Correlations of the Growth Process

This section presents models from each of the correlations (1-3), with a brief critique. One should approach the use of any kinetic model with extreme caution for three reasons  

Hydrate nucleation (the initiation of growth, occuring during the induction period) is a stochastic process (with significant scatter in the data at low driving force under isothermal conditions). 

Every model for hydrate formation may be apparatus-dependent. If the data for the model were generated in a high pressure reactor, there is no assurance that the data would be translatable to (for example) a natural gas pipeline. 

Most of the data were determined for si while natural gas typically forms sll crystal structure is a significant factor in the rate of crystal growth. 

Growth model Driving force/model features 

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