title: Driving force and composition for multicomponent gas hydrate nucleation from supersaturated aqueous solutions.
abstract: The expression for driving force is presented for multicomponent gas hydrate nucleation in an aqueous phase. The derivation includes working equations for predicting the composition of a hydrate nucleus. The results for driving force in multicomponent systems show a significant effect of the composition of the hydrate nucleus. All past work assume a fixed composition based on the three-phase equilibrium point independent of subcooling and supersaturation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803, USA.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Anklam
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Firoozabadi