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4. Conclusions<br />

In the present paper, a novel apparatus for gas hydrate production is illustrated and results of a first<br />

set of experimental applications of the reactor for CO2 hydrate formation are presented.<br />

Improvements on reactor design allowed to overcome issues relating to thermal effects and mass<br />

transfer barriers, resulting in a rapid CO2 hydrate formation with reaction times of even 15 minutes<br />

with additive promotion.<br />

Carbon dioxide hydrate formation was carried out in mild operating conditions, such as pressure<br />

values of 30 bar and temperature of 2-3 °C. The maximum value of storage capacity was 62.3<br />

Nm 3 /m 3 in presence of SDS with a reaction time of 30 minutes. Gas storage capacity values are<br />

consistent with or rather greater - in case of SDS - than that observed by other authors.<br />

Results on CO2 hydrate formation are preparatory to investigation on other applications of industrial<br />

interest. In particular, our research activities will focus on CO2 separation from gas mixture,<br />

especially in case of biogas upgrading, and CO2 replacement in methane hydrates.<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

The authors would like to thank Consorzio IPASS Scarl, Italy for providing laboratory personnel<br />

and materials.<br />

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