Effect of atmospheric pressure and temperature on entrapped gas content in peat     

J. M. Waddington  K. Harrison  E. Kellner  A. J. Baird 《水文研究》2009,23(20):2970-2980

Entrapped biogenic gas in peat can greatly affect peatland biogeochemical and hydrological processes by altering volumetric water content, peat buoyancy, and ‘saturated’ hydraulic conductivity, and by generating over‐pressure zones. These over‐pressure zones further affect hydraulic gradients which influence water and nutrient flow direction and rate. The dynamics of entrapped gas are of global interest because the loss of this gas to the atmosphere via ebullition (bubbling) is likely the dominant transport mechanism of methane (CH₄) to the atmosphere from peatlands, which are the largest natural terrestrial source per annum of atmospheric CH₄. We investigated the relationship between atmospheric pressure and temperature on volumetric gas content (VGC) and CH₄ ebullition using a laboratory peat core incubation experiment. Peat cores were incubated at three temperatures (one core at 4 °C, three cores at 11 °C, and one core at 20 °C) in sealed PVC cylinders, instrumented to measure VGC, pore‐water CH₄ concentrations, and ebullition (volume and CH₄ concentrations). Ebullition events primarily occurred (71% of the time) during periods of falling atmospheric pressure. The duration of the drop in atmospheric pressure had a larger control on ebullition volume than the magnitude of the drop. VGC in the 20 °C core increased from the onset of the experiment and reached a fluctuating but time‐averaged constant level between experiment day 30 and 115. The change in VGC was low for the 11 °C cores for the initial period of the experiment but showed large increases when the growth chamber temperature increased to 20 °C due to a malfunction. The core maintained at 4 °C showed only a small increase in entrapped gas content throughout the experiment. The 20 °C core showed the largest increase in VGC. The increases in VGC occurred despite pore‐water concentrations of CH₄ being below the equilibrium solubility level. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

天然气水合物的上界面——硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化界面   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

栾锡武 《海洋地质与第四纪地质》2009,(2)

定义了海域天然气水合物成矿带的上界面。指出在地球深部存在最原始的、从根本上不依靠光合作用来生存的生命系统。根据对ODP岩心样品中微生物数量的统计,海底以下沉积层中的生物数量可能占据全球原核生物总量的70%,其生物总碳量和地球表面所有植物的碳总量相当。地球内部如此巨大的生物总量应该在地壳中的气体分布等方面起着重要作用。甲烷在地壳层中广泛存在,并主要是微生物成因的。微生物产甲烷的途径主要有两个,一是二氧化碳还原,另一个是醋酸盐发酵。相应地,参与产甲烷的微生物菌群主要是产甲烷菌和食醋酸菌。甲烷在沉积层中的厌氧氧化是一个不争的事实。该过程发生在海底以下一个非常局限的区带,称为硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化区带。通常,这个区带很窄,仅为一个面,因此,硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化区带又称硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化界面。这是一个基本的生物地球化学界面,在功能上它起到屏蔽甲烷向海底和大气逸散的作用,是一个巨大的甲烷汇。甲烷的厌氧氧化同样是一个由微生物介导的过程,参与此过程的微生物主要是食甲烷古菌和硫酸盐还原菌。硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化界面在海洋沉积层中一般深可达海底以下上百米,浅可至海底。此界面为天然气水合物的上界面,该界面以上没有甲烷...  相似文献   

甲烷水合物在人工毛细管沉积物柱中的形成和分解   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

陈敏  业渝光  吕万军  刘昌岭  解习农  王菲菲 《现代地质》2010,24(3)

天然气水合物在海底的形成与沉积物性质密切相关,沉积物的粒度、孔隙度、矿物组成等都可以影响到水合物的成核生长。通过拉曼测试和显微镜下观察人工毛细管模拟沉积物中CH4水合物的形成和分解过程,实验发现无论是在气液界面还是在溶有过饱和CH4的流体内,水合物都能够成核形成,但水合物更容易在气液和固液界面成核,并迅速生长;水合物在较大粒径石英砂(39~53μm)形成的孔隙内的成核机会比在粘土粒级的砂粒孔隙中的机会更大;水合物晶体主要呈发丝状附着于沉积物颗粒表面。  相似文献   

多步分解法初步研究石英砂中甲烷水合物p-T稳定条件   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

孙始财  业渝光  刘昌岭  谭允祯  孟庆国  马燕  相凤奎 《现代地质》2010,24(3)

设计加工了一套研究海底沉积物水合物稳定条件实验装置,采用多步加热分解的方法对不同孔隙度的石英砂沉积物甲烷水合物相态平衡点(p-T稳定条件)进行了初步研究。为校验实验装置和实验方法,首先对甲烷水合物在十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)溶液中的生成和分解过程进行了研究,获得的实验数据与文献数据吻合得很好。在此基础上,以4种不同粒径(96~180μm、180~380μm、212~380μm和380~830μm)的石英砂为介质,分别研究了甲烷水合物的p-T稳定条件。结果表明,实验测得的数据与纯水溶液中的结果基本一致,说明在实验所用的不同粒径石英砂构成的孔隙尺度内,毛细管作用对水合物相态点的影响可以忽略。  相似文献   

孔隙压力对煤岩基质解吸变形影响的试验研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

吕祥锋  潘一山  刘建军  唐巨鹏  狄军贞 《岩土力学》2010,31(11):3447-3451

煤层气开采过程中,伴随着煤层气不断地吸附、解吸和渗流,煤体产生变形,极易导致煤和瓦斯突出事故。以晋城天地王坡煤矿为例,通过实验室内试验,模拟煤层气在复杂地层漫长的形成和逐渐开采过程,得到了孔隙压力与解吸量、应变的变化关系,并拟合得出其相应关系表达式,揭示了一些新的规律:(1)初期解吸速度较快,解吸量随时间的增长而不断增加,后期解吸速度减缓,解吸量逐渐趋于稳定;(2)孔隙压力与解吸量、应变呈现抛物线曲线关系,随孔隙压力的升高,吸附和膨胀变形占主导,其值均在增大;(3)存在最小孔隙压力值,随孔隙压力的增大,解吸时间增长,孔隙压力越小,吸附解吸规律越不明显,对于晋城天地王坡煤矿3#煤样,该值在1.0MPa左右;(4)不同加载方式对解吸量和变形量影响较大,先部分加载吸附后全部载荷解吸结果同比加全部载荷吸附解吸结果高13%～77%。试验结果可为煤层气(CBM)抽放安全和煤与瓦斯突出防治提供理论依据。  相似文献   

内蒙古西部额济纳旗地区X井油气显示特征与油气源探讨     

魏仙样  卢进才  魏建设  李玉宏 《地质通报》2010,29(203):360-366

根据内蒙古额济纳旗地区X井白垩系额济纳旗组、侏罗系麻木乌苏组、古生界顶面风化壳等不同层段的油气显示特征和钻井泥浆烃类气体组分、甲烷C同位素的分析结果,认为侏罗系和白垩系油气显示特征相同,为油与气显示,气体样品的干燥系数(C1/C总)为0.80~0.87,甲烷C同位素δ13C1为-48.19‰~-50.87‰,表现了低成熟热解气的特征;古生界风化壳为气显示,天然气干燥系数(C1/C总)为0.91~0.92,甲烷C同位素δ13C1为-21.56‰~-30.91‰,表现了高成熟热解气的特征。该井及邻区的中生界、古生界烃源岩干酪根类型及其演化程度具有显著的差别,中生界烃源岩以低成熟混合型干酪根为主,古生界烃源岩为成熟—高成熟(或过成熟)的混合型-腐泥型干酪根。表明该区存在以中生界侏罗系—白垩系低成熟烃源岩为油气源的油气系统和古生界高成熟(或过成熟)烃源岩为气源的油气系统,指示了古生界油气资源前景。  相似文献   

内蒙古西部额济纳旗地区X井油气显示特征与油气源探讨     

魏仙样  卢进才  魏建设  李玉宏 《地质通报》2010,29(2)

根据内蒙古额济纳旗地区X井白垩系额济纳旗组、侏罗系麻木鸟苏组、古生界顶面风化壳等不同层段的油气显示特征和钻井泥浆烃类气体组分、甲烷C同位素的分析结果,认为侏罗系和白垩系油气显示特征相同,为油与气显示,气体样品的干燥系数(C_1/C_总)为0.80～0.87,甲烷C同位素δ~(13)C_1为-48.19‰～-50,87‰,表现了低成熟热解气的特征;古生界风化壳为气显示,天然气干燥系数(C_1/C_总)为0.91～0.92,甲烷C同位素δ~(13)C_1为-21.56‰-30.91‰,表现了高成熟热解气的特征.该井及邻区的中生界、古生界烃源岩干酪根类型及其演化程度具有显著的差别,中生界烃源岩以低成熟混合型干酪根为主,古生界烃源岩为成熟-高成熟(或过成熟)的混合型-腐泥型干酪根.表明该区存在以中生界侏罗系-白垩系低成熟烃源岩为油气源的油气系统和古生界高成熟(或过成熟)烃源岩为气源的油气系统,指示了古生界油气资源前景.  相似文献   

Methane hydrate formation comparisons in media with and without a water source supply     

Peng Zhang  QingBai Wu 《寒旱区科学》2014,6(4):0293-0301

Water is a necessary element during gas hydrate formations. Therefore, by analyzing water depletion changes in media, the reaction characteristics of methane hydrate in media can be studied. In this study, two water sources supplying some liquid water which may be consumed by the methane hydrate formation reactions were designed and assembled. Using them, the full formation processes of methane hydrate was studied. Experimental results show the following： If heat released from nucleation reaction of methane hydrate is diffused rapidly, the nucleation ratios will be enhanced discernibly. While the hydrate is formed, a force is generated that sucks fresh water from the source into the vicinity of the hydrate, slowing down the cementation process and causing some hydrate grain dissociation. As a result of cementation differences, the hydrate reaction processes with different water sources present linear or quadratic equation characteristics. After a few repeated dissociation and formation processes of some hydrate grains caused by the fresh water, the gas amounts contained in hydrate will be significantly enhanced.  相似文献   

沉积物孔隙毛细管压力与甲烷水合物饱和度关系研究   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

孙始财  刘昌岭  业渝光  刘玉峰 《海洋学报(英文版)》2014,33(10):30-36

To better understand the relationship between the pore capillary pressure and hydrate saturation in sediments, a new method was proposed. First, the phase equilibria of methane hydrate in fine-grained silica sands were measured. As to the equilibrium data, the pore capillary pressure and saturation of methane hydrate were calculated. The results showed that the phase equilibria of methane hydrates in fine-grained silica sands changed due to the depressed activity of pore water caused by the surface group and negatively charged characteristic of silica particles as well as the capillary pressure in small pores together. The capillary pressure increased with the increase of methane hydrate saturation due to the decrease of the available pore space. However, the capillary-saturation relationship could not yet be described quantitatively because of the stochastic habit of hydrate growth.  相似文献   

基于微孔充填模型的页岩储层吸附动力学特征分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

尹帅  丁文龙  刘建军  何建华  王濡岳  李昂  王莹莹 《高校地质学报》2014,20(4):635

微孔填充是吸附质分子在吸附剂纳微孔隙中、较高平衡压力下表现出来的一种吸附特征,以此为基础发展起来的热
力学理论在确定吸附剂微观结构及吸附性能研究方面起到了巨大推动作用。基于此,该文重点探讨了甲烷在页岩中吸附时
填充率θ、特征能量E、特征系数n、微分吸附功A 、吸附热Q、吸附焓ΔH 及吸附熵ΔS 的变化关系。结果表明：特征系数n
取1较为适当;温度升高特征能量E 值略降,3组样品E 值范围4.14~5.63 kJ/mol;随着θ 的不断增加,A ,Q ,｜ΔH ｜及｜
ΔS ｜等参数值逐渐降低,各能量参数随吸附进行而发生较为规律的变化,无突变。结果认为,热力学参数一定程度上代表
了TOC 及Ro 等参数的综合效应,受单一因素干扰性不强。将计算的Q 及ΔS 等热力学参数与四川盆地志留系龙马溪组页岩的
相应参数进行了对比,进一步表明四川盆地该套龙马溪组页岩具有巨大的页岩气勘探和开发潜力。  相似文献