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SUBMITTER: Sa JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3741619 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sa Jeong-Hoon JH Kwak Gye-Hoon GH Lee Bo Ram BR Park Da-Hye DH Han Kunwoo K Lee Kun-Hong KH
Scientific reports 20130101
As the foundation of energy industry moves towards gas, flow assurance technology preventing pipelines from hydrate blockages becomes increasingly significant. However, the principle of hydrate inhibition is still poorly understood. Here, we examined natural hydrophobic amino acids as novel kinetic hydrate inhibitors (KHIs), and investigated hydrate inhibition phenomena by using them as a model system. Amino acids with lower hydrophobicity were found to be better KHIs to delay nucleation and ret ...[more]