Gas hydrate equilibrium dissociation conditions in porous media using two thermodynamic approaches

We employ two thermodynamic approaches, based on the equal fugacities and the equal activities, to predict the gas hydrate equilibrium dissociation conditions in the porous media. The predictions are made for the hydrate systems, CH₄/H₂O, C₂H₆/H₂O, C₃H₈/H₂O, CO₂/H₂O, CH₄/CO₂/H₂O, C₃H₈/CH₄/C₂H₆/H₂O, and CH₄/CH₃OH/H₂O. For the non-hydrate phase, we used the Trebble–Bishnoi equation in the fugacity approach and the Soave–Redlich–Kwong equation in the activity approach. For the hydrate phase, the van der Waals–Platteeuw model incorporated with the capillary model of Llamedo et al. [M. Llamedo, R. Anderson, B. Tohidi, Am. Mineral. 89 (2004) 1264–1270] was used in the two approaches. The predictions are found to be in satisfactory to good agreement with the experimental data. The predictive ability of the fugacity approach is better than that of the activity approach.     

Experimental measurement and thermodynamic modelling of clathrate hydrate equilibria and salt solubility in aqueous ethylene glycol and electrolyte solutions

We present the extension of a recently developed method for modelling saline water to the thermodynamic prediction of phase behaviour for mixed salt–organic clathrate hydrate inhibitor aqueous solutions. Novel freezing point, boiling point and salt solubility data have been generated for NaCl–ethylene glycol (EG) and KCl–EG aqueous solutions. These data have been used in the optimisation of binary interaction parameters between salts and ethylene glycol. The extended thermodynamic model is capable of predicting complex vapour–liquid–solid (VLSE) equilibria for aqueous electrolytes and/or organic inhibitor solutions over a wide range of pressures, temperatures and inhibitor concentrations. Reliable hydrate dissociation data for two mixed salt–organic inhibitor quaternary systems (CH₄–H₂O–NaCl–EG and CH₄–H₂O–KCl–EG) have been measured at pressures up to 50 MPa. These data are used to validate the predictive capabilities of the model for hydrate equilibria. Good agreement between experimental data and predictions is observed, demonstrating the reliability of the developed model.     

Experimental study on geochemical characteristic of methane hydrate formed in porous media

The natural occurrence of methane hydrates in marine sediments has been intensively studied over the past decades, and geochemical charac-teristic of hydrate is one of the most attractive research fields. In this paper, we discussed the geochemical anomaly during hydrate formation in porous media. By doing so, we also investigated the temperature influence on hydrate formation under isobaric condition. It turns out that sub-cooling is an important factor to dominate hydrate formation. Larger subcooling provides more powerful driving force for hydrate formation. During the geochemical anomaly research, six kinds of ions and the total dissolved salt (TDS) were measured before and after the experiment in different porous media. The result is that all kinds of ionic concentration increased after hydrate formation which can be defined as salting out effect mainly affected by gas consumption. But the variation ratio of different ions is not equal. Ca2+ seems to be the most significantly influenced one, and its variation ratio is up to 80%. Finally, we theoretically made a model to calculate the TDS variation, the result is in good accordance with measured one, especially when gas consumption is large.     

Experimental investigation on the dissociation conditions of methane hydrate in the presence of imidazolium-based ionic liquids

In this work, the performance of nine ionic liquids (ILs) as thermodynamic hydrate inhibitors is investigated. The dissociation temperature is determined for methane gas hydrates using a high pressure micro deferential scanning calorimeter between (3.6 and 11.2) MPa. All the aqueous IL solutions are studied at a mass fraction of 0.10. The performance of the two best ILs is further investigated at various concentrations. Electrical conductivity and pH of these aqueous IL solutions (0.10 mass fraction) are also measured. The enthalpy of gas hydrate dissociation is calculated by the Clausius–Clapeyron equation. It is found that the ILs shift the methane hydrate (liquid + vapour) equilibrium curve (HLVE) to lower temperature and higher pressure. Our results indicate 1-(2-hydroxyethyl) 3-methylimidazolium chloride is the best among the ILs studied as a thermodynamic hydrate inhibitor. A statistical analysis reveals there is a moderate correlation between electrical conductivity and the efficiency of the IL as a gas hydrate inhibitor. The average enthalpies of methane hydrate dissociation in the presence of these ILs are found to be in the range of (57.0 to 59.1) kJ ⋅ mol⁻¹. There is no significant difference between the dissociation enthalpy of methane hydrate either in the presence or in absence of ILs.     

Experimental studies of the formation and dissociation of methane hydrate in loess

In order to study the nature of gas hydrate in porous media, the formation and dissociation processes of methane hydrate in loess were investigated. Five cooling rates were applied to form methane hydrate. The nucleation times of methane hydrate formation at each cooling rate were measured for comparison. The experimental results show that cooling rate is a significant factor affecting the nucleation of methane hydrate and gas conversion. Under the same initial conditions, the faster the cooling rate, the shorter the nucleation time, and the lower the methane gas conversion. Five dissociating temperatures were applied to conduct the dissociation experiment of methane hydrate formed in loess. The experimental results indicated that the temperature evidently controlled the dissociation of methane hydrate in loess and the higher the dissociating temperature, the faster the dissociating rates of methane hydrate.     

Experimental investigation of methane hydrate decomposition by depressurizing in porous media with 3-Dimension device

In order to simulate the behavior of gas hydrate formation and decomposition, a 3-Dimension experimental device was built, consisting of a high-pressure reactor with an inner diameter of 300 mm, effective height of 100 mm, and operation pressure of 16 MPa. Eight thermal resistances were mounted in the porous media at different depthes and radiuses to detect the temperature distribution during the hydrate formation/decomposition. To collect the pressure, temperature, and flux of gas production data, the Monitor and Control Generated System (MCGS) was used. Using this device, the formation and decomposition behavior of methane hydrate in the 20～40 mesh natural sand with salinity of 3.35 wt% was examined. It was found that the front of formation or decomposition of hydrate can be judged by the temperature distribution. The amount of hydrate formation can also be evaluated by the temperature change. During the hydrate decomposition process, the temperature curves indicated that the hydrate in the top and bottom of reactor dissociated earlier than in the inner. The hydrate decomposition front gradually moved from porous media surface to inner and kept a shape of column form, with different moving speed at different surface position. The proper decomposition pressure was also determined.     

The thermodynamic parameters of the step dissociation of L-phenylalanyl in aqueous solution

The heats of interaction of L-phenylalanine with solutions of nitric acid and potassium and lithium hydroxides were determined calorimetrically at 288.15, 298.15, and 308.15 K and solution ionic strengths of 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0 in the presence of LiNO₃ and KNO₃. The standard thermodynamic characteristics (Δ_r H°, Δ_r G°, Δ_r S°, and ΔC _p ^° of acid-base interactions in aqueous solutions of L-phenylalanine were calculated. The influence of the concentration of background electrolytes and temperature on the heats of dissociation of L-phenylalanine was considered. A comparative analysis of the standard thermodynamic characteristics of step dissociation of L-phenylalanine and alanine was performed in terms of the modern concepts of the structure and physicochemical properties of these compounds and their solutions.     

Solubility measurement of methane in aqueous solution of sodium dodecyl sulfate at ambient temperature and near hydrate conditions

Solubility data of methane in aqueous solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) with different concentrations were measured at ambient temperature and near hydrate conditions. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) and the number of methane molecules dissolved in each micelle of the methane + water + SDS system were calculated and compared with those of the ethylene + water + SDS system. The results demonstrated that the micelles could be formed in the SDS concentration range where an efficient promotion effect on hydrate formation was previously reported; the micelle solubilization to methane molecules was remarkable near hydrate conditions, and the ethylene molecules could be solubilized in micelles in preference to methane molecules.     

Intensification of methane and hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrate and future prospect

Gas hydrate is a new technology for energy gas (methane/hydrogen) storage due to its large capacity of gas storage and safe. But industrial application of hydrate storage process was hindered by some problems. For methane, the main problems are low formation rate and storage capacity, which can be solved by strengthening mass and heat transfer, such as adding additives, stirring, bubbling, etc. One kind of additives can change the equilibrium curve to reduce the formation pressure of methane hydrate, and the other kind of additives is surfactant, which can form micelle with water and increase the interface of water-gas. Dry water has the similar effects on the methane hydrate as surfactant. Additionally, stirring, bubbling, and spraying can increase formation rate and storage capacity due to mass transfer strengthened. Inserting internal or external heat exchange also can improve formation rate because of good heat transfer. For hydrogen, the main difficulties are very high pressure for hydrate formed. Tetrahydrofuran (THF), tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) and tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) have been proved to be able to decrease the hydrogen hydrate formation pressure significantly.     

Numerical studies of hydrate dissociation and gas production behavior in porous media during depressurization process

In this study,a numerical model is developed to investigate the hydrate dissociation and gas production in porous media by depressurization.A series of simulation runs are conducted to study the impacts of permeability characteristics,including permeability reduction exponent,absolute permeability,hydrate accumulation habits and hydrate saturation,sand average grain size and irreducible water saturation.The effects of the distribution of hydrate in porous media are examined by adapting conceptual models of hydrate accumulation habits into simulations to govern the evolution of permeability with hydrate decomposition,which is also compared with the conventional reservoir permeability model,i.e.Corey model.The simulations show that the hydrate dissociation rate increases with the decrease of permeability reduction exponent,hydrate saturation and the sand average grain size.Compared with the conceptual models of hydrate accumulation habits,our simulations indicate that Corey model overpredicts the gas production and the performance of hydrate coating models is superior to that of hydrate filling models in gas production,which behavior does follow by the order of capillary coating>pore coating>pore filling>capillary filling.From the analysis of t1/2,some interesting results are suggested as follows:(1) there is a "switch" value(the"switch"absolute permeability) for laboratory-scale hydrate dissociation in porous media,the absolute permeability has almost no influence on the gas production behavior when the permeability exceeds the "switch" value.In this study,the "switch" value of absolute permeability can be estimated to be between 10 and 50 md.(2) An optimum value of initial effective water saturation Sw,e exists where hydrate dissociation rate reaches the maximum and the optimum value largely coincides with the value of irreducible water saturation S wr,e.For the case of Sw,Swr,e,there are different control mechanisms dominating the process of hydrate dissociation and gas production.     

Water transfer characteristics in the vertical direction during methane hydrate formation and dissociation processes inside non-saturated media

In order to study water transfer characteristics inside non-saturated media during methane hydrate formation and dissociation processes, water changes on the top, middle and bottom locations of experimental media during the reaction processes were continuously followed with a novel apparatus with three pF-meter sensors. Coarse sand, fine sand and loess were chosen as experimental media. It was experimentally observed that methane hydrate was easier formed inside coarse sand and fine sand than inside loess. Methane hydrate formation configuration and water transfer characteristics during methane hydrate formation processes were very different among the different non-saturated media, which were important for understanding methane hydrate formation and dissociation mechanism inside sediments in nature.     

Study of the permeability characteristics of porous media with methane hydrate by pore network model

The permeability in the methane hydrate reservoir is one of the key parameters in estimating the gas production performance and the flow behavior of gas and water during dissociation. In this paper, a three-dimensional cubic pore-network model based on invasion percolation is developed to study the effect of hydrate particle formation and growth habit on the permeability. The variation of permeability in porous media with different hydrate saturation is studied by solving the network problem. The simulation results are well consistent with the experimental data. The proposed model predicts that the permeability will reduce exponentially with the increase of hydrate saturation, which is crucial in developing a deeper understanding of the mechanism of hydrate formation and dissociation in porous media.     

Colorimetric determination of ethanol in the presence of methanol and other species in aqueous solution

Ethanol is coupled with diazotized p-aminobenzoic acid, to give a coloured product with maximum absorption at 436 nm. The coloured product has a molar absorptivity of 1.02 x 10(4)l.mole(-1).cm(-1) and Beer's law is obeyed over the range 0.5-4.0 mug/ml. The relative standard deviation is less than 4.76% and the relative errors are within -2.89-3.9%. The suggested method is rapid, simple, selective and sensitive.     

Adsorption of phenylalanine from aqueous solution onto active carbon and silica gel

The adsorption isotherms of phenylalanine from aqueous solution on active carbon andsilica gel at varying pH,and the influence of inorganic salt upon the ad rption have been studied(at 25℃).The adsorption amount of phcnylalanine on the silica gel is very low due to the strong ad-sorption of water by silica gel.The results on the active carbon show:(1)The adsorption is found to bepH-dependent,within pH 4.1—5.1 it increases with pH,within pH 5.1—11.8 it decreases with pH,atpH 5.1 the adsorption reaches its maximum;(2)The phenylalanine is adsorbed mainly in the formof zwitterion;(3)A certain amount of cations and anions of phenylalanine are also adsorbed with vander Waals interaction;(4)After adding NaCl,the adsorption of phenylalanine increases markedly.     

Phase equilibria of hydrogen sulphide clathrate hydrates in the presence of single or mixed salt aqueous solution

This work reports the dissociation pressures of hydrogen sulphide clathrate hydrates in the presence of single and mixed aqueous solutions of NaCl, KCl and CaCl₂ at different temperatures and various concentrations of salt(s) in aqueous solution. The equilibrium data were generated using an isochoric pressure-search method. These data are compared with some selected experimental data from the literature on the dissociation conditions of hydrogen sulphide clathrate hydrates in the presence of pure water to show the inhibition effects of the aforementioned aqueous solutions. Comparisons between our experimental data and the corresponding literature data show some disagreements in the literature data.     

SiO2多孔凝胶的制备及对铈的吸附性能研究

以正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)为硅源,利用溶胶-凝胶法通过分相途径制备了SiO2多孔凝胶,并对合成的SiO2多孔凝胶进行了热处理,借助扫描电子显微镜(SEM )、红外光谱(IR )、差热-失重综合分析仪(TG-DTA)等分析手段,研究了SiO2多孔凝胶内部结构、热稳定性等性质,并且采用间歇法研究了其对溶液中铈的吸附性能,从而...     

内置多孔介质卷式反应器富燃制氢实验研究

设计了一个新型内置多孔介质卷式制氢反应器,进行了天然气/空气预混气在当量比1.25~2.50,总流量60 L/min~120 L/min条件下的富燃实验,研究其自热重整制氢的燃烧特性。结果表明,富燃情况下可实现自维持燃烧,自稳定响应时间较快;反应器Swiss-roll结构的有效预热与中心多孔介质的蓄热,可提高反应温度至1 600 K以上,实现超绝热富燃制氢;固定流量条件下,甲烷的转化效率与能量利用率随着当量比的变化而改变。实验中,氢气生成率与能量利用率分别为30%~57%、50%~84%。流量为120 L/min,当量比为2.0时,尾气中H2浓度达22%,氢气生成率为57%,能量利用率为68%。     

An ESR study of the photolysis of methanol adsorbed on silica gel

ESR has been used to study the photolysis of adsorbed methanol on various specimens of silica gel by light of wavelength 365 nm, which is found to detach -hydrogen from the OCH₃ group of the surface to give the radical SiOCH₂, which is stabilized in the pores. The alcohols CD₃OH and CH₃OD are also examined.     

Diethylenetriamine functionalized silica gel for adsorption of uranium from aqueous solution and seawater

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - The diethylenetriamine (DETA) organic moiety was anchored covalently on the surface of silica gel to obtain a surface-modified adsorbent...     

Influence of extreme thermodynamic conditions and pyrite surfaces on peptide synthesis in aqueous media

Free energy landscapes and reaction mechanisms underlying the synthesis of diglycine in water were studied computationally. It was found that amino acid activation by carbonyl sulfide, leading to the formation of a cyclic alpha-amino acid N-carboxyanhydride (NCA, or Leuchs anhydride), preferentially follows an indirect pathway that involves an isocyanate intermediate. Extreme temperature and pressure conditions accelerate peptidization greatly compared to the ambient bulk water environment and are shown to favor, in general, concerted versus stepwise mechanisms. Finally, a pyrite surface, FeS2 (001), is found to lower reaction barriers further by decreasing fluctuations and by assisting the preformation of the cyclic five-membered NCA ring due to scaffolding.