The influence of temperature, pressure, salinity and capillary force on the formation of methane hydrate

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-135

  Duan, Zhenhao ^a   Li, Ding ^a   Chen, Yali ^b   Sun, Rui ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ab initio potential; Forming conditions; Methane hydrate; Phase equilibria; Porous sediment; Salinity

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; MODELING; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE EFFECT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 79955623475     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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