Particle size effect on the saturation of methane hydrate in sediments – Constrained from experimental results |
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Authors: | Hailong Lu Tatsuji Kawasaki Toshiyasu Ukita Igor Moudrakovski Tetsuya Fujii Satoshi Noguchi Tadaaki Shimada Masaru Nakamizu John Ripmeester Chris Ratcliffe |
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Institution: | aSteacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6;bTechnology Research Center, Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation, Japan |
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Abstract: | Except for those occurring at seafloor, most of natural gas hydrate form in sediments and are subject to the influence of sediment. Among these factors, the particle size effect on hydrate saturation level in sediment have been studied with a series of silica sands with various sizes, and the results obtained clearly indicate that particle size does play an important role in affecting the saturation level of hydrate in sediments. The proton relaxation times of water confined in the same series of silica sands, which were determined with NMR measurement, show logarithmic relationship with particle size. By comprehensive consideration of the results of hydrate saturation and water proton relaxation times, the particle size effect observed is tentatively explained by the water availability for hydrate formation in sediments. |
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Keywords: | Sediment Particle size Methane hydrate Saturation Proton relaxation NMR |
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