2. There is growing interest in the extraction of natural gas, whose primary component is methane (CH4), from unusual sources. One such source is natural gas hydrates, where gas molecules are trapped in lattices made of water molecules, found deep in oceans and in permafrost (frozen ground at higher latitudes). The feed characteristics of subsea clathrate (pure vapor at ambient T and high P ) are given: Determine whether an isothermal flash stage can remove 99.9% of H2S as part of the liquid exit stream under these conditions. Show all the steps. How much methane is lost in the liquid exit stream? 2. There is growing interest in the extraction of natural gas, whose primary component is methane (CH4), from unusual sources. One such source is natural gas hydrates, where gas molecules are trapped in lattices made of water molecules, found deep in oceans and in permafrost (frozen ground at higher latitudes). The feed characteristics of subsea clathrate (pure vapor at ambient T and high P ) are given: Determine whether an isothermal flash stage can remove 99.9% of H2S as part of the liquid exit stream under these conditions. Show all the steps. How much methane is lost in the liquid exit stream