TY - JOUR
T1 - Study on the multiphase heat and mass transfer mechanism in the dissociation of methane hydrate in reconstructed real-shape porous sediments
AU - Song, Rui
AU - Liu, Jianjun
AU - Yang, Chunhe
AU - Sun, Shuyu
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-06-17
Acknowledgements: This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number 51909225).
PY - 2022/6/9
Y1 - 2022/6/9
N2 - As the first effort in literature, this paper conducts pore scale modeling on the methane hydrate dissociation and transportation in the reconstructed three-dimensional models of the MH-bearing sediment. The porous MH sample is synthesized using excess-gas method and imaged by micro-CT, which is used as input for the reconstructed mesh models. The real-time distribution of MH & water & methane, velocity and temperature is investigated. The effects of the temperature, pressure and flow rate of the injected water on MH dissociation and transportation are simulated and discussed. The results indicate that: 1) The hydrate generated by the excess - gas method is mainly cementing and mineral-coating on the sands surface, and occupies the small pores firstly. 2) The heterogeneity of the porous MH sediments is one of the key factors which influences the dissociation and the transportation process of the MH. 3) A lack of heat supply will restrict the dissociating rate of the MH reaching the maximum under the given PT conditions. 4) The gathering of the gas will decrease the flowing capacity of both water and methane. This study provides a new method to predict the multiple physicochemical and thermodynamical properties of the porous MH bearing sediments.
AB - As the first effort in literature, this paper conducts pore scale modeling on the methane hydrate dissociation and transportation in the reconstructed three-dimensional models of the MH-bearing sediment. The porous MH sample is synthesized using excess-gas method and imaged by micro-CT, which is used as input for the reconstructed mesh models. The real-time distribution of MH & water & methane, velocity and temperature is investigated. The effects of the temperature, pressure and flow rate of the injected water on MH dissociation and transportation are simulated and discussed. The results indicate that: 1) The hydrate generated by the excess - gas method is mainly cementing and mineral-coating on the sands surface, and occupies the small pores firstly. 2) The heterogeneity of the porous MH sediments is one of the key factors which influences the dissociation and the transportation process of the MH. 3) A lack of heat supply will restrict the dissociating rate of the MH reaching the maximum under the given PT conditions. 4) The gathering of the gas will decrease the flowing capacity of both water and methane. This study provides a new method to predict the multiple physicochemical and thermodynamical properties of the porous MH bearing sediments.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/679074
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S036054422201324X
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U2 - 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124421
DO - 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124421
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-5442
VL - 254
SP - 124421
JO - Energy
JF - Energy
ER -