Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol.200, No.2, 263-275, 2002
Nucleation of CO2-hydrate in a porous medium
Experiments designed to crystallize gas hydrate from dissolved CO2 in natural porous media are used to study nucleation under varying thermodynamic conditions. We recover quantitative information from these experiments using a stochastic model for the nucleation process. Estimates of the model parameters are used to determine the average time for nucleation as a function of temperature and composition.