Cel This proposal brings together six world-leading groups on the theory of gas hydrates in order to solve some of the major unresolved issues in hydrate research. The project will:- Produce a major generalisation of the existing theory of hydrate stability, so that it can account for phenomena such as multiple occupancy of individual cages and mutual guest-host couplings that have been discovered in recent experiments;- Develop a quantitative theory for the self-preservation effect in methane hydrate, and thereby provide a fundamental understanding of why this effect appears to be limited to a very narrow range of temperature and guest composition;- Produce a viable microscopic theory for the growth kinetics of gas hydrates under a wide range of pressures and temperatures, and for a variety of guest molecules; and- Produce a detailed characterisation of the molecular structure and thermodynamic properties of a range of hydrate interfaces, and novel high pressure hydrate phases.These developments are both important and timely. The properties of gas hydrates are already a major topic for research in most of the leading developed countries. Indeed, interest is still growing, motivated by a number of important applications for hydrates that are likely to emerge in the near future. These applications include exploitation of huge natural reserves of methane hydrate as an alternative to fossil fuel reserves; the probable role of CO2 hydrate formation in all the major greenhouse gas sequestration strategies that have been proposed; and the development of a number of promising and novel alternative energy technologies that are being developed to exploit the unusual - if not unique - properties of gas hydrates.The theoretical developments proposed within this project are vital for the realisation of each of these applications. Achieving these developments in the near future is extremely challenging. These goals are achievable, but only with the close collaboration between researchers of proven and complementary expertise on the theory of gas hydrates that is proposed herein. Program(-y) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Temat(-y) OPEN - OPEN Call Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania NoE - Network of Excellence Koordynator University of Warwick Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Gibbet Hill CH4 7AL Coventry Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (5) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko Heriot-Watt University Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Heriot-Watt University EH14 4AS Edinburgh Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Moscow Physical and Technical Institute, MFTI Rosja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Gagarin 16 140184 Moscowskaya oblast, Zhukovskii Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych SPARK Słowenia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres IZAKOVCI, 183 BELTINCI Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Siberian Branch of RAS Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Rosja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Lavrentiev prospect 3 630090 Novosibirsk Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych St. Petersburg State University Rosja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Universitetsky pr. 26 198504 Petrodvoretz Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych
