Evidence for pore-filling gas hydrates in the sediments through morphology observation  

作　　者：Wenxiang Zhang Shuanshi Fan Yanhong Wang Xuemei Lang Kai Guo Jianbiao Chen 

机构地区：[1]Key Lab of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering》2019年第9期2081-2088,共8页中国化学工程学报（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(2016YFC0304006,2017YFC0307302,2017YFC0307303);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51576069,51876069);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2018M633052);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(D2182630)

摘　　要：To provide an evidence of natural gas hydrate occurrence state,a series of experiments on multiple growth and dissociation of 90.0%methane/10.0%propane hydrates at 1.3 MPa and 270.15 K were carried out in two sediments for morphology observation via a visible jacketed-reactor.The gas hydrate crystals were observed to form and grow on the surface of sediments at the initial growth.During the thermal decomposition,gas and liquid products had an unceasingly impact on the sediments,then gas/liquid–solid migration occurred,and a large number of cavitation appeared.In the later growth and dissociation experiments,the gas hydrate particles were in suspension or supporting states in the interstitial pore space between the sediment particles,indicating that the gas hydrate displayed a pore-filling characteristics.Through analyzing the distribution of gas hydrates and bubbles,it was found that the amount of gas hydrates distributed in the sediments was improved with multiple growth-dissociation cycle proceedings.Gas migration enhanced the sediment movement,which led to the appearance of the increasing quantity of gas bubbles in the sediments during cycles.Salts affected the growth of the gas hydrates and the migration of sediment grains,which also restricted the accumulation of gas bubbles in the sediments.According to the Raman analysis,the results showed that sII hydrates were formed for CH4 and C3H8 gas mixtures in different sediments and solutions with hydration number of 5.84–6.53.The Salt restricted the access of gas into the hydrate cages.To provide an evidence of natural gas hydrate occurrence state, a series of experiments on multiple growth and dissociation of 90.0% methane/10.0% propane hydrates at 1.3 MPa and 270.15 K were carried out in two sediments for morphology observation via a visible jacketed-reactor. The gas hydrate crystals were observed to form and grow on the surface of sediments at the initial growth. During the thermal decomposition, gas and liquid products had an unceasingly impact on the sediments, then gas/liquid–solid migration occurred, and a large number of cavitation appeared. In the later growth and dissociation experiments, the gas hydrate particles were in suspension or supporting states in the interstitial pore space between the sediment particles, indicating that the gas hydrate displayed a pore-filling characteristics. Through analyzing the distribution of gas hydrates and bubbles, it was found that the amount of gas hydrates distributed in the sediments was improved with multiple growth-dissociation cycle proceedings. Gas migration enhanced the sediment movement, which led to the appearance of the increasing quantity of gas bubbles in the sediments during cycles. Salts affected the growth of the gas hydrates and the migration of sediment grains, which also restricted the accumulation of gas bubbles in the sediments. According to the Raman analysis, the results showed that sII hydrates were formed for CH4 and C3H8 gas mixtures in different sediments and solutions with hydration number of 5.84–6.53. The Salt restricted the access of gas into the hydrate cages.

关 键 词：Gas HYDRATE SEDIMENTS Growth DISSOCIATION Pore-filling 

分 类 号：P73[天文地球—海洋科学]