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This reader for engineers and researchers discusses recent data on structure H; models and kinetics of nucleation, growth, and inhibition; phase equilibria; in situ hydrates, such as Leg 164 in the Blake Bahama Ridge; and new prevention and dissociation methods in production, pipelines, and processing. A CD-ROM provides a computer program that includes structure H, a flash calculation, salt mixtures, and methanol concentrations up to 50 weight %. The author includes a user's guide to the program. Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Energy & Fuels
"...Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, 2nd Ed. is the definitive source on the subject....This second edition monograph by Professor Sloan does the hydrate community a tremendous and unparalleled service by integrating 60 years of gas hydrate research into a logical, useful, and relevant framework....a must-have for researchers, students, engineers, and industrial practitioners alike."

Book Description
This timely Second Edition of a standard resource offers up-to-the-minute coverage of the advances that have occurred since the publication of the first edition;striking a balance between theoretical and experimental perspectives. Completely rewritten and updated, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, Second Edition presents a historical overview of clathrate hydrates and examines future trends reviews crystal structures and properties reveals industrial applications of clathrate hydrates in the production and processing of natural gas discusses hydrate kinetics and elucidates the current status of hydrate time dependence analyzes time-independent phase equilibria and much more! With over 1100 bibliographic citations and nearly 300 tables and illustrations, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, Second Edition is a practical guide for chemical, design, process, petroleum, and mechanical engineers; chemists and geochemists; geologists; geophysicists; and graduate-level students in these disciplines.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Completely rewritten and updated, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, Second Edition presents a historical overview of clathrate hydrates and examines future trends, reviews crystal structures and properties, reveals industrial applications of clathrate hydrates in the production and processing of natural gas, discusses hydrate kinetics and elucidates the current status of hydrate time dependence, and analyzes time-independent phase equilibria. The Second Edition also furnishes entirely new information on structure H...the kinetics of nucleation, growth, and inhibition... phase equilibria...in situ hydrates...prevention and dissociation methods in production, pipelines, and processing...and more.

FROM THE CRITICS

Energy & Fuels

...a welcomed revision of its excellent predecessor....second edition....updates the level of understanding from nearly 60 years of active research, providing a single record of most of the thermodynamic data obtained since 1934....a well:integrated compendium of research methods, results, and interpretations reported from numerous investigators around the globe, tied together by the key issues, concepts, and perspectives that have emerged from the literature of the last half:century.... ...Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, 2nd Ed. is the definitive source on the subject....This second edition monograph by Professor Sloan does the hydrate community a tremendous and unparalleled service by integrating 60 years of gas hydrate research into a logical, useful, and relevant framework....a must:have for researchers, students, engineers, and industrial practitioners alike.

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