Rapid Methane Storage in Seawater Via Clathrate Hydrates

Storing natural gas in the form of clathrate hydrates (termed as Solidified Natural Gas, SNG) is highly advantageous as it is non-explosive, environmentally benign and offers a relatively compact mode of natural gas storage with high volumetric storage capacity. Here for the first time, we demonstrate rapid methane storage in seawater and saline water (1.1 mol% NaCl solution) via clathrate hydrates aided by 5.56 mol% THF in a simple quiescent...