Gas storage through impermeation of porous media by hydrate formation

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:403126

Hatzikiriakos, S G; Englezos, P ^[1]

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1. Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)

A mathematical model was developed for the simulation of the methane hydrate formation in a homocline. The rate of hydrate growth was computed by calculating the movement of the hydrate-water interface. This movement was found to be very slow (less than 0.01 mm/hr) and strongly dependent on the value of the effective diffusivity of the gas in the hydrate zone. The temperature at the hydrate-water interface was found to remain practically constant. Finally, the simulations indicate that the development of a hydrate barrier in the permeable formation creates favorable gas storage conditions in the homocline.

• OSTI ID: 403126
• Report Number(s): CONF-940409-; ISBN 1-880653-10-9; TRN: IM9651%%161
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. international conference on offshore and polar engineering, Osaka (Japan), 10-15 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of The proceedings of the fourth (1994) international offshore and polar engineering conference. Volume 1; Chung, J.S. [ed.] [Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)]; Natvig, B.J. [ed.] [Aker Engineering A/S, Oslo (Norway)]; Das, B.M. [ed.] [Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL (United States)]; PB: 649 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
GAS HYDRATES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
NATURAL GAS HYDRATE DEPOSITS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION