Water Transfer Characteristics during Methane Hydrate Formation Processes in Layered Media

Gas hydrate formation processes in porous media are always accompanied by water transfer. To study the transfer characteristics comprehensively, two kinds of layered media consisting of coarse sand and loess were used to form methane hydrate in them. An apparatus with three PF-meter sensors detectin...

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Published in:Energies
Main Authors: Yousheng Deng, Qingbai Wu, Yibin Pu, Peng Zhang
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011
Subjects:
methane hydrate
formation
water transfer
layered media
Technology
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Methane hydrate
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/en4081129
https://doaj.org/article/0edeb56ca6ed45d988faabeb2d56c888
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Summary:Gas hydrate formation processes in porous media are always accompanied by water transfer. To study the transfer characteristics comprehensively, two kinds of layered media consisting of coarse sand and loess were used to form methane hydrate in them. An apparatus with three PF-meter sensors detecting water content and temperature changes in media during the formation processes was applied to study the water transfer characteristics. It was experimentally observed that the hydrate formation configurations in different layered media were similar; however, the water transfer characteristics and water conversion ratios were different.

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