Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014.
An experimental investigation of natural gas hydration
processes and an evaluation of the production processes of
different scales from the laboratory to industrialization were
used to provide methods to guide the general scientific
development and natural resource utilization. In this
investigation, a process evaluation parameter is introduced to
evaluate a variety of processes. The analyses indicate that the
process evaluation parameter is relevant to the technological
level and resource consumption of the system, and the
parameter has some features of the thermodynamic state
functions. The process investigation shows that the parameter
change can identify the direction of an actual process. Finally,
the process evaluation parameter is useful to select a process,
where it can be used to guide the decision-making regarding
resource development and the venture forecasting of capital
utilization. It is useful in science, where it can play a predictive
role to guide scientific research, such as research into the
renewable energy storage technology of natural gas hydrate
storage. It is also useful in engineering practice, where it can
play a practical role in guiding process improvements and
process management.
