biosurfactants.

Weixing Wang, Zhan Huang, Haoran Chen, Zhuyan Tan, Caixing Chen, Luyi Sun

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 48(95) , 11638-40, (2012)

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Abstract

Lignosulfonates, which are byproducts of the pulp and paper industry, can be used as promoters for the formation of methane hydrates with a high capacity up to 170 v/v and a high formation rate.