Constant pressure Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations for the prediction of structure I gas hydrate occupancy
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
9-1-2015
Abstract
In this work, constant pressure Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo (GEMC) simulations were applied as an alternative to grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations to calculate gas hydrate occupancy as function of temperature and pressure. Both rigid and flexible hydrate lattice models were investigated. GEMC structure I methane hydrate occupancy results using the flexible lattice model agree with experimentally measured values and van der Waals-Platteeuw (vdW-P) theory with AAD of 3.67% and 2.68% respectively whereas occupancy results using a rigid lattice model agree with the vdW-P model and literature data with an AAD of 1.02% and 2.78% respectively. The models are validated using occupancy results to predict methane hydrate dissociation pressures. The results compare favorably to previous results and experimental data. An AAD of 0.35% and 0.47% in predicted dissociation temperatures was obtained for the rigid and flexible hydrate lattice models, respectively.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
Volume
26
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Henley, Heath, and Angelo Lucia. "Constant pressure Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations for the prediction of structure I gas hydrate occupancy." Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 26, (2015): 446-452. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2015.05.038.