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Method for measuring phase equilibrium condition of gas hydrate in porous medium

A gas hydrate and porous medium technology, which is used in measurement devices, instruments, scientific instruments, etc., can solve the problems of uncertainty in equilibrium temperature, difficult to measure, and sensitive to the amount of hydrate formation, achieve a wide application background, and improve data reliability. The effect of high accuracy and measurement accuracy

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-12-26
CHINA UNIV OF PETROLEUM (BEIJING)
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The disadvantages of the constant volume curve method for determining the phase equilibrium conditions of hydrates are: the measurement period is long, the equilibrium temperature is uncertain and sensitive to the amount of hydrate formation, and the hysteresis of temperature or pressure measurement will also affect the measurement accuracy
In addition, for the gas mixture system, due to the fractionation effect of the hydrate formation process, the composition of the mixed gas changes correspondingly with the change of the hydrate formation amount, and this method is not easy to be used for the measurement of the hydrate phase equilibrium conditions to determine the definite components

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Embodiment 1

[0051] Example 1: Methane + 80-100 mesh quartz sand system (blank experiment)

[0052] This example is a blank experiment for determining the phase equilibrium conditions of methane in porous media. Experimental equipment such as figure 1 shown. The narrow tube reactor 1 has an inner diameter of 6 mm and a length of 3 m. The porous medium is quartz sand with a water saturation of 80%. The 80-100 mesh quartz sand and water are uniformly mixed and loaded into the narrow tube reactor 1. The filling length of the porous medium is 2.98m. Then the reactor 1 filled with quartz sand was placed in a constant temperature water bath 2, and the temperature of the constant temperature water bath 2 was set at 16°C. Afterwards, the reactor 1 is evacuated, and methane is fed into the reactor 1 from the inlet of the high-pressure gas tank 7, flows through the porous medium, and reaches the outlet at the other end of the reactor 1, and the outlet pressure of the reactor is set to 1.0 MPa. W...

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[0053] Example 2: Methane + 80-100 mesh quartz sand system

[0054] In this example, the phase equilibrium conditions for methane to form hydrates in porous media are determined. Experimental device such as figure 1 shown. The narrow tube reactor 1 has an inner diameter of 6 mm and a length of 3 m. The porous medium is quartz sand with a water saturation of 80%, and the filling length of the porous medium is 2.98m. The temperature of constant temperature water bath 2 is set to 1.1°C. Vacuumize the reactor 1, feed methane from the high-pressure gas tank 7, and set the initial pressure to 4.5MPa (reactor outlet pressure), which is much higher than the estimated hydrate formation equilibrium in the pure water system at this temperature Pressure (the literature value of pure water system is 2.92MPa), so that the hydrate can be formed as soon as possible. Adjust the pressure reducing valve 3 and the back pressure valve 4 at the inlet and outlet of the reactor so that the press...

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[0058] Example 3: (methane + ethane + propane) mixed gas + 80-100 mesh quartz sand system

[0059] In this example, the phase equilibrium conditions for the formation of hydrates by the mixed gas of methane+ethane+propane in porous media are determined. Experimental device such as figure 1 shown. The narrow tube reactor 1 has an inner diameter of 6 mm and a length of 3 m. The porous medium is quartz sand with a water saturation of 80%, and the filling length of the porous medium is 2.98m. The temperature of constant temperature water bath 2 is set to 2.0°C. After vacuumizing the narrow tube reactor 1, feed (91.01mol% methane+7.77mol% ethane+1.22mol% propane) mixed gas from the high-pressure gas tank 7, and set the initial pressure to 3.0MPa (reactor outlet pressure). Adjust the pressure reducing valve 3 and the back pressure valve 4 at the inlet and outlet of the reactor so that the pressure difference between the inlet and outlet of the narrow tube reactor is constant at...

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Abstract

The invention provides a method for measuring gas hydrate phase equilibrium condition in porous medium. The method comprises the following steps: setting a tubular reactor filled with water-containing porous medium, and setting the temperature inside the reactor as to-be-measured experimental temperature; introducing experimental gas in the reactor to ensure that system pressure inside the reactor reaches a first experimental pressure; during maintaining constant system pressure inside the reactor, continuously introducing experimental gas in the reactor from a gas inlet at one end of the tubular reactor and ensuring that the experimental gas flows out from a gas outlet at the other end of the reactor after flowing through the water-containing porous medium; judging whether the experimental process generates hydrate; and then, changing the system pressure to repeat flowing experiment till determining the minimum pressure under which hydrate can be generated at the set experimental temperature, and the minimum pressure is hydrate generation equilibrium pressure at the set temperature. The method can accurately measure single gas or mixed gas hydrate phase equilibrium condition in a porous medium system.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an experimental method for measuring phase equilibrium conditions of gas hydrates in porous media. Background technique [0002] Gas hydrates are light hydrocarbons, CO 2 and H 2 A non-stoichiometric cage-like crystal substance formed by small molecular gases such as S and water. With the application of gas hydrate technology in the exploration and development of natural gas, oil and gas pipeline transportation, bioengineering and environmental protection, the research on hydrate has attracted more and more attention. An important aspect and basic work of research and application, for example, the exploration and evaluation of natural gas hydrate resources must be based on the accurate measurement of the formation temperature and pressure conditions of hydrate. [0003] For the gas hydrate phase equilibrium system, the possible coexisting equilibrium phases include: gas phase, ice phase, water-rich liquid phase, hydrocarbon-...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G01N33/00
Inventor 孙长宇陈光进孙吉胜王复兴杨兰英
Owner CHINA UNIV OF PETROLEUM (BEIJING)