Abstract: The kinetics of CH₄ hydrate formation with the presence of hydrate promoter THF was studied in a transparent bubble column.The effects of gas flow rate, temperature, pressure and volume fraction of hydrate on formation rate were measured.Based on the Chen-Guo hydrate formation mechanism, by using the simplified Gibbs free energy change of quasi-chemical reaction to form basic hydrate,-ΔG/RT, as the driving force, a kinetic model which took account of system temperature, pressure and specific gas-liquid interfacial area was established.The model was used to calculate the consumption rate of CH₄ and the predicted results were in agreement with the experimental data.The experimental results and the kinetic model in this work would be helpful to designing commercial hydration reactor and optimizing operation conditions.

摘要： 研究了透明鼓泡塔中含促进剂四氢呋喃（THF）体系中甲烷水合物的生成动力学.分别考察了进气速率、温度、压力、水合物体积分数对甲烷消耗速率的影响.根据Chen-Guo水合物生成机理，采用基础水合物生成反应的量纲1 Gibbs自由焓变-ΔG/RT作为反应的推动力，建立了水合物生成动力学模型，模型中考虑了体系温度、压力和气液接触比表面积的影响.把模型应用于甲烷气体消耗速率的计算，其模型预算结果与实验数据吻合良好，实验结果和反应动力学模型将有助于工业水合反应器的设计和操作条件的设定.