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Stable Conditions of Marine Gas Hydrate

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Marine gas hydrate exists below the phase equilibrium boundary which is very sensitive to temperature and pressure. Investigations of the stable conditions can provide important information for gas hydrate development and utilization. In this chapter, we summarize the apparatus and the test methods used for gas hydrate stability condition experiments and discuss the experimental data and influencing factors in different systems (including pure water, seawater, artificial porous media, marine sediment). Meanwhile, the formation and dissociation behavior of gas hydrate in sediments is also investigated. Here, our research achievements of hydrate stable conditions combined with others can provide the basic theory and experimental testing technology of hydrate stability conditions for the safety development of natural gas hydrate resources.

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  1. Department of Building environment and equipment Engineering, School of civil engineering and architecture, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China

    Shicai Sun

  2. Gas Hydrate Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey, Qingdao, China

    Yuguang Ye, Changling Liu & Jian Zhang

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Sun, S., Ye, Y., Liu, C., Zhang, J. (2013). Stable Conditions of Marine Gas Hydrate. In: Ye, Y., Liu, C. (eds) Natural Gas Hydrates. Springer Geophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31101-7_9

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