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Lun Z, Zhou X, Li D, Tang X, Fu X, Zhang Y, Zhang D. Influences of long-duration NO exposure on CO 2 adsorption on coals: insights into oxy-coal burning flue gas storage in coal reservoirs. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2024; 45:4284-4299. [PMID: 37594271 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2248556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Introducing oxy-coal burning flue gas into coal reservoirs has the advantages of mitigating emissions of CO2, NOx, and SO2, and producing in-situ coalbed methane (CBM). Given the characteristics of the geologic time scale for fluid sequestration, the long-duration NO exposure was conducted for various ranks of coal matrices to access the potential impacts of NO exposure on CO2 storage. Afterwards, the changes in critical physico-chemical properties and adsorbability of various ranks of coal matrices to CO2 because of long-duration NO exposure were revealed. Finally, the implications to implement oxy-coal burning flue gas sequestration in unmineable coal reservoirs with CBM production were indicated. The results demonstrate that the long-duration interaction with NO reduces the number of micro- and meso-pores of various ranks of coals, especially those with diametres below 4.00 nm. Moreover, the long-duration NO exposure reduces the oxygen-containing functional groups while significantly increasing the amine/amide-N for all the coals. The aforementioned alterations in the surface chemistry property imply that the coal matrix is capable of chemically adsorbing NO, thereby achieving its stable storage in target coal reservoirs. Given the electron donor-acceptor interactions between amine/amide-N and CO2, the NO exposure can elevate the CO2 storage capability of various ranks of coals under typical reservoir temperature and pressure. In summary, introducing oxy-coal burning flue gas into coal reservoirs is capable of stably storing critical gaseous pollutants and simultaneously enhancing the CO2 storage potential of coal reservoirs, thereby updating the existing oxy-coal burning technology and CO2 sequestration in unmineable coal reservoirs with the enhanced CBM recovery technology.
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- Zengmin Lun
- State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Exploration & Production, SINOPEC, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Exploration & Production, SINOPEC, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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Fu Z, Jia B, Wang Y, Tian W. Experimental Study on the Effect of CO 2 Injection Pressure on the Migration Characteristics and Extraction Effects of Replacement CH 4. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:28583-28591. [PMID: 37576631 PMCID: PMC10413375 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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To study the effect of CO2 injection pressure on gas migration characteristics and coalbed methane (CBM) extraction, a platform for the experimental replacement of CH4 with CO2 was used to conduct experiments on the replacement of CH4 under different CO2 injection pressures and analyze the gas transport characteristics and CH4 extraction during the experiment. The results reveal that the rate of gas migration out of the coal seam accelerates with increasing gas injection pressure, as determined by comparisons of the migration rates between adjacent monitoring points. The change trend of the CH4 desorption rate under different gas injection pressures is divided into slow decline, sharp decline, and stability stages, and the maximum value of the effective diffusion coefficient increases from 2.3 × 10-5 to 3.4 × 10-5 and 4.6 × 10-5 cm2/s as the gas injection pressure increases from 0.6 to 0.8 and 1.0 MPa. Similarly, the change pattern of coal seam permeability can be divided into slow decline, sharp decline, and stability stages. After the gas injection pressure was increased from 0.6 to 0.8 and 1.0 MPa, the CH4 desorption volume increased from 90.2 to 94.1 and 97.8 L, whereas the coal seam CO2 sequestration volume increased from 269.2 to 274.2 and 322.8 L, respectively. In contrast, the CH4 extraction efficiency increased from 76.9 to 80.2 and 82.9%, respectively. The research results have important reference value and practical significance for optimizing the CO2 injection pressure and improving the CBM extraction.
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- Zhihao Fu
- College
of Safety Science and Engineering, Liaoning
Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, China
- Key
Laboratory of Mine Thermodynamic Disasters and Control of Ministry
of Education, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao, Liaoning 125105, China
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- College
of Safety Science and Engineering, Liaoning
Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, China
- Key
Laboratory of Mine Thermodynamic Disasters and Control of Ministry
of Education, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao, Liaoning 125105, China
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- College
of Safety Science and Engineering, Liaoning
Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, China
- Key
Laboratory of Mine Thermodynamic Disasters and Control of Ministry
of Education, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao, Liaoning 125105, China
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- College
of Safety Science and Engineering, Liaoning
Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, China
- Shanxi
Coal Import & Export Group Zuoyun Donggucheng Coal Company Limited, Datong, Shanxi 037100, China
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Suponik T, Labus K, Morga R. Assessment of the Suitability of Coke Material for Proppants in the Hydraulic Fracturing of Coals. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:ma16114083. [PMID: 37297217 DOI: 10.3390/ma16114083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To enhance the extraction of methane gas from coal beds, hydraulic fracturing technology is used. However, stimulation operations in soft rocks, such as coal beds, are associated with technical problems related mainly to the embedment phenomenon. Therefore, the concept of a novel coke-based proppant was introduced. The purpose of the study was to identify the source coke material for further processing to obtain a proppant. Twenty coke materials differing in type, grain size, and production method from five coking plants were tested. The values of the following parameters were determined for the initial coke: micum index 40; micum index 10; coke reactivity index; coke strength after reaction; and ash content. The coke was modified by crushing and mechanical classification, and the 3-1 mm class was obtained. This was enriched in heavy liquid with a density of 1.35 g/cm3. The crush resistance index and Roga index, which were selected as key strength parameters, and the ash content were determined for the lighter fraction. The most promising modified coke materials with the best strength properties were obtained from the coarse-grained (fraction 25-80 mm and greater) blast furnace and foundry coke. They had crush resistance index and Roga index values of at least 44% and at least 96%, respectively, and contained less than 9% ash. After assessing the suitability of coke material for proppants in the hydraulic fracturing of coal, further research will be needed to develop a technology to produce proppants with parameters compliant with the PN-EN ISO 13503-2:2010 standard.
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- Tomasz Suponik
- Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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- Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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- Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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Liu D, Lin C, Guo B, Liu Q, Ma F, Wang Q, Wei C, Wang L, Jia D. Experimental Evaluation of Working Fluid Damage to Gas Transport in a High-Rank Coalbed Methane Reservoir in the Qinshui Basin, China. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:13733-13740. [PMID: 37091365 PMCID: PMC10116501 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Formation damage induced by the injected working fluid runs through the whole life cycle of coalbed methane (CBM) extraction and ultimately reduces the production of CBM wells. The conventional method uses permeability as a parameter to evaluate the formation damage severity to coal by working fluids containing solids. However, less attention has been attracted to the formation damage of the pure liquid phase of the working fluid on the multiscale gas transport process of CBM. Therefore, we present a multiscale working fluid filtrate damage evaluation method considering the desorption, diffusion, and seepage and use it to evaluate high-rank coal in the Qinshui Basin of China. The results show that pure liquids with different pH values and salinities significantly damage the desorption-diffusion and seepage ability of CBM. The damage rates of alkaline fluid, hydrochloric acid fluid, and clear water on the methane desorption capacity of coal are 63.64, 17.63, and 24.34%, respectively, while those on the permeability of coal are 29.88, 42.38, and 46.66%, respectively. The formation damage severity in the seepage process is higher than that in the desorption-diffusion process, which proves the necessity of multiscale working fluid damage evaluation on CBM. Effective channel reduction and resistance increase in gas transport are the mechanisms of working fluid filtrate-induced formation damage, which are caused by water blocking, sensitive mineral swelling and clogging, and strengthened stress sensitivity. In addition to controlling the solid damage of the working fluid, reducing the invasion of the working fluid filtrate and maintaining its compatibility with the coal and formation fluids are even more important to protect the coal reservoir.
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- Dawei Liu
- Guangdong
Research Center for Unconventional Energy Engineering Technology, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China
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- CCDC
Drilling & Production Technology Research Institute, Guanghan 618300, China
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- University
of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503, United States
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- Guangdong
Research Center for Unconventional Energy Engineering Technology, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China
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- Shenhua
Geological Exploration Co. Ltd., Beijing 100089, China
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- Engineering
Technology Research Institute, CNPC Bohai
Drilling Engineering Company Limited, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Guangdong
Research Center for Unconventional Energy Engineering Technology, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China
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- Guangdong
Research Center for Unconventional Energy Engineering Technology, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China
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- Engineering
Technology Research Institute, CNPC Bohai
Drilling Engineering Company Limited, Tianjin 300457, China
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Abunowara M, Bustam MA, Sufian S, Babar M, Eldemerdash U, Mukhtar A, Ullah S, Assiri MA, Al-Sehemi AG, Lam SS. High pressure CO 2 adsorption onto Malaysian Mukah-Balingian coals: Adsorption isotherms, thermodynamic and kinetic investigations. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 218:114905. [PMID: 36442522 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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CO2 sequestration into coalbed seams is one of the practical routes for mitigating CO2 emissions. The adsorption mechanisms of CO2 onto Malaysian coals, however, are not yet investigated. In this research CO2 adsorption isotherms were first performed on dry and wet Mukah-Balingian coal samples at temperatures ranging from 300 to 348 K and pressures up to 6 MPa using volumetric technique. The dry S1 coal showed the highest CO2 adsorption capacity of 1.3 mmol g-1, at 300 K and 6 MPa among the other coal samples. The experimental results of CO2 adsorption were investigated using adsorption isotherms, thermodynamics, and kinetic models. Nonlinear analysis has been employed to investigate the data of CO2 adsorption onto coal samples via three parameter isotherm equilibrium models, namely Redlich Peterson, Koble Corrigan, Toth, Sips, and Hill, and four parameter equilibrium model, namely Jensen Seaton. The results of adsorption isotherm suggested that the Jensen Seaton model described the experimental data well. Gibb's free energy change values are negative, suggesting that CO2 adsorption onto the coal occurred randomly. Enthalpy change values in the negative range established that CO2 adsorption onto coal is an exothermic mechanism. Webber's pore-diffusion model, in particular, demonstrated that pore-diffusion was the main controlling stage in CO2 adsorption onto coal matrix. The activation energy of the coals was calculated to be below -13 kJ mol-1, indicating that adsorption of CO2 onto coals occurred through physisorption. The results demonstrate that CO2 adsorption onto coal matrix is favorable, spontaneous, and the adsorbed CO2 molecules accumulate more onto coal matrix. The observations of this investigation have significant implications for a more accurate measurement of CO2 injection into Malaysian coalbed seams.
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- Mustafa Abunowara
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha 13511, Egypt; Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology (EJUST), Egypt
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, NFC Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P. O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P. O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P. O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia
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- Pyrolysis Technology Research Group, Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
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Wang G, Xu F, Xiao Z, Zhang L, Jiang Y, Jiang F, Zheng C. Improved Permeability Model of the Binary Gas Interaction within a Two-Phase Flow and its Application in CO 2-Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:31167-31182. [PMID: 36092625 PMCID: PMC9453950 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this paper, we develop a dual-porosity dual-permeability model for binary gas migration to explore the permeability evolution in the matrix and fracture in the process of a gas-water two-phase flow during CO2-enhanced coalbed methane (CO2-ECBM) recovery in coal reservoirs. This mechanistic model accommodates the effects of elastic deformation caused by the effective stress change in the matrix and fracture, the swelling/shrinkage deformation of the matrix caused by adsorption/desorption, the convection and diffusion of gas, and the discharge of water. Specifically, the time-dependent matrix swelling, from initially completely reducing the fracture aperture to finally affecting the coal bulk volume, is considered by the invaded volume fraction involving binary gas intrusion. The model is validated through laboratory data and applied to examine the permeability evolution of CO2-ECBM recovery for 10 000 days. Furthermore, we analyze the sensitivity of some selected initial parameters to capture the key factors affecting CO2-ECBM recovery. Our modeling results show that the permeability evolution can be divided into two stages during the process, where stage I is dominated by effective stress and stage II is dominated by adsorption/desorption. Increasing the injection pressure or initial permeability advances the start of stage II. The decrease in initial water saturation causes the permeability to change more drastically and the time of stage II to appear earlier until a time long enough, after which little effect is seen on the permeability results.
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- Gang Wang
- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation, Shandong University of Science
and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
- College
of Civil Engineering, Fujian University
of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
- College
of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Shandong
University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster Prevention and Control Co-founded
by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation, Shandong University of Science
and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
- College
of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Shandong
University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
- Urban Traffic
Engineering Co., Ltd., CCCC First Navigation Engineering Bureau, Tianjin 300450, China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation, Shandong University of Science
and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
- College
of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Shandong
University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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- Shenzhen
Water Planning and Design Institute Co., Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster Prevention and Control Co-founded
by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation, Shandong University of Science
and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
- College
of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Shandong
University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation, Shandong University of Science
and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
- College
of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Shandong
University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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Asif M, Wang L, Panigrahi DC, Ojha K, Hazlett R. Integrated assessment of CO2-ECBM potential in Jharia Coalfield, India. Sci Rep 2022; 12:7533. [PMID: 35534495 PMCID: PMC9085830 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10574-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Coalbed methane (CBM) production is effectively achieved by utilizing two processes, viz. primary and secondary recovery. In this paper, the primary recovery of CBM was studied using the adsorption isotherm while CO2-ECBM process for the secondary recovery was simulated with realistic parameters. The adsorption isotherm for CH4 was drawn up to the pressure of 1200 psi for four coal samples and Langmuir isotherm curves for both CH4 and CO2 was measured for one sample up to 2000 psi. The adsorption isotherm of four samples was further utilized for finding the primary recovery factor of methane, showing that the average primary recovery is ~ 54% with the highest recovery factor of ~ 76% for one sample. Hence, CO2-ECBM process could be further implemented to enhance gas recovery. Then, a 3D heterogeneous coalbed model at a depth of 3219 ft was constructed using the COMET3 simulator to demonstrate the potential of CO2-ECBM recovery technique. A concept of break-even time was introduced in this study for the comprehension of CO2-ECBM process. It is found that coalbed reservoirs may opt to implement this technology with economically sound recovery.
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Houben M, Kloos J, van Essen M, Nijmeijer K, Borneman Z. Systematic investigation of methods to suppress membrane plasticization during CO2 permeation at supercritical conditions. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Experimental Study of CO2-ECBM by Injection Liquid CO2. MINERALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/min12030297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Coal mine gas disasters have severely restricted production safety. Improving gas extraction efficiency can effectively reduce disasters. Scholars have confirmed that CO2 successfully displaces coal seam CH4. This study conducted displacement and in situ experiments and compared gas drainage under different injection pressures. The displacement experiments indicated that CH4 production rates increased under increased pressures while the displacement ratios decreased. The pressure had a positive effect on sweep efficiency. The in situ experiment showed that CH4 and CO2 concentration trends in the inspection hole remained consistent. Through observing the data of the original and inspection holes, the average gas drainage concentration during low- and medium-pressure injections increased by 0.61 times and 1.17 times, respectively. The low-pressure average gas drainage scalar was increased by 1.08 times. During the medium-pressure injection, the average gas drainage purity increased by 1.94 times. The diffusion ranges of CO2 under low- and medium-pressure injections were 20–25 m and 25–30 m, respectively. The sweep efficiency of medium-pressure injection was 26% better than that of the low-pressure injection, with average pressures of 2.8 MPa and 1.4 MPa, respectively, for sweep efficiency. This study proposes an effective method for improving coal mine gas drainage efficiency.
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Yang R, Liu S, Wang H, Lun Z, Zhou X, Zhao C, Min C, Zhang H, Xu Y, Zhang D. Influence of H2O on Adsorbed CH4 on Coal Displaced by CO2 Injection: Implication for CO2 Sequestration in Coal Seam with Enhanced CH4 Recovery (CO2-ECBM). Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c03099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ran Yang
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Exploration & Production, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Exploration & Production, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Exploration & Production, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Exploration & Production, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Research Center for Analysis and Measurement, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Exploration & Production, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, P. R. China
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Houben M, van Essen M, Nijmeijer K, Borneman Z. Time-dependent plasticization behavior of polyimide membranes at supercritical conditions. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hinton ZR, Alvarez NJ. Surface tensions at elevated pressure depend strongly on bulk phase saturation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 594:681-689. [PMID: 33780771 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.02.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Understanding interfacial phenomena at elevated pressure is crucial to the design of a variety of processes, modeling important systems, and interpreting interfacial thermodynamics. While many previous studies have offered insight into these areas, current techniques have inherent drawbacks that limit equilibrium measurements. EXPERIMENTS In this work, we adapt the ambient microtensiometer of Alvarez and co-workers into a high pressure microtensiometer (HPMT) capable of experimentally quantifying a wide range of interfacial phenomena at elevated pressures. Particularly, the HPMT uses a microscale spherical interface pinned to the tip of a capillary to directly measure surface tension via the Laplace equation. The stream of microscale bubbles used to pressurize the system ensures quick saturation of the bulk phases prior to conducting measurements. The HPMT is validated by measuring the surface tension of air-water as a function of pressure. We then measure the surface tension of CO2 vapor and water as a function of pressure, finding lower equilibrium surface tension values than originally reported in the literature. FINDINGS This work both introduces further development of a useful experimental technique for probing interfacial phenomena at elevated pressures and demonstrates the importance of establishing bulk equilibrium to measure surface tension. The true equilibrium state of the CO2-water surface has a lower tension than previously reported. We hypothesize that this discrepancy is likely due to the long diffusion timescales required to ensure saturation of the bulk fluids using traditional tensiometry. Thus we argue that previously reported elevated pressure measurements were performed at non-equilibrium conditions, putting to rest a long standing discrepancy in the literature. Our measurements establish an equilibrium pressure isotherm for the pure CO2-water surface that will be essential in analyzing surfactant transport at elevated pressures.
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- Zachary R Hinton
- Drexel University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Drexel University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
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Interactions of dynamic supercritical CO2 fluid with different rank moisture-equilibrated coals: Implications for CO2 sequestration in coal seams. Chin J Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wang Z, Wang X. Promotion effects of microwave heating on coalbed methane desorption compared with conductive heating. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9618. [PMID: 33953313 PMCID: PMC8100304 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89193-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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As a clean energy resource, coalbed methane (CBM) has drawn worldwide attention. However, the CBM reservoir has strong adsorption capacity and low permeability and thus requires stimulation. As a means to stimulate coalbed methane recovery, thermal injection faces geological and economic challenges because it uses conventional conductive heating (CH) to transfer heat. Realized by the conversion of the electromagnetic energy into the thermal energy, microwave heating (MH) may be a sound stimulation method. Although previous research suggested that MH had potential as a stimulation method for coalbed methane recovery, it is not clear if MH is superior to CH for enhancing coalbed methane recovery. This paper compares the effect of MH and CH on methane desorption from coal using purpose-built experimental equipment. To compare the MH and CH experimental results, the desorption temperature for each CH desorption test was set to the maximum temperature reached in the correlative MH desorption test. The results show that although the cumulative desorbed volume (CDV) of methane under MH was less than that desorbed by CH in the initial desorption stage, the final total CDV under MH for the three different power settings was ~ 12% to ~ 21% more than that desorbed by CH at the same temperatures. CH and MH both change the sample’s microstructure but MH enlarges the pores, decreases methane adsorption, promotes methane diffusion, and improves permeability more effectively than CH. Rapid temperature rise and the changes in the coal’s microstructure caused by MH were the main reasons for its superior performance. These findings may provide reference for selecting the most appropriate type of heating for thermal injection assisted coalbed methane recovery.
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- Zhijun Wang
- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Gas Geology and Gas Control (Henan Polytechnic University), Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China. .,School of Safety Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center of Central Plains Economic Region for Coalbed /Shale Gas, Henan Province, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Gas Geology and Gas Control (Henan Polytechnic University), Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China.,School of Safety Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, Henan, People's Republic of China
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Measurement and interpretation of unary supercritical gas adsorption isotherms in micro-mesoporous solids. ADSORPTION 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-021-00313-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AbstractGas adsorption at high pressures in porous solids is commonly quantified in terms of the excess amount adsorbed. Despite the wide spectrum of adsorbent morphologies available, the analysis of excess adsorption isotherms has mostly focused on microporous materials and the role of mesoporosity remains largely unexplored. Here, we present supercritical CO2 adsorption isotherms measured at $$T=308$$
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Wilberforce T, Olabi AG, Sayed ET, Elsaid K, Abdelkareem MA. Progress in carbon capture technologies. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 761:143203. [PMID: 33199019 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Human factors are one of the key contributors to carbon dioxide emissions into the environment. Since the industrial revolution, the atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased appreciably. This has been attributed to the utilization of fossil fuels for energy generation coupled with the clearing of forests and extensive manufacturing of some industrial products such as cement. The increase in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide has been widely linked to climate change and the Earth's temperature. A drastic approach is therefore needed in terms of policy formulation to address this global challenge. Carbon capture and storage are reliable tools that can be introduced to the industrial sector to address this issue. Therefore, this review presents a thorough investigation of the various technologies that can be harnessed to capture carbon dioxide. The cost associated with the capture, transport, and storage of the carbon dioxide is discussed. Socio-economic aspects of carbon capture and storage technologies are also presented in this review. Factors influencing public awareness of the technology and perceptions associated with carbon capture and storage should be a point for consideration in future research activities relating to this novel technology. This, in effect, this will ensure effective expert knowledge communication to the general public and foster social acceptance of this technology.
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- Tabbi Wilberforce
- Mechanical Engineering and Design, Aston University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
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- Mechanical Engineering and Design, Aston University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK; Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Chemical Engineering Department, Minia University, Elminia, Egypt
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- Chemical Engineering Programme, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3122, USA
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- Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Center for Advanced Materials Research, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Chemical Engineering Department, Minia University, Elminia, Egypt
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Significance of Enhanced Oil Recovery in Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13041800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Limiting the increase in CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, and at the same time, meeting the increased energy demand can be achieved by applying carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies, which hold potential as the bridge for energy and emission-intensive industries to decarbonization goals. At the moment, the only profitable industrial large-scale carbon sequestration projects are large-scale carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) projects. This paper gives a general overview of the indirect and direct use of captured CO2 in CCUS with a special focus on worldwide large-scale CO2-EOR projects and their lifecycle emissions. On the basis of scientific papers and technical reports, data from 23 contemporary large-scale CO2-EOR projects in different project stages were aggregated, pointing out all the specificities of the projects. The specificities of individual projects, along with the lack of standardized methodologies specific for estimating the full lifecycle emissions resulting from CO2-EOR projects, pose a challenge and contribute to uncertainties and wide flexibilities when estimating emissions from CO2-EOR projects, making the cross-referencing of CO2-EOR projects and its comparison to other climate-mitigation strategies rather difficult. Pointing out the mentioned project’s differentiations and aggregating data on the basis of an overview of large-scale CO2-EOR projects gives useful information for future work on the topic of a CO2-EOR project’s lifecycle emissions.
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Houben M, van Geijn R, van Essen M, Borneman Z, Nijmeijer K. Supercritical CO2 permeation in glassy polyimide membranes. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Study on the Impact Pressure of Swirling-Round Supercritical CO2 Jet Flow and Its Influencing Factors. ENERGIES 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/en14010106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) jet is capable of decreasing the threshold pressure of rock breakage and mitigating formation damage, owing to its low viscosity, high diffusivity, and extremely-low surface tension. The swirling-round jet holds the advantages of both a swirling jet and a round jet. Therefore, the comprehensive technique, swirling-round SC-CO2 (SR-SC-CO2) jet, is expected to substantially enhance rock-breaking efficiency. However, theoretical analysis of the flow field characteristics of SR-SC-CO2 has not been reported yet. This work aims to lay a theoretical foundation for employing SR-SC-CO2 in drilling and fracturing. The flow field is simulated using Naiver-Stokes equations and the RNG k-ε turbulence model. Sensitivity analysis, regarding pressure drop of the nozzle, confining pressure, fluid temperature, jetting distance, the diameter of the nozzle’s central hole, and grooving area, are performed. We show that the combined swirling-round SC-CO2 jet flow could maintain a relatively larger axial as well as tangential velocity compared to a single approach of swirling jet or round jet, enabling one to acquire a deeper oillet and expand the perforation area effectively. The simulation results substantiate the enormous potential of SR-SC-CO2 in improving rock-breaking efficiency and clarify the influence of relevant parameters on the impact pressure of the jet flow.
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The relative permeability of coal to gas and water is an essential parameter for characterizing coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs and predicting coal seam gas production, particularly in numerical simulations. Although a variety of studies related to the relative permeability of coals have been conducted, the results hardly meet the needs of practical engineering applications. To track the dynamic development of relative permeability measurements in the laboratory, discover the deficiencies, and discuss further work in this field, this paper investigates the relative permeability measurement preparation work and laboratory methods and summarizes the development of techniques used to determine the water saturation during experimentation. The previously determined relative permeability curves are also assembled and classified according to coal rank and the absolute permeability. It is found that the general operations in the relative permeability measurement process are still not standardized. The techniques applied to determine the water saturation of coal in experiments have been refined to some extent, but no optimal technique has been recognized yet. New techniques, such as the incorporation of high-precision differential pressure gauges, can be used to determine the water production during relative permeability measurement. In addition, the existing relative permeability data are limited, and no study has focused on supercritical carbon dioxide-water and mixed gas (methane and carbon dioxide)-water relative permeability measurements. To meet the requirements of actual projects, further research on this topic must be conducted.
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Wettability Alteration by Carbonated Brine Injection and Its Impact on Pore-Scale Multiphase Flow for Carbon Capture and Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery in a Carbonate Reservoir. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10186496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Carbon capture and storage is key for sustainable economic growth. CO2-enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods are efficient practices to reduce emissions while increasing oil production. Although it has been successfully implemented in carbonate reservoirs, its effect on wettability and multiphase flow is still a matter of research. This work investigates the wettability alteration by carbonated water injection (CWI) on a coquina carbonate rock analogue of a Pre-salt reservoir, and its consequences in the flow of oil. The rock was characterized by routine petrophysical analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance. Moreover, micro-computed tomography was used to reconstruct the pore volume, capturing the dominant flow structure. Furthermore, wettability was assessed by contact angle measurement (before and after CWI) at reservoir conditions. Finally, pore-scale simulations were performed using the pore network modelling technique. The results showed that CWI altered the wettability of the carbonate rock from neutral to water-wet. In addition, the simulated relative permeability curves presented a shift in the crossover and imbibition endpoint values, indicating an increased flow capacity of oil after CWI. These results suggest that the wettability alteration mechanism contributes to enhancing the production of oil by CWI in this system.
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Li Y, Wang J, Wang Z, Pan Z. Variation in Permeability during CO 2-CH 4 Displacement in Coal Seams. Part 2: Modeling and Simulation. ACS OMEGA 2020. [PMID: 32743220 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Having a clear understanding of the permeability variation mechanism is important for controlling the process of displacement of CH4 with CO2 in deep coal seams. Based on the stress-strain equation of porous elastic media and horizontal strain variations of coal, a mathematical model predicting permeability variation after CO2 injection into gas saturated coal seams was established. The model shows that, during the displacement of CH4 with CO2, the shrinkage strain of the coal matrix increases logarithmically with the decrease of pore pressure. With a decrease in the reservoir pressure, permeability rebound occurs with the influence of matrix shrinkage and gas slippage. Under low confining pressures, the rebounded permeability is high, and its associated rebound pore pressure is also high. For coals with a high cleat compression coefficient, the permeability decreases range is obvious. And permeability rebound only happens under low reservoir pressures. Coal properties, e.g., Poisson's ratio and Langmuir volume, show obvious influences in permeability variation during gas production. The model was also extended to predict permeability variation for a well-control area. During gas drainage process, the permeability in the well-controlled area first increases, then decreases, and then slowly returns to the original state with the lengthening of well-controlled radius. Under high confining pressures, the permeability decline range is more obvious. Also, correspondingly, the attenuation range of permeability increases and the rebound range decreases. The proposed model is beneficial in predicting permeability variations during the displacement of CH4 with CO2, as well as guiding CO2 injection into coal seams.
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- Yong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining and College of Geosciences and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining and College of Geosciences and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining and College of Geosciences and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China
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- CSIRO Energy, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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Jayasekara D, Ranjith P, Wanniarachchi W, Rathnaweera T. Understanding the chemico-mineralogical changes of caprock sealing in deep saline CO2 sequestration environments: A review study. J Supercrit Fluids 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2020.104819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Research on the Processes of Injecting CO2 into Coal Seams with CH4 Recovery Using Horizontal Wells. ENERGIES 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/en13020416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The paper presents a research study on modeling and computer simulation of injecting CO2 into the coal seams of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland connected with enhanced coal bed methane (ECBM) recovery. In the initial stage of the research activities, a structural parameter model was developed specifically with reference to the coal-bearing formations of the Upper Carboniferous for which basic parameters of coal quality and the distribution of methane content were estimated. In addition, a lithological model of the overall reservoir structure was developed and the reservoir parameters of the storage site were analyzed. In the next stage of the research, the static model was supplemented with detailed reservoir parameters as well as the thermodynamic properties of fluids and complex gases. The paper discusses a series of simulations of an enhanced coalbed methane recovery process with a simultaneous injection of carbon dioxide. The analyses were performed using the ECLIPSE software designed for simulating coal seam processes. The results of the simulations demonstrated that the total volume of CO2 injected to a designated seam in a coal mine during the period of one year equaled 1,954,213 sm3. The total amount of water obtained from the production wells during the whole period of the simulations (6.5 years) was 9867 sm3. At the same time, 15,558,906 sm3 of gas was recovered, out of which 14,445,424 sm3 was methane. The remaining 7% of the extracted gas was carbon dioxide as a result of reverse production of the previously injected CO2. However, taking into consideration the phenomena of coal matrix shrinking and swelling, the total amount of injected CO2 decreased to approximately 625,000 sm3.
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Fomina I, Mishakov G, Krotova L, Popov V, Bagratashvili V, Bogomyakov A, Zavorotny YS, Eremenko I. Synthesis of (sub)microcrystals of dinuclear terbium(III) carboxylate (Hpiv)6Tb2(piv)6 and polymeric terbium(III) carboxylate {Tb(piv)3} in supercritical carbon dioxide. Photoluminescence and magnetic properties. J Supercrit Fluids 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2019.104611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Wang Z, Wang X, Ma X, Li X, Zhu Z. Laboratory measurements of methane desorption behavior on coal under different modes of real-time microwave loading. ADSORPTION 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-019-00173-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Experimental investigation of effects of CO2 injection on enhanced methane recovery in coal seam reservoirs. J CO2 UTIL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Babaei M, Yun Seng MC. Integrating Adsorption and Diffusion in Nanopores Using Thermodynamics and Equations of State. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Masoud Babaei
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, U.K
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, U.K
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Lu W, Huang B, Zhao X. A review of recent research and development of the effect of hydraulic fracturing on gas adsorption and desorption in coal seams. ADSORPT SCI TECHNOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/0263617419857400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Weiyong Lu
- School of Mines, Luliang University, Shanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology, Jiangsu, China
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Sizova AA, Sizov VV, Brodskaya EN. Molecular Mechanisms of the Effect of Water on CO2/CH4 Mixture Adsorption in Slitlike Carbon Pores. COLLOID JOURNAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061933x18040117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kim M, Kim J. Optimization model for the design and feasibility analysis of membrane-based gas separation systems for CO2 enhanced coal bed methane (CO2-ECBM) applications. Chem Eng Res Des 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2018.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Research on Hydraulic Technology for Seam Permeability Enhancement in Underground Coal Mines in China. ENERGIES 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/en11020427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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CH 4 CO 2 gas exchange and supercritical CO 2 based hydraulic fracturing as CBM production-accelerating techniques: A review. J CO2 UTIL 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Genetic programming (GP) approach for prediction of supercritical CO 2 thermal conductivity. Chem Eng Res Des 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tang X, Ripepi N. High pressure supercritical carbon dioxide adsorption in coal: Adsorption model and thermodynamic characteristics. J CO2 UTIL 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2017.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Tatar A, Barati-Harooni A, Najafi-Marghmaleki A, Norouzi-Farimani B, Mohammadi AH. Predictive model based on ANFIS for estimation of thermal conductivity of carbon dioxide. J Mol Liq 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.10.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zhao Y, Feng Y, Zhang X. Selective Adsorption and Selective Transport Diffusion of CO2-CH4 Binary Mixture in Coal Ultramicropores. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:9380-9. [PMID: 27518119 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The adsorption and diffusion of the CO2-CH4 mixture in coal and the underlying mechanisms significantly affect the design and operation of any CO2-enhanced coal-bed methane recovery (CO2-ECBM) project. In this study, bituminous coal was fabricated based on the Wiser molecular model and its ultramicroporous parameters were evaluated; molecular simulations were established through Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) and Molecular Dynamic (MD) methods to study the effects of temperature, pressure, and species bulk mole fraction on the adsorption isotherms, adsorption selectivity, three distinct diffusion coefficients, and diffusivity selectivity of the binary mixture in the coal ultramicropores. It turns out that the absolute adsorption amount of each species in the mixture decreases as temperature increases, but increases as its own bulk mole fraction increases. The self-, corrected, and transport diffusion coefficients of pure CO2 and pure CH4 all increase as temperature or/and their own bulk mole fractions increase. Compared to CH4, the adsorption and diffusion of CO2 are preferential in the coal ultramicropores. Adsorption selectivity and diffusivity selectivity were simultaneously employed to reveal that the optimal injection depth for CO2-ECBM is 800-1000 m at 308-323 K temperature and 8.0-10.0 MPa.
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- Yongliang Zhao
- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083, China
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Saving and Emission Reduction for Metallurgical Industry, University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Saving and Emission Reduction for Metallurgical Industry, University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083, China
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Super-critical CO2 saturation-induced mechanical property alterations in low rank coal: An experimental study. J Supercrit Fluids 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2015.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Gor GY, Bernstein N. Revisiting Bangham's law of adsorption-induced deformation: changes of surface energy and surface stress. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:9788-98. [PMID: 27001041 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00051g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Adsorption-induced deformation has to be described in terms of the change of the surface stress Δfand not the surface energy Δγ. The former explains both expansion and contraction.
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- Gennady Y. Gor
- NRC Research Associate
- Resident at Center for Materials Physics and Technology
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Washington
- USA
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- Center for Materials Physics and Technology
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Washington
- USA
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Abunowara M, Bustam MA, Sufian S, Eldemerdash U. Description of Carbon Dioxide Adsorption and Desorption onto Malaysian Coals under Subcritical Condition. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lu X, Jin D, Wei S, Zhang M, Zhu Q, Shi X, Deng Z, Guo W, Shen W. Competitive adsorption of a binary CO2-CH4 mixture in nanoporous carbons: effects of edge-functionalization. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:1002-1012. [PMID: 25470340 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr05128a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The effect of edge-functionalization on the competitive adsorption of a binary CO2-CH4 mixture in nanoporous carbons (NPCs) has been investigated for the first time by combining density functional theory (DFT) and grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulation. Our results show that edge-functionalization has a more positive effect on the single-component adsorption of CO2 than CH4, therefore significantly enhancing the selectivity of CO2 over CH4, in the order of NH2-NPC > COOH-NPC > OH-NPC > H-NPC > NPC at low pressure. The enhanced adsorption originates essentially from the effects of (1) the conducive environment with a large pore size and an effective accessible surface area, (2) the high electronegativity/electropositivity, (3) the strong adsorption energy, and (4) the large electrostatic contribution, due to the inductive effect/direct interaction of the embedded edge-functionalized groups. The larger difference from these effects results in the higher competitive adsorption advantage of CO2 in the binary CO2-CH4 mixture. Temperature has a negative effect on the gas adsorption, but no obvious influence on the electrostatic contribution on selectivity. With the increase of pressure, the selectivity of CO2 over CH4 first decreases sharply and subsequently flattens out to a constant value. This work highlights the potential of edge-functionalized NPCs in competitive adsorption, capture, and separation for the binary CO2-CH4 mixture, and provides an effective and superior alternative strategy in the design and screening of adsorbent materials for carbon capture and storage.
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- Xiaoqing Lu
- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China.
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Sizova AA, Sizov VV, Brodskaya EN. Computer simulation of CO2/CH4 mixture adsorption in wet microporous carbons. COLLOID JOURNAL 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061933x15010172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pini R. Multidimensional quantitative imaging of gas adsorption in nanoporous solids. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:10984-10989. [PMID: 25202821 DOI: 10.1021/la502582c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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X-ray computed tomography is applied to image gas adsorption in nanoporous solids. The equations are developed to calculate rigorous measures of adsorption, such as the excess adsorbed amount, by applying a dual-scanning technique. This approach is validated by considering the CO2/13X zeolite system in a fixed-bed adsorber, and multidimensional patterns are obtained of key characteristic properties, such as bed porosity, excess adsorption, and density of the adsorbed phase. The quantification of the spatial variability of the adsorbed amount within the system represents a major novelty with regards to conventional techniques. The ability to quantify adsorption with such a level of observational detail discloses unparalleled opportunities to interrogate and revisit adsorption processes in porous media.
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- Ronny Pini
- Petroleum Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines , Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Amooey AA. A simple correlation to predict thermal conductivity of supercritical carbon dioxide. J Supercrit Fluids 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2013.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Billemont P, Coasne B, De Weireld G. Adsorption of carbon dioxide-methane mixtures in porous carbons: effect of surface chemistry. ADSORPTION 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-013-9570-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Heidaryan E, Jarrahian A. Modified RedlichKwong equation of state for supercritical carbon dioxide. J Supercrit Fluids 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2013.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mazzotti M, Rajendran A. Equilibrium Theory–Based Analysis of Nonlinear Waves in Separation Processes. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2013; 4:119-41. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-061312-103318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Different areas of engineering, particularly separation process technology, deal with one-dimensional, nonstationary processes that under reasonable assumptions, namely negligible dispersion effects and transport resistances, are described by mathematical models consisting of systems of first-order partial differential equations. Their behavior is characterized by continuous or discontinuous composition (or thermal) fronts that propagate along the separation unit. The equilibrium theory (i.e., the approach discussed here to determine the solution to these model equations) predicts this with remarkable accuracy, despite the simplifications and assumptions. Interesting applications are in adsorption, chromatography and ion-exchange, distillation, gas injection, heat storage, sedimentation, precipitation, and dissolution waves. We show how mathematics can enlighten the engineering aspects, and we guide the researcher not only to reach a synthetic understanding of properties of fundamental and applicative interest but also to discover new, unexpected, and fascinating phenomena. The tools presented here are useful to teachers, researchers, and practitioners alike.
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- Marco Mazzotti
- ETH Zurich, Institute of Process Engineering, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- University of Alberta, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2V4
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Billemont P, Coasne B, De Weireld G. Adsorption of carbon dioxide, methane, and their mixtures in porous carbons: effect of surface chemistry, water content, and pore disorder. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:3328-38. [PMID: 23346958 DOI: 10.1021/la3048938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The adsorption of carbon dioxide, methane, and their mixtures in nanoporous carbons in the presence of water is studied using experiments and molecular simulations. Both the experimental and numerical samples contain polar groups that account for their partially hydrophilicity. For small amounts of adsorbed water, although the shape of the adsorption isotherms remain similar, both the molecular simulations and experiments show a slight decrease in the CO2 and CH4 adsorption amounts. For large amounts of adsorbed water, the experimental data suggest the formation of methane or carbon dioxide clathrates in agreement with previous work. In contrast, the molecular simulations do not account for the formation of such clathrates. Another important difference between the simulated and experimental data concerns the number of water molecules that desorb upon increasing the pressure of carbon dioxide and methane. Although the experimental data indicate that water remains adsorbed upon carbon dioxide and methane adsorption, the molecular simulations suggest that 40 to 75% of the initial amount of adsorbed water desorbs with carbon dioxide or methane pressure. Such discrepancies show that differences between the simulated and experimental samples are crucial to account for the rich phase behavior of confined water-gas systems. Our simulations for carbon dioxide-methane coadsorption in the presence of water suggest that the pore filling is not affected by the presence of water and that adsorbed solution theory can be applied for pressures as high as 15 MPa.
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- Pierre Billemont
- Service de Thermodynamique, Faculté Polytechnique, UMons, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium
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Furmaniak S, Kowalczyk P, Terzyk AP, Gauden PA, Harris PJF. Synergetic effect of carbon nanopore size and surface oxidation on CO2 capture from CO2/CH4 mixtures. J Colloid Interface Sci 2013; 397:144-53. [PMID: 23433521 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Revised: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We have studied the synergetic effect of confinement (carbon nanopore size) and surface chemistry (the number of carbonyl groups) on CO2 capture from its mixtures with CH4 at typical operating conditions for industrial adsorptive separation (298 K and compressed CO2-CH4 mixtures). Although both confinement and surface oxidation have an impact on the efficiency of CO2/CH4 adsorptive separation at thermodynamics equilibrium, we show that surface functionalization is the most important factor in designing an efficient adsorbent for CO2 capture. Systematic Monte Carlo simulations revealed that adsorption of CH4 either pure or mixed with CO2 on oxidized nanoporous carbons is only slightly increased by the presence of functional groups (surface dipoles). In contrast, adsorption of CO2 is very sensitive to the number of carbonyl groups, which can be examined by a strong electric quadrupolar moment of CO2. Interestingly, the adsorbed amount of CH4 is strongly affected by the presence of the co-adsorbed CO2. In contrast, the CO2 uptake does not depend on the molar ratio of CH4 in the bulk mixture. The optimal carbonaceous porous adsorbent used for CO2 capture near ambient conditions should consist of narrow carbon nanopores with oxidized pore walls. Furthermore, the equilibrium separation factor was the greatest for CO2/CH4 mixtures with a low CO2 concentration. The maximum equilibrium separation factor of CO2 over CH4 of ~18-20 is theoretically predicted for strongly oxidized nanoporous carbons. Our findings call for a review of the standard uncharged model of carbonaceous materials used for the modeling of the adsorption separation processes of gas mixtures containing CO2 (and other molecules with strong electric quadrupolar moment or dipole moment).
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Design of preparative-supercritical fluid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2012; 1250:227-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Revised: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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