@article { ISI:000367235100139,
	title = {Effect of different fixed bed media on the performance of sodium dodecyl sulfate for hydrate based CO2 capture},
	journal = {Materials \& Design},
	volume = {90},
	year = {2016},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {1186-1191},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCI LTD},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) is used as a kinetic promoter in gas hydrate formation. In this work, the performance of SDS for carbon dioxide gas hydrate formation in two different fixed bed media: silica sand and zeolite (5A and 13X) has been evaluated. The concentration of SDS was fixed at 0.5 wt\%. The experiments were carried out in batch mode with the initial pressure fixed at 3.0 MPa, and the temperature kept constant at 274.65 K. The results showed that hydrate of carbon dioxide with fixed bed of silica sand was significantly promoted by the addition of SDS as compared to the other fixed bed medium used in this study: zeolite 13X. (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Carbon dioxide, Fixed bed media, Hydrate formation, Kinetic promoter, Silica sand, Zeolite 5A and 13X},
	issn = {0261-3069},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matdes.2015.06.049},
	author = {Arora, Amit and Kumar, Asheesh and Bhattacharjee, Gaurav and Kumar, Pushpendra and Balomajumder, Chandrajit}
}
@article {47051,
	title = {Rhamonolipids produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa promotes methane hydrates formation in fixed bed silica gel medium},
	journal = {Marine Geophysical Research},
	volume = {42},
	year = {2021},
	month = {MAR},
	pages = {5},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Natural gas hydrates are seen as an alternative future energy source. They have also been valued for their carbon dioxide capturing capability, gas separation, desalination, natural gas storage and transportation. Developing economical and viable gas hydrate based technology is one of the most promising research areas of present decade. Successful commercialization of gas hydrate based technology is often curtailed due to slow formation rate. The present study evaluates biosurfactant as a kinetic promoter of methane hydrates formation in a fixed bed C type silica gel medium. Biosurfactant was produced by growing Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain A11 in glycerol supplemented mineral salt medium. Biosurfactant characterization with FTIR, NMR and MALDI-TOF spectroscopy reveled it to be a glycolipids type biosurfactant namely rhamnolipids. Saturating C type silica gel with of 100 ppm rhamnolipids solution enhanced the rate of methane hydrates formation by reducing the induction time. Mole of methane consumed and percentage of water to hydrate conversion was observed to be more in 1000 ppm rhamnolipids saturated C type silica gel as compared to quiescent water system and water saturated silica gel system. Overall results suggest that rhamonolipids produced by strain A11 in combination with silica gel can be utilized as environmentally safe kinetic promoter for methane hydrate formation.</p>
},
	keywords = {Biosurfactant, Energy, Glycolipids, Induction time, Kinetic promoter},
	issn = {0025-3235},
	doi = {10.1007/s11001-020-09426-6},
	author = {Arora, Amit and Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh and Balomajumder, Chandrajit and Kumar, Rajnish and Singh, Anil Kumar and Santhakumari, B. and Kumar, Pushpendra and Laik, Sukumar}
}
