Laboratory for Cryogenic Energy Resources
Research Focus
Scientific development of resource-conserving gas hydrate technologies for storage, utilization, and separation of natural gases in the cold climates of the Arctic.
Research Plans
Along with the traditional methods for studying gas hydrate formation and dissociation (i.e., measuring pressure, temperature and volume), we plan to use optical and electron microscopy, as well as nuclear magnetic resonance. The latter provides additional information about water phase transition during the formation or dissociation of gas hydrates.
Scientific development of resource-conserving gas hydrate technologies for storage, utilization, and separation of natural gases in the cold climates of the Arctic.
Research Plans
- natural gas hydrate formation and dissociation processes in dispersed media (these processes may have high potential in cold climates in the form of dispersed cryogels, frozen polymer solutions, dispersions of aqueous solutions stabilized by nanoparticles etc.),
- development of new methods of intensification of gas hydrate technological processes: repeated high-speed production of gas hydrates with a high rate of water-into-hydrate transition.
Along with the traditional methods for studying gas hydrate formation and dissociation (i.e., measuring pressure, temperature and volume), we plan to use optical and electron microscopy, as well as nuclear magnetic resonance. The latter provides additional information about water phase transition during the formation or dissociation of gas hydrates.
