Phase Behavior of Propane and Propene Hydrates

Author: Thompson, Russell Albert, Jr.

Year: 1947

Degree: Engineer's thesis

Advisor: Sage, Bruce H.

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Chemical Engineering

DOI: 10.7907/rxjk-nq88

Abstract

The compositions of propane, propene, and propane-propene hydrates varied from 5 to 15 mols of water per mol of hydrocarbon. No appreciable separation of the propene from the propane was found between the excess liquid hydrocarbon phase and the hydrate phase. These facts represent the results of twenty experiments at 400 psia and 33 - 39° F.

While the variations in apparent compositions are over one hundred times the experimental error as demonstrated by material balances, no theoretical explanation is offered to interpret this behavior.

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