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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Energies
Main Authors: Peng Zhang, Qingbai Wu, Yibin Pu, Yousheng Deng
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/en4081129
Description
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.