Comprehending and controlling the stability and dissociation
of
greenhouse gases hydrates are critical for a variety of hydrate-based
industrial applications, such as greenhouse gas separation, sequestration,
or utilization. Although the promotion effects of greenhouse F-gases
(F-promoters) and new cyclic promoters on CO2 hydrates
have been acknowledged, the involved molecular mechanisms are poorly
understood. This work was therefore conducted to investigate the intermolecular
mechanisms of the properties of CO2 and NF3 hydrates
using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to better understand their
stability and dissociation and the effects of thermodynamic conditions
as well as cage occupancy. In addition, the stability of CO2/CO2 + CH4 hydrates in the presence of seven
thermodynamic hydrate promoters (THPs) from different molecular groups
or substituents was evaluated. Results reveal that after the breakup
of the hydrate, the propensity of NF3 to form nanobubbles
is more than that of CO2 molecules. The relative concentration
distribution of partially occupied hydrates was also found to be greater
than that of completely filled by guest gases. MD simulation results
of CO2 double and mixed hydrates also show that the type
of large molecular guests in the large cages plays a major role in
the stabilization of the clathrate hydrate network. The structural
properties, however, indicate that the resistance against being dissociated
for CO2 + promoter can be somewhat increased when half
of the CO2 molecules in small cages is replaced by CH4. In addition, the existence of neopentyl alcohol in large
cavities was found to facilitate the process of hydrate dissociation
by making new hydrogen bonds between hydroxyl groups and water molecules.
Among studied systems with THPs, cyclopentane, and cyclohexane in
comparison with F-promoters seem to be more susceptible to maintaining
the stability of CO2 clathrate hydrate.