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Fiber optic sensing technology for detecting gas hydrate formation and decomposition

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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Volume 82, Issue 2, Pages -

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AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3514983

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  1. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy [FEAB111]
  2. U.S. Department of Energy

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A fiber optic-based distributed sensing system (DSS) has been integrated with a large volume (72 l) pressure vessel providing high spatial resolution, time-resolved, 3D measurement of hybrid temperature-strain (TS) values within experimental sediment-gas hydrate systems. Areas of gas hydrate formation (exothermic) and decomposition (endothermic) can be characterized through this proxy by time series analysis of discrete data points collected along the length of optical fibers placed within a sediment system. Data are visualized as an animation of TS values along the length of each fiber over time. Experiments conducted in the Seafloor Process Simulator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory clearly indicate hydrate formation and dissociation events at expected pressure-temperature conditions given the thermodynamics of the CH4-H2O system. The high spatial resolution achieved with fiber optic technology makes the DSS a useful tool for visualizing time-resolved formation and dissociation of gas hydrates in large-scale sediment experiments. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3514983]

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