A thermodynamic model to predict the aqueous solubility of hydrocarbon mixtures at two-phase hydrate-liquid water equilibrium
Abstract
In order to understand the fate and transport of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon mixtures in the deep sea and underlying sediments it requires an accurate determination of the two-phase hydrate (H)-liquid water (Lw) thermodynamic equilibrium in the absence of a free gas phase. In addition to controlling hydrate formation directly from the aqueous phase, the H-Lw equilibrium provides the aqueous solubility of dissolving hydrate. The aqueous solubility of hydrocarbon mixture at H-Lw equilibrium was calculated based on the van der Waals and Platteeuw statistical thermodynamic model and the Holder model. Langmuir constants were calculated from cell potential parameters obtained from ab initio intermolecular potentials and thus the model contains no fitting parameters. The model accurately predicts pure methane, ethane, and propane experimental H-Lw equilibrium solubility data, including new data provided here for methane. Here, we present hydrocarbon solubilities in water and seawater at H-Lw equilibrium at deep sea conditions for both methane and a thermogenic mixture based on the methane–ethane–propane ratio from the 2010 Macondo oil spill. We also present model predictions of the proportion of occupied large and small cages at H-Lw equilibrium for both systems, as well as hydrocarbon ratios in the hydrate phase for the thermogenic mixture.
- Authors:
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- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (United States); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States). In-house Research
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1399471
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1252029
- Report Number(s):
- NETL-PUB-20193
Journal ID: ISSN 0378-3812; PII: S0378381215302910
- Grant/Contract Number:
- M11PG00053
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Fluid Phase Equilibria
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 414; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-3812
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; gas hydrates; aqueous solubility of hydrocarbon mixtures; hydrate cage occupancy; hydrate-Liquid water two-phase thermodynamic equilibrium; deep sea hydrates
Citation Formats
Velaga, Srinath C., Levine, Jonathan S., Warzinski, Robert P., and Anderson, Brian J. A thermodynamic model to predict the aqueous solubility of hydrocarbon mixtures at two-phase hydrate-liquid water equilibrium. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.fluid.2015.12.049.
Velaga, Srinath C., Levine, Jonathan S., Warzinski, Robert P., & Anderson, Brian J. A thermodynamic model to predict the aqueous solubility of hydrocarbon mixtures at two-phase hydrate-liquid water equilibrium. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2015.12.049
Velaga, Srinath C., Levine, Jonathan S., Warzinski, Robert P., and Anderson, Brian J. Thu .
"A thermodynamic model to predict the aqueous solubility of hydrocarbon mixtures at two-phase hydrate-liquid water equilibrium". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2015.12.049. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1399471.
@article{osti_1399471,
title = {A thermodynamic model to predict the aqueous solubility of hydrocarbon mixtures at two-phase hydrate-liquid water equilibrium},
author = {Velaga, Srinath C. and Levine, Jonathan S. and Warzinski, Robert P. and Anderson, Brian J.},
abstractNote = {In order to understand the fate and transport of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon mixtures in the deep sea and underlying sediments it requires an accurate determination of the two-phase hydrate (H)-liquid water (Lw) thermodynamic equilibrium in the absence of a free gas phase. In addition to controlling hydrate formation directly from the aqueous phase, the H-Lw equilibrium provides the aqueous solubility of dissolving hydrate. The aqueous solubility of hydrocarbon mixture at H-Lw equilibrium was calculated based on the van der Waals and Platteeuw statistical thermodynamic model and the Holder model. Langmuir constants were calculated from cell potential parameters obtained from ab initio intermolecular potentials and thus the model contains no fitting parameters. The model accurately predicts pure methane, ethane, and propane experimental H-Lw equilibrium solubility data, including new data provided here for methane. Here, we present hydrocarbon solubilities in water and seawater at H-Lw equilibrium at deep sea conditions for both methane and a thermogenic mixture based on the methane–ethane–propane ratio from the 2010 Macondo oil spill. We also present model predictions of the proportion of occupied large and small cages at H-Lw equilibrium for both systems, as well as hydrocarbon ratios in the hydrate phase for the thermogenic mixture.},
doi = {10.1016/j.fluid.2015.12.049},
journal = {Fluid Phase Equilibria},
number = C,
volume = 414,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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