eprintid: 15934 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/59/34 datestamp: 2023-11-10 03:30:34 lastmod: 2023-11-10 03:30:34 status_changed: 2023-11-10 02:00:47 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Khan, M.S. creators_name: Bavoh, C.B. creators_name: Foo, K.S. creators_name: Shariff, A.M. creators_name: Kassim, Z. creators_name: Othman, N.A.B. creators_name: Lal, B. creators_name: Ahmed, I. creators_name: Rahman, M.A. creators_name: Gomari, S.R. title: Kinetic behavior of quaternary ammonium hydroxides in mixed methane and carbon dioxide hydrates ispublished: pub keywords: ammonium hydroxide; carbon dioxide; methane; quaternary ammonium derivative, algorithm; chemistry; kinetics; phase transition; theoretical model, Algorithms; Ammonium Hydroxide; Carbon Dioxide; Kinetics; Methane; Models, Theoretical; Phase Transition; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds note: cited By 12 abstract: This study evaluates the kinetic hydrate inhibition (KHI) performance of four quaternary ammonium hydroxides (QAH) on mixed CH4 + CO2 hydrate systems. The studied QAHs are; tetraethylammonium hydroxide (TEAOH), tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAOH), tetramethy-lammonium hydroxide (TMAOH), and tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPrAOH). The test was performed in a high-pressure hydrate reactor at temperatures of 274.0 K and 277.0 K, and a concentration of 1 wt. using the isochoric cooling method. The kinetics results suggest that all the QAHs potentially delayed mixed CH4 + CO2 hydrates formation due to their steric hindrance abilities. The presence of QAHs reduced hydrate formation risk than the conventional hydrate inhibitor, PVP, at higher subcooling conditions. The findings indicate that increasing QAHs alkyl chain lengths increase their kinetic hydrate inhibition efficacies due to better surface adsorption abilities. QAHs with longer chain lengths have lesser amounts of solute particles to prevent hydrate formation. The outcomes of this study contribute significantly to current efforts to control gas hydrate formation in offshore petroleum pipelines. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. date: 2021 publisher: MDPI AG official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099896140&doi=10.3390%2fmolecules26020275&partnerID=40&md5=beca252a0748732802ade7448c463eea id_number: 10.3390/molecules26020275 full_text_status: none publication: Molecules volume: 26 number: 2 refereed: TRUE issn: 14203049 citation: Khan, M.S. and Bavoh, C.B. and Foo, K.S. and Shariff, A.M. and Kassim, Z. and Othman, N.A.B. and Lal, B. and Ahmed, I. and Rahman, M.A. and Gomari, S.R. (2021) Kinetic behavior of quaternary ammonium hydroxides in mixed methane and carbon dioxide hydrates. Molecules, 26 (2). ISSN 14203049