Gas Flow by Invasion Percolation Through the Hydrate Stability Zone
Abstract
Abstract We describe gas flow through the hydrate stability zone as a growing gas network with hydrate forming on its edges. The diffusion‐limited model successfully describes the dynamics of hydrate formation observed experimentally. We obtain an expression for the rate of hydrate growth in a region where gas and water coexist. Our modeled rate of hydrate formation is much lower than predicted with a kinetics‐based approach, and it more successfully simulates the hydrate formation rate observed in geologic systems. Current simulation approaches can readily incorporate our approach to describe hydrate formation in geological systems.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Inst. for Geophysics. Jackson School of Geosciences. Dept. of Geological Sciences
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Inst. for Geophysics. Jackson School of Geosciences
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Hildebrand Dept. of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1799749
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1597152
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FE0010406; FE0023919; FE0028967; DE‐FE0023919; DE‐FE0028967; DE‐FE0010406
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 47; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; formation kinetics; methane diffusion; free gas migration; methane hydrate
Citation Formats
Meyer, Dylan W., Flemings, Peter B., You, Kehua, and DiCarlo, David A. Gas Flow by Invasion Percolation Through the Hydrate Stability Zone. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1029/2019gl084380.
Meyer, Dylan W., Flemings, Peter B., You, Kehua, & DiCarlo, David A. Gas Flow by Invasion Percolation Through the Hydrate Stability Zone. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl084380
Meyer, Dylan W., Flemings, Peter B., You, Kehua, and DiCarlo, David A. Wed .
"Gas Flow by Invasion Percolation Through the Hydrate Stability Zone". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl084380. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1799749.
@article{osti_1799749,
title = {Gas Flow by Invasion Percolation Through the Hydrate Stability Zone},
author = {Meyer, Dylan W. and Flemings, Peter B. and You, Kehua and DiCarlo, David A.},
abstractNote = {Abstract We describe gas flow through the hydrate stability zone as a growing gas network with hydrate forming on its edges. The diffusion‐limited model successfully describes the dynamics of hydrate formation observed experimentally. We obtain an expression for the rate of hydrate growth in a region where gas and water coexist. Our modeled rate of hydrate formation is much lower than predicted with a kinetics‐based approach, and it more successfully simulates the hydrate formation rate observed in geologic systems. Current simulation approaches can readily incorporate our approach to describe hydrate formation in geological systems.},
doi = {10.1029/2019gl084380},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 3,
volume = 47,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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