LAPSE:2019.1382
Published Article
LAPSE:2019.1382
Numerical Investigation of the Production Behavior of Methane Hydrates under Depressurization Conditions Combined with Well-Wall Heating
Xuke Ruan, Xiao-Sen Li, Chun-Gang Xu
December 10, 2019
In this study, a 2D hydrate dissociation simulator has been improved and verified to be valid in numerical simulations of the gas production behavior using depressurization combined with a well-wall heating method. A series of numerical simulations were performed and the results showed that well-wall heating had an influence enhancing the depressurization-induced gas production, but the influence was limited, and it was even gradually weakened with the increase of well-wall heating temperature. Meanwhile, the results of the sensitivity analysis demonstrated the gas production depended on the initial hydrate saturation, initial pressure and the thermal boundary conditions. The supply of heat for hydrate dissociation mainly originates from the thermal boundaries,whichcontrolthehydratedissociationandgasproductionbydepressurizationcombined with well-wall heating. However, the effect of initial temperature on the gas production could be nearly negligible under depressurization conditions combined with well-wall heating.
Keywords
depressurization, gas production, methane hydrate, numerical simulation, well-wall heating
Suggested Citation
Ruan X, Li XS, Xu CG. Numerical Investigation of the Production Behavior of Methane Hydrates under Depressurization Conditions Combined with Well-Wall Heating. (2019). LAPSE:2019.1382
Author Affiliations
Ruan X: Key Laboratory of Gas Hydrate, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangzhou Center for Gas Hydrate Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Labora
Li XS: Key Laboratory of Gas Hydrate, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangzhou Center for Gas Hydrate Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Labora
Xu CG: Key Laboratory of Gas Hydrate, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangzhou Center for Gas Hydrate Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Labora
[Login] to see author email addresses.
Journal Name
Energies
Volume
10
Issue
2
Article Number
E161
Year
2017
Publication Date
2017-01-30
Published Version
ISSN
1996-1073
Version Comments
Original Submission
Other Meta
PII: en10020161, Publication Type: Journal Article
Record Map
Published Article

LAPSE:2019.1382
This Record
External Link

doi:10.3390/en10020161
Publisher Version
Download
Files
[Download 1v1.pdf] (2.7 MB)
Dec 10, 2019
Main Article
License
CC BY 4.0
Meta
Record Statistics
Record Views
433
Version History
[v1] (Original Submission)
Dec 10, 2019
 
Verified by curator on
Dec 10, 2019
This Version Number
v1
Citations
Most Recent
This Version
URL Here
https://psecommunity.org/LAPSE:2019.1382
 
Original Submitter
Calvin Tsay
Links to Related Works
Directly Related to This Work
Publisher Version