Concentration of sodium chloride in aqueous solution by chlorodifluoromethane gas hydrate

The decomposition temperature and pressure (quadruple point) of chlorodifluoromethane (R22) gas hydrate in aqueous sodium chloride (NaCl) solution was measured at different NaCl concentrations in the Solution as a phase diagram. The operative concentration curve of NaCl was obtained as a function of temperature. The maximum decomposition temperature of R22 hydrate was about 290 K at 0.9 MPa pressure, and it decreased as the NaCl concentration increased in the solution. R22 hydrate caused supercooling, and the supercooling Occurrence temperature was much lower than the decomposition temperature. The ultrasonic charge reduced the supercooling of hydration effectively even though the ultrasonic charge did not change the decomposition temperature at all. The concentration experimental results from the several NaCl solutions having different NaCl concentrations were in good agreement with the theoretical operative concentration curve for NaCl. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.