Exploratory study of the thermal conductivity of methane hydrate

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/GL010i005p00397· OSTI ID:6058991

Cook, J G; Leaist, D G

Recent discoveries of natural gas hydrates in permafrost and sub-oceanic environments have led us to measure the thermal conductivity of methane hydrate. A guarded hot-plate cell was constructed and tested with various ice specimens. We find the conductivity of methane hydrate near -60/sup 0/C is 0.45 W/mk, a value close to that obtained for other clathrate hydrates by us and others. It is much lower than for ice (by a factor of about 5), so that a logging tool based on this property should prove to be of use in identification of gas hydrates in permafrost zones.

• Research Organization: Divisions of Physics and Chemistry resp., National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A OR6
• OSTI ID: 6058991
• Journal Information: Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 10:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
GAS HYDRATES
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
METHANE
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PERMAFROST
WELL LOGGING
ALKANES
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FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HYDRATES
HYDROCARBONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
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