TY  - JOUR
AV  - none
N1  - cited By 23
N2  - This review highlights the performance of biopolymers in the petroleum industry. It summarizes the recent developments in biopolymers as Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitors (KHIs), their selection criteria, current experimental findings, and inhibition mechanism. The experimental data of various research groups are analyzed critically and assessed systematically in terms of nucleation time, nucleation temperature, hydrate growth rate, gas consumed during hydrate formation, average depression temperature (Î?T) and percentage relative inhibition strength (RIS). The available experimental data is differentiated based on driving force i.e. sub-cooling temperature. Recent studies in this field have provided more understanding in the development of economical, effective and biodegradable KHIs for both academics and industrial applications. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.
TI  - Towards a fundamental understanding of biopolymers and their role in gas hydrates: A review
ID  - scholars14805
KW  - Biomolecules; Biopolymers; Hydration; Nucleation; Petroleum industry
KW  -  'current; Gas hydrates inhibitors; Inhibition mechanisms; Kinetic hydrate inhibitors; Nucleation temperature; Nucleation time; Performance; Research groups; Selection criteria; Sub-cooling temperature
KW  -  Gas hydrates
Y1  - 2021///
PB  - Elsevier B.V.
SN  - 18755100
A1  - Yaqub, S.
A1  - Murtaza, M.
A1  - Lal, B.
JF  - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85103796377&doi=10.1016%2fj.jngse.2021.103892&partnerID=40&md5=91687c887f764860fedb715cdf18dbcd
VL  - 91
ER  -