Initial estimation of hydrate formation temperature of sweet natural gases based on new empirical correlation

Production,processing and transportation of natural gases can be significantly affected by clathrate hydrates.Knowing the gas analysis is crucial to predict the right conditions for hydrate formation.Nevertheless,Katz gas gravity method can be used for initial estimation of hydrate formation temperature (HFT) under the circumstances of indeterminate gas composition.So far several correlations have been proposed for gas gravity method,in which the most accurate and reliable one has belonged to Bahadori and Vuthaluru.The main objective of this study is to present a simple and yet accurate correlation for fast prediction of sweet natural gases HFT based on the fit to Katz gravity chart.By reviewing the error analysis results,one can discover that the new proposed correlation has the best estimation capability among the widely accepted existing correlations within the investigated range.     

Nitrogen-doped graphene as an excellent candidate for selective gas sensing

The toxic gases,such as CO and NO,are highly dangerous to human health and even cause the death of person and animals in a tiny amount.Therefore,it is very necessary to develop the toxic gas sensors that can instantly monitor these gases.In this work,we have used the first-principles calculations to investigate adsorption of gases on defective graphene nanosheets to seek a suitable material for CO sensing.Result indicates that the vancancy graphene can not selectivly sense CO from air,because O2 in air would disturb the sensing signals of graphene for CO,while the nitrogen-doped graphene is an excellent candidate for selectivly sensing CO from air,because only CO can be chemisorbed on the pyridinic-like N-doped graphene accompanying with a large charge transfer,which can serve as a useful electronic signal for CO sensing.Even in the environment with NO,the N-doped graphene can also detect CO selectively.Therefore,the N-doped graphene is an excellent material for selectively sensing CO,which provides useful information for the design and fabrication of the CO sensors.     

ORGANIC INCLUSIONS AND THEIR RELATIONS WITH OILS AND GASES

Based on some typical examples, this paper systematically reviews the formation mechanism, geological implications and methodology of organic inclusions as well as their relations with oils and gases.Organic inclusions present a direct mark of primary and secondary migration of oils and gases. The authors put forward the methods and results of investigation and recognition of organic inclusions in this paper. In our research work, the following instruments and techniques were mainly used: polarizing microscope, fluorescent microscope, micro-heating-cooling stage and component analysis. By means of polarizing microscope, the characteristics of organic inclusions, such as their shape, size, distribution, colour and refrigeration, can be known, and furthermore we can divide organic inclusions into two classes. A fluorescent microscope can be used to make ultraviolet scanning on a single inclusion, measure its wavelength and draw a fluorescence spectrum. Heating and cooling experiments show that the measurement of homogenization temperatures is complex and the homogenization temperatures of organic inclusions are 10-20℃lower than those of inorganic salt solution inclusions for the same period. In the cooling process, organic inclusions hardly freeze and such phenomena as deformation of organic inclusions and pulsation stopping of gaseous bubbles can be observed. In component analysis, we can realize the proportion of gas components in each soluble organic constituent in the total extract.In gas and oil exploration, a knowledge of organic inclusions is vital to expanding the application of organic geochemical indices, understanding the geological time and direction of oil and gas migration, confirming the formation stages of oil and gas pools, ascertaining the properties, origin and evolution stages of oil-field waters, and directly guiding the exploration of oil and gas pools.     

A New Model for the Genesis of Natural Gases——Multi-source Overlap, Multi-stage Continuity, TypeControlled by Main Source and Nomenclature by Main Stage (Ⅱ)——Multi-stage Continuity and Nomenclature by Main Stage

The generation of natural gases involves several stages and the various stages are of continuous transition. This is another feature of natural gas generation. The term "multi-stage" is relative mainly to oil-generating threshold value and liquid window. The evolution of organic matter is affected by different epigene agencies and natural gases differing in geochemical properties such as biogenic gas (bacterial gas), thermocatalytic gas and pyrolytic gas could be produced at different stages of the evolution of organic matter. The proposal of bio-thermocatalytic transitional-zone gas presents a pattern of mutual linking and continuous transition of natural gases originated at different stages.In the genetic classification of natural gases, the nomenclature of a certain gas is based mainly on the epigene agency which is responsible for its formation, for example, biogenic gas, pyrolytic gas. That is the "nomenclature by the main stage" described in this study. On account of the continuity of gas generati     

CALCULATION OF FORMATION TEMPERA TURES AND PRESSURES BY USE OF THER MODYNAMIC EQUATIONS FOR EQUILIB RIUM OF FLUID INCLUSIONS WITH PARAGENETIC HOST MINERALS

By measuring fluid inclusions, one can obtain their homogenization temperatures. How-ever, the homogenization temperatures are not equal to the formation temperatures in mostcases. As long as pressure corrections are made, we may obtain the formation tempera-tures. The formation pressures must be known before the pressure corrections are made.But the formation pressures are hard to obtain. Unless the geothermometer and geobarome-ter based on paragenetic association of minerals have more than two equations for a seriesof paragenetic minerals can we get their solutions. In general, it is difficult to satisfy this re-quirement. However, to establish an equilibrium equation is much easier. The author of thispaper used an equilibrium equation for paragenetic minerals and a thermodynamic equationof trapped fluid inclusion and simultaneously solved them to work out the formationtemperatures and pressures for paragenetic minerals or fluid inclusions.     

STUDY ON ELECTROOXIDATION OF TRACE CO(Ⅰ) REACTION KINETICS ON Pt/C CATALYST

We have determined experimentally the reaction kinetics of the electrocatalytic oxidation of the trace carbon monoxide on Pt/C catalyst in aqueous sulphuric acid.At the constant potential 0.947V vs.NHE,the overall rate equation may be expressed bywhere y is a parameter relating to the concentration of H3O .Assuming that the rate of the electrocatalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide is controlled by the edectrochemical reaction of the adsorbed CO and adsorbed OH and that t the surface of catalyst is homogeneous,we can obtain a theoretical rate equation which is formally the same as the empirical rate equation.Recently,instruments for monitoring trace toxic gases in atomosphere based on electrochemical principles have been reported The determinable gases may involve CO,SO2H2S,nitrogen oxides,various gaseous paraffins,and so on.This new method raises wide interests for its many cdvantages,for instance,the price is cheap: the operation is simple and it can be used directly to monitor atmospheric toxic gases     

DETERMINATION OF PERMEATION PROPERTIES OF GAS THROUGH POLYMER MEMBRANE BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

An apparatus constructed for measuring permeation properties of polymer membranes using a mixture of gases is described. A gas chromatographic system was applied to determine the individual transport characteristics of component gases without a vacuum line. This paper also discusses some experimental factors effecting the precision of measurement. The results show that there is a linear relationship between the permeation time and the volume of the gas permeated through the membrane within certain permeation period, which depends on the permeation rate (from 10~(-4) to 10~(-7) cm~3 (STP)/cm~2. sec. cmHg) of the membrane. The reproducibility has been found to be good with a relative standard deviation of 3.5%. This method is more sensitive, considerably faster and more convenient for determining both the permeability coefficient and the separation factor of a polymer membrane from a chromat ogram using mixed penetrant gases.     

RETENTION RULE IN THE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY——SELECTION OF THE OPTIMUM ELUTION COMPOSITION OF SOME PTH AMINO ACIDS ON SILICA GEL

The minimal relative retention α' and the required relative retention α'_(min) of the pair of substances being most difficult to separate in a multicomponent mixture have been discussed on the basis of the fundametal retention equation ln k'=b_0 b_1C_B b_2ln C_B and resolution criterion. The selection principle to optimize elution composition means that selected a value must be greater than α'_(min) and that the capacity factor of last peak should be held to a minimum. A rapid method to select optimum elution composition has been established in which it is necessary to do a few experiments. An example for the 5 pairs of phenylthiohydantion amino acids (PTH-AA) using the ternary mobile phase of methanol, ether and hexane is also demonstrated in this paper. The results show that theoretical prediction is good in agreement with the experiments.     

Rapidly Estimating Natural Gas Compressibility Factor

Natural gases containing sour components exhibit different gas compressibility factor(Z) behavior than do sweet gases.Therefore,a new accurate method should be developed to account for these differences.Several methods are available today for calculating the Z-factor from an cquation of state. However,these equations are more complex than the foregoing correlations,involving a large number of parameters,which require more complicated and longer computations.The aim of this study is to develop a simplified calculation method for a rapid estimating Z-factor for sour natural gases containing as much as 90% total acid gas.In this article,two new correlations are first presented for calculating the pseudo- critical pressure and temperature of the gas mixture as a function of the gas specific gravity.Then,a simple correlation on the basis of the standard gas compressibility factor chart is introduced for a quick estimation of sweet gases' compressibility factor as a function of reduced pressure and temperature.Finally,a new corrective term related to the mole fractions of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide is developed.     

CHARACTERISTICS OF ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF GASIFORM HYDROCARBON AND IDENTIFICATION OF COAL-TYPE GAS

The natural gas which forms in the course of the formation of coal in the coal-series stra-ta is called the coal-type gas. It is an important genetic type of combustible gas. This papertakes the isotope composition of carbon and hydrogen as a key factor to make an approachto the identification of the coal-type gas and the oil-type gas. According to the isotope com-position of methane carbon and hydrogen, we have divided the natural gases in differentplaces into biogas, coal gas, oil-type gas and coal-type gas. There is a mixed gas area bet-ween the coal-type gas and the oil-type gas. The conditions for the formation of the areaare comparatively complex. The overmature oil-type gas overlies the coal-type gas in distri-bution. According to our studies on oil-gas areas in the Sichuan basin and Eerdos basin,we come to know that the coal-type gas in these basins has an isotope composition of highercarbon. Its mathematic expression of δ~(13)C_1-R_0 is δ~(13)C_1‰ = 8.641 lgR_0-32. 8, representing a mod-el o     

AN INDIRECT METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF PARAMETERS IN THE FORECAST MODEL

An indirect method for determining some parameters in a forecast model has been developed, by which the program of the original model with little modification can be used as a subroutine of the inversion system and the optimum estimate of the parameters can be obtained by calling the subroutine time after time. It is specially useful for the sophisticated numerical weather prediction model. It may also be utilized to improve the forecast timely in case of obvious differences between the recent observations and the forecasts. The effect of the method is verified by numerical simulation tests with simple models.     

STRUCTURAL RULES OF TRANSITIONMETAL CARBONYL COMPOUNDS

In this article we have proposed two topological rules to account for the electronic structures of transition-metal carbonyl compounds. The second rule is applied to those which have polyhedral metalhc skeletons with triangular faces and their derivates, while the first rule is applied to all the others We have used these two rules to analyze 261 structure-known compounds with the number of metal atoms from 2 to 12, and the results show that the two rules are in good agreement with the experimental facts. Furthermore, we have also derived from the second rule a formula which can be used to account for the electronic structures of closedpacking carbonyl compounds and which is the same as that given by Ciani and his coworkers.     

Staircase pulse voltammetry

The faradaic current of interest can often be obscured by some extraneous current. A new method called staircase pulse voltammetry (SPV), with which involving a potential pulse is superimposed on a staircase, is used for removing the double-layer charging current. This paper presents the theoretical consideration and the experimental evidence of this method for a simple reversible system and a catalytic process. The parameters affecting currents are also discussed. Experimental verifications are in agreement with the theories.     

FACILE FABRICATION OF LARGE SCALE MICROTUBES WITH A NATURAL TEMPLATE—KAPOK FIBER

<正>A newly natural fine template,kapok fiber,for microtube preparation was reported.Large scale microtubes with high length/diameter ratio and controllable wall thickness and morphology have been successfully fabricated with this template.It is a wildly available,low-cost,environmental friendly and fine structured natural template for microtubes.Its thin wall thickness is only about 1-2μm that means the whole template material is tiny and easy for removing.Even there is any residue the amount can be ignored.When the template is covered with a shell component,hollow structured microtube could be obtained by removing the thin inner template,and its shape could be the same as that of the original template (positive copy of the template's shape).The products have high length/diameter ratio and uniform tubular structure.By further modifying the fabricating methods,facile fabrication not only exists for polypyrrole(PPy) in electrochemical deposition,but also for many other organic and inorganic materials.The surface morphology and wall thickness of the resultant microtubes can be easily modulated by controlling the processing conditions.This natural fiber is predicted to be a fine template for fabricating large scale microtubes with large cavity and high length/diameter ratio.     

THE METHOD OF LASER LIGHT SCATTERING ON NETWORK COPOLYMERIZATIONS

Laser light scattering method introduced in this paper is a new method to study macromolecular gelation.The most prominent features of the methods are its high sensitivity and use of the scanning technique, whereupon the parameters describing the properties of reaction process at a macro level can be obtained. They are the speed and the point of gelation and the point of phase separation. The parameters describing the inhomogeneous changes in reaction systems at a sub-micro level can also be obtained. They include a (the correlation coefficient) and (the mean squared dilectric constant fluctuation). Thus, the tracks describing the inhomogeneous changes in reaction systems can be traced. The method presented here will provide a new approach to decpening understanding of the gelation process.     

β-Cyclodextrin Enhanced Fluorimetric Method for Determination of Amoxicillin in Dosage

A simple sensitive spectrofluorimetric method was developed for the determination of amoxicillin. Amoxicillin in the presence of formaldehyde produces a fluorescent pyrazine derivative, whose fluorescence intensity can be enhanced by forming an inclusion complex with β-cyclodextrin. Optimum conditions for the determination of amoxicillin were also investigated. Fluorimetric detection was carried out at λex=365 nm and λem=445 nm. The linear range of this method for the determination of amoxicillin is 0.1―10 ...     

CLONING, EXPRESSION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Pro3 GENE OF YEAST Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The proline biosynthetic pathway and Pro genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have just begun to be studied recently. In our laboratory, Pro2 gene of S. cerevisiae had been cloned in yeast. As described in this paper, yeast Pro3 gene was also cloned, which can complement yeast Pro3 mutants, and be expressed efficiently in E. coli. The high activities of this gene product, L-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) reductase, can be detected in both organisms. The activity of the Pro3 gene product in multiple copy plasmids is not higher than that of single copy genes in chromosomes in both yeast and E. coll. The preliminary characterization of the gene is also reported.     

A NEW METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE ABSORPTION AMOUNT OF DRUG

In this paper, a new method is suggested for calculating the absorption amount of drug. The method is based on the general linear compartment model for pharmacokinetics, hence applicable to any proper linear compartment model for pharmacokinetics. For the linear one compartment model, it is in agreement with the Wagner-Nelson method which is often used nowadays. For the linear two compartment model, it has advantages over the Loo-Riegelman method, which is also in common use in, for example, simplicity in mathematical derivation, less computation, etc. And it can be easily extended to some particular nonlinear compartment model.     

THE CALCULATION OF CHEMICAL SHIFTS IN DISUBSTITUTED NAPHTHALENES

<正> The principle and method for calculating the chemical shifts of substituted benzenes have been extended to the calculation of chemical shifts in disubstituted naphthalenes. We have set up a series of empirical parameters for the calculation of chemical shifts. The calculated results of 439 8 values from 78 compounds show that the standard deviation between the calculated and the experimental values is 0.08 ppm. The combination of this calculation with that of the coupling constants can be used to provide a criterion .for the determination of molecular structure in disubstituted naphthalenes as well as to assign NMR parameters for the experiment of proton simulated spectra of disubstituted naphthalenes.     

A novel correlation for estimation of hydrate forming condition of natural gases

An inherent problem with natural gas production or transmission is the formation of gas hydrates, which can lead to safety hazards to production/ transportation systems and to substantial economic risks. Therefore, an understanding of conditions where hydrates form is necessary to overcome hydrate related issues. Over the years, several models requiring more complicated and longer computations have been proposed for the prediction of hydrate formation conditions of natural gases. For these reasons, it is essential to develop a reliable and simple-to-use method for oil and gas practitioners. The purpose of this study is to formulate a novel empirical correlation for rapid estimation of hydrate formation condition of sweet natural gases. The developed correlation holds for wide range of temperatures (265–298 K), pressures (1200 to 40000 kPa) and molecular weights (16−29). New proposed correlation shows consistently accurate results across proposed pressure, temperature and molecular weight ranges. This consistency could not be matched by any of the widely accepted existing correlations within the investigated range. For all conditions, new correlation showed average absolute deviation to be less than 0.2% and provided much better results than the widely accepted existing correlations.