Methane Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in the Presence of Silica Sand and Bentonite Clay

• Published in: Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Revue d’IFP Energies nouvelles
• Main Authors: Kumar Saw, V., Udayabhanu, G., Mandal, A., Laik, S.
• Other Authors: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères (IMP), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: [PHYS]Physics [physics]; Methane hydrate
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01931405; https://hal.science/hal-01931405/document; https://hal.science/hal-01931405/file/ogst130062.pdf; https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2013200

International audience The formation and dissociation of methane hydrates in a porous media containing silica sand of different sizes and bentonite clay were studied in the presence of synthetic seawater with 3.55 wt% salinity. The phase equilibrium of methane hydrate under different experimental conditions was investigated. The effects of the particle size of silica sand as well as a mixture of bentonite clay and silica sand on methane hydrate formation and its dissociation were studied. The kinetics of hydrate formation was studied under different subcooling conditions to observe its effects on the induction time of hydrate formation. The amount of methane gas encapsulated in hydrate was computed using a real gas equation. The Clausius-Clapeyron equation is used to estimate the enthalpy of hydrate dissociation with measured phase equilibrium data.