Theoretical Study of Gas Hydrate Decomposition Kinetics—Model Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 117 (40) ◽  
pp. 10151-10161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Windmeier ◽  
Lothar R. Oellrich
Keyword(s):  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Decomposition Kinetics ◽  
Kinetics Model ◽  
Hydrate Decomposition

A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Homogeneous, Unimolecular Decomposition Kinetics of 3-Chloropivalic Acid in the Gas Phase

2001 ◽  
Vol 105 (10) ◽  
pp. 1869-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Chuchani ◽  
Alexandra Rotinov ◽  
Juan Andrés ◽  
Luís R. Domingo ◽  
V. Sixte Safont
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Decomposition Kinetics ◽  
Unimolecular Decomposition ◽  
Kinetics Of

Study Advancement for Multiphase Flow and Heat and Mass Transfer Characteristics for Gas Hydrate Decomposition in South China Sea Offshore Sediment

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xichong Yu ◽  
Jiafei Zhao ◽  
Weixin Pang ◽  
Gang Li ◽  
Yu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Multiphase Flow ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Decomposition Process ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann Model ◽  
Experimental Simulation ◽  
Hydrate Decomposition ◽  
Multi Phase Flow

Gas hydrates are crystalline solids that consist of gas molecules, usually methane, surrounded by water molecules. According to the phase equilibrium characteristics of gas hydrate, there are three basic development methods, including heating, pressure decreasing and chemical injecting. The development process is actually the multi-phase flow process. Currently, there is no good commercial software used to simulate the multiphase flow, heat transmission and mass transfer in the gas hydrate decomposition process. The study is not mature, still in the development and trial stage. So in this paper, we will make a deeply study on the multi-phase flow simulation method of gas hydrate decomposition in the sediment. We try to make breakthrough in the theory and simulate method. According to the different scales, the simulation computation study of flow characteristics model has microcosmic, mesocosmic and macrocosmic scales. In this paper, mesocosmic scales is used to study for the multiphase flow, heat and mass transfer in the offshore gas hydrate decomposition process, and numerical simulation and experimental simulation are together used to study. Study advancements are shown as follows: firstly, conventional Lattice Boltzmann model is modified to new Lattice Boltzmann Model (LBM) based on sediment with gas hydrate and flow characteristics for gas hydrate decomposition, the interaction and density difference between the phases are considered, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) visual technology is used to successfully verified to LBM methods. Secondly, contraction core reaction methods based on fractal theory is used to simulate heat and mass transfer in the offshore gas hydrate decomposition process and is successfully verified by experimental simulation for South China Sea offshore gas hydrate sediment.

An Early-Time Model for Drawdown Testing of a Hydrate-Capped Gas Reservoir

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 595-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahab Gerami ◽  
Mehran Pooladi-Darvish
Keyword(s):  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Gas Reservoir ◽  
Unconventional Gas ◽  
Free Gas ◽  
Hydrate Decomposition ◽  
Hydrate Reservoir ◽  
Wellbore Pressure ◽  
Hydrate Reservoirs

Summary Development of natural gas hydrates as an energy resource has gained significant interest during the past decade. Hydrate reservoirs may be found in different geologic settings including deep ocean sediments and arctic areas. Some reservoirs include a free-gas zone beneath the hydrate and such a situation is referred to as a hydrate-capped gas reservoir. Gas production from such a reservoir could result in pressure reduction in the hydrate cap and endothermic decomposition of hydrates. Well testing in conventional reservoirs is used for estimation of reservoir and near-wellbore properties. Drawdown testing in a hydrate-capped gas reservoir needs to account for the effect of gas from decomposing hydrates. This paper presents a 2D (r,z) mathematical model for a constant-rate drawdown test performed in a well completed in the free-gas zone of a hydrate-capped gas reservoir during the earlytime production. Using energy and material balance equations, the effect of endothermic hydrate decomposition appears as an increased compressibility in the resulting governing equation. The solution for the dimensionless wellbore pressure is derived using Laplace and finite Fourier cosine transforms. The solution to the analytical model was compared with a numerical hydrate reservoir simulator across some range of hydrate reservoir parameters. The use of this solution for determination of reservoir properties is demonstrated using a synthetic example. Furthermore, the solution may be used to quantify the contribution of hydrate decomposition on production performance. Introduction In recent years, demands for energy have stimulated the development of unconventional gas resources, which are available in enormous quantities around the world. Gas hydrate as an unconventional gas resource may be found in two geologic settings (Sloan 1991):on land in permafrost regions, andin the ocean sediments of continental margins. During the last decade, extensive efforts consisting of detection of the hydrate-bearing areas, drilling, logging, coring of the intervals, production pilot-testing, and mathematical modeling of hydrate reservoirs have been pursued to evaluate the potential of gas production from these gas-hydrate resources.

scholarly journals Synchrotron X-ray computed microtomography study on gas hydrate decomposition in a sedimentary matrix

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3717-3732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Yang ◽  
Andrzej Falenty ◽  
Marwen Chaouachi ◽  
David Haberthür ◽  
Werner F. Kuhs
Keyword(s):  
Gas Hydrate ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Hydrate Decomposition ◽  
Computed Microtomography ◽  
X Ray Computed
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