Understanding Geologic Carbon Sequestration and Gas Hydrate from Molecular Simulation

Dr. Yongchen Song is a full professor and vice dean of Dalian University of Technology. His research topics include carbon capture, utilization and sequestration and natural gas hydrate recovery. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers with a H-index of 58. Dr. Cong Chen is a full professor at Dalian University of Technology. His research topics include CO2 sequestration and CO2 enhanced gas recovery. As the winner of Invited Lecture under Advanced Materials Award of 2022, he has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and servers as editor in Current Physics, editorial board member in Liquids, guest editor of Molecular Simulation. Dr. Wenfeng Hu is a lecturer at Zhengzhou University of Light Industry. Her research topics include natural gas hydrate recovery and gas hydrate related utilization. As the winner of Excellent Post-graduate Students Award of DLUT in 2020, she serves as a reviewer of several peer-reviewed journals such as Fuel, Energy and Journal of Molecular Liquids.

1. Background 2. Molecular simulation basics 3. Interfacial tension and wettability 4. Hydrogen bonding characteristics 5. CO2/CH4 adsorption characteristics 6. Dissociation of gas hydrate 7. Gas hydrate nucleation mechanisms 8. Gas hydrate growth 9. Anti-agglogation of gas hydrate 10. Case studies 11. Outlooks