EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DECOMPOSITION OF A 
NONPOLAR-GAS HYDRATE IN A PIPE UNDER THE
ACTION OF A MICROWAVE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

M. A. Fatykhov and N. Ya. Bagautdinov

UDC 532.546:622.276

@ABSTRACT = Results of experimental investigations of the decomposition 
of a propane hydrate in a pipe under the action of a microwave electromagnetic 
field are presented. Methods of obtaining a gas hydrate, its decomposition 
under the action of a microwave electromagnetic field, and measuring 
the temperature and pressure in a pipeline have been developed. It 
has been established that the rate of decomposition of a gas hydrate 
increases under the action of a microwave electromagnetic field. It 
is shown that a gas hydrate in a pipe can be completely decomposed 
under the action of a microwave electromagnetic radiation whose wavelength 
is comparable to the thickness of this hydrate.

Bashkir State Pedagogical University, 3a Oktyabr'skaya 
Revolyutsiya Str., Ufa, 450000, Russia; email: 
FatikhovMA@ic.bashedu.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-
Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 108-114, May-June, 
2005. Original article submitted April 12, 2004; revision 
submitted June 29, 2004.