The CO2-, CH4-, and CO2/CH4-loaded β-form hydroquinone (HQ) clathrates were synthesized by the gas-phase reaction between α-form HQ and high pressure gases. Temperature-dependent Raman spectra of guest-free, CO2-loaded, CH4-loaded, and CO2/CH4-loaded β-form HQ clathrates were measured in the temperature range 300–385 K at increments of 5 K. The CH4 molecules rapidly escaped from the β-form HQ clathrate in the temperature range 360–380 K, whereas the CO2 molecules were gradually released from the β-form HQ clathrate framework in the wide temperature range 300–380 K. It was also found that both CO2 and CH4 molecules were rapidly released from the CO2/CH4-loaded β-form HQ clathrate framework in the temperature range 360–380 K. However, all of the guest-free and guest-loaded β-form HQ clathrates were fully converted to the α-form HQ at the same temperature of 385 K. These results demonstrate the strong effect of temperature on both guest–host interactions and the stability of the framework structure.
For practical applications of gas hydration (formation of gas hydrates) in environmental and technological processes, considerable knowledge regarding the thermodynamic stability and structural features of these hydrates, as well as the occupation behavior of specific components of gas mixtures within them, is essential. Herein, the hydrate phase equilibria of a system comprising CH4/CO2/N2 (55/40/5) + aqueous acetone solutions (1, 3, and 5.56 mol %) were determined in the temperature range 273–285 K and under pressures up to 4.5 MPa. Gas compositions in the hydrate phase were also obtained by evaluating the following variables: (1) hydrate-formation temperature and pressure, (2) concentration of acetone, and (3) type of hydrate structure: (a) structure I or (b) structure II. The crystal structures of the gas hydrates formed from the acetone and CH4 + CO2 + N2 mixture gas were also evaluated by both X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. In addition, structural identification of the CH4 + CO2 + N2 + acetone hydrates formed by varying the concentration of acetone (0, 1, 3, and 5.56 mol %) was performed. Further evaluation of the temperature-dependent occupation behavior of CH4 and CO2 in structure II hydrate cages in the temperature range 150–290 K indicates that CH4 and CO2 gradually escaped from the hydrate frameworks with increasing temperature, up to 255 K, at which point the CH4 + CO2 + N2 + acetone hydrate completely decomposed.
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