دانلود Experiment and thermodynamic modeling of methane hydrate equilibria in the presence of aqueous imidazolium-based ionic liquid solutions using electrolyte cubic square well equation of state

Abstract

Methane hydrate dissociation conditions in the presence of imidazolium based aqueous ionic liquid solutions including 1-buthyl-3-methylimidazolium methyl sulfate ([BMIM][MeSO₄]), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([EMIM][HSO₄]), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate ([EMIM][EtSO₄]), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIM][BF₄]) and 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([OH-EMIM][BF₄]) are investigated. Isochoric method is used to measure experimental data in temperature range of 281.9–287.4K and in pressure range of 7.08–12.16MPa. The studied ionic liquids present a thermodynamic inhibition behavior on methane hydrate and cause to shift the hydrate equilibrium dissociation conditions to the higher pressures/lower temperatures. It is found that the most effective thermodynamic inhibitor is [OH-EMIM][BF₄] and among alkylsulfate-containing ionic liquids, the thermodynamic in hibition effects of two ionic liquids such as [EMIM][HSO₄] and [BMIM][MeSO₄] are better than that of [EMIM][EtSO₄]. Furthermore, the electrolyte cubic square-well equation of state (eCSW EoS) is coupled with the van der Waals–Platteuw model and applied to predict the hydrate dissociation pressures of the methane+ionic liquid+water systems. A good agreement between the results of the model with the experimental data indicates the reliability of this model to predict the hydrate equilibrium conditions.