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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
卷 120, 期 2, 页码 778-789出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011386
关键词
gas hydrate; dissociation; wave velocity; resonant column apparatus
资金
- Fugro GeoConsulting Ltd
- Fugro Engineers B.V.
- Fugro McClelland Marine Geosciences
The formation and dissociation of methane hydrate within sediment can lead to large changes in wave velocities, which provide valuable insights into the processes involved in hydrate formation. These are of practical importance in geophysical characterization, as well as developing strategies for the future exploitation of methane hydrates. This paper presents changes in wave velocity, measured during hydrate formation, and subsequent dissociation, using the resonant column apparatus. Hydrate was formed under drained and undrained conditions. Drained specimens had free access to methane during formation, while for undrained specimens, methane content was fixed. Hydrate formation and dissociation were induced by changing the specimen temperature under constant effective stress. In excess of 20 determinations of shear wave and flexural wave velocity were carried out over a 9h period, both during hydrate formation and dissociation. This time was sufficient to record almost all of the changes in wave velocity within a specimen. The exothermic nature of hydrate formation was clearly seen in the form of spikes in temperature measured at the base of the specimens. For all specimens, the relationship between wave velocity and degree of hydrate saturation was nonlinear and significantly different during formation and dissociation. The patterns observed suggest that hydrate morphology not only is important in controlling the ultimate wave velocities, at the end of formation, but has a significant impact on the rates of change of wave velocities during formation and dissociation. A conceptual model is presented to explain differences in observed behavior during formation and dissociation.
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