Journal
FUEL
Volume 156, Issue -, Pages 243-253Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.04.055
Keywords
TG-MS; Late gas generation potential; Coal pyrolysis; Kinetics; Xujiaweizi Fault Depression; Songliao Basin
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [14CX05017A, 13CX05013A]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [41402110, 41330313, 41172134]
- National Science and Technology Major Project [2011ZX05004, 2011ZX05007]
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As natural gas production from deep strata becomes increasingly successful in recent years, the evaluation on gas generation potential from OM (organic matter) in the deep formations is attracting increasing attention recently, especially the late gas generation potential. In this paper, a TG-MS (thermogravimetric analysis-mass spectrometry) device was applied to investigate the process and characteristics of gas generation of HCs (hydrocarbons) and non-HCs (non-hydrocarbons) during the pyrolysis processes of coal from Songliao Basin, and its late gas generation potential. The TG-MS experimental results show that: (1) during coal pyrolysis with heating rate of 10 degrees C/min, methane generation started at similar to 300 degrees C, reached its peak generation at 480 degrees C, and ended at similar to 850 degrees C, which was much higher than the ending generation temperatures of other HCs; (2) when investigating the methane generation characteristics through the gas generation curve by ion fragments, more accurate results are obtained with mass to charge ratio m/z = 15 than currently used m/z = 16; (3) this coal has a high late gas generation potential, with 17% additional methane generated at late generation stage after 600 degrees C (equivalent to a vitrinite reflectance: Ro >= 2.5%), and the methane generation ended at a maturity level of 5.3% (Ro). After calibration with coal pyrolysis results, a kinetic model has been established and applied successfully to estimate gas generation timing and illustrate gas generation mechanisms of the Shahezi Formation in the Xujiaweizi Fault Depression. Based on the results derived from the proposed kinetic model, the gas generation timing for the Shahezi Formation was between similar to 115 and 50 Ma, and methane appeared to be generated steadily without any major generation peak indentified during this period and the gas generation lasted for similar to 65 Ma. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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