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Title: Pore-Scale Determination of Gas Relative Permeability in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Using X-Ray Computed Micro-Tomography and Lattice Boltzmann Method

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Abstract This work uses X‐ray computed micro‐tomography (μCT) to monitor xenon hydrate growth in a sandpack under the excess gas condition. The μCT images give pore‐scale hydrate distribution and pore habit in space and time. We use the lattice Boltzmann method to calculate gas relative permeability (k rg ) as a function of hydrate saturation (S hyd ) in the pore structure of the experimental hydrate‐bearing sand retrieved from μCT data. The results suggest the k rg ‐ S hyd data fit well a new model k rg  = (1‐S hyd )·exp(–4.95·S hyd ) rather than the simple Corey model. In addition, we calculate k rg ‐S hyd curves using digital models of hydrate‐bearing sand based on idealized grain‐attaching, coarse pore‐filling, and dispersed pore‐filling hydrate habits. Our pore‐scale measurements and modeling show that the k rg ‐S hyd curves are similar regardless of whether hydrate crystals develop grain‐attaching or coarse pore‐filling habits. The dispersed pore filling habit exhibits much lower gas relative permeability than the other two, but it is not observed in the experiment and not compatible with Ostwald ripening mechanisms. We find that a single grain‐shape factor can be used in the Carman‐Kozeny equation to calculate k rg ‐Smore » hyd data with known porosity and average grain diameter, suggesting it is a useful model for hydrate‐bearing sand.« less

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  1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
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OSTI Identifier:
1527104
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OSTI ID: 1416790
Grant/Contract Number:  
FE0028967; DE‐FE0028967
Resource Type:
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Journal Name:
Water Resources Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 54; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0043-1397
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES

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Chen, Xiongyu, Verma, Rahul, Espinoza, D. Nicolas, and Prodanović, Maša. Pore-Scale Determination of Gas Relative Permeability in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Using X-Ray Computed Micro-Tomography and Lattice Boltzmann Method. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/2017wr021851.
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Chen, Xiongyu, Verma, Rahul, Espinoza, D. Nicolas, & Prodanović, Maša. Pore-Scale Determination of Gas Relative Permeability in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Using X-Ray Computed Micro-Tomography and Lattice Boltzmann Method. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017wr021851
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Chen, Xiongyu, Verma, Rahul, Espinoza, D. Nicolas, and Prodanović, Maša. Thu . "Pore-Scale Determination of Gas Relative Permeability in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Using X-Ray Computed Micro-Tomography and Lattice Boltzmann Method". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017wr021851. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1527104.
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@article{osti_1527104,
title = {Pore-Scale Determination of Gas Relative Permeability in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments Using X-Ray Computed Micro-Tomography and Lattice Boltzmann Method},
author = {Chen, Xiongyu and Verma, Rahul and Espinoza, D. Nicolas and Prodanović, Maša},
abstractNote = {Abstract This work uses X‐ray computed micro‐tomography (μCT) to monitor xenon hydrate growth in a sandpack under the excess gas condition. The μCT images give pore‐scale hydrate distribution and pore habit in space and time. We use the lattice Boltzmann method to calculate gas relative permeability (k rg ) as a function of hydrate saturation (S hyd ) in the pore structure of the experimental hydrate‐bearing sand retrieved from μCT data. The results suggest the k rg ‐ S hyd data fit well a new model k rg  = (1‐S hyd )·exp(–4.95·S hyd ) rather than the simple Corey model. In addition, we calculate k rg ‐S hyd curves using digital models of hydrate‐bearing sand based on idealized grain‐attaching, coarse pore‐filling, and dispersed pore‐filling hydrate habits. Our pore‐scale measurements and modeling show that the k rg ‐S hyd curves are similar regardless of whether hydrate crystals develop grain‐attaching or coarse pore‐filling habits. The dispersed pore filling habit exhibits much lower gas relative permeability than the other two, but it is not observed in the experiment and not compatible with Ostwald ripening mechanisms. We find that a single grain‐shape factor can be used in the Carman‐Kozeny equation to calculate k rg ‐S hyd data with known porosity and average grain diameter, suggesting it is a useful model for hydrate‐bearing sand.},
doi = {10.1002/2017wr021851},
journal = {Water Resources Research},
number = 1,
volume = 54,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Thu Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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