Experimental investigation of hydrate accumulation distribution in gas seeping system using a large scale three-dimensional simulation device

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 246-259

  Su, Ke Hua ^a,b   Sun, Chang Yu ^a   Dandekar, Abhijit ^c   Liu, Bei ^a   Sun, Wei Zhi ^a,d   Cao, Meng Chang ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Zhong, Xiao Yu ^a   Guo, Xu Qiang ^a   Ma, Qing Lan ^a   Yang, Lan Ying ^a   Chen, Guang Jin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (China)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d Offshore Oil Engineering Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Gases; Hydrate; Kinetics; Porous media; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ACOUSTIC VELOCITY DATA; ARCHIE'S LAW; CRITICAL EFFECTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE GROWTH; HYDRATE SATURATION; MAXIMUM OPERATING PRESSURES; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICAL SIMULATION; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; GASES; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84865056468     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.07.029     Document Type: Article

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