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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL
卷 55, 期 7, 页码 988-998出版社
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, NRC RESEARCH PRESS
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2017-0241
关键词
gas hydrate; laboratory testing; small-strain stiffness; resonant column; dynamics
资金
- Fugro GeoConsulting Ltd.
- Fugro Engineers B.V
- Fugro McClelland Marine Geosciences
Methane gas recovery from gas hydrate-bearing sands requires dissociation of the hydrate. Understanding changes in the stiffness of the sand is essential if future production scenarios are to be modelled realistically. This paper reports the results of resonant column tests conducted to measure changes in shear and flexural Young's modulus (stiffness) of sand specimens during the formation and dissociation of hydrate within the pore space. Factors such as hydrate saturation, effective stress, and dissociation method (thermal stimulation and depressurization) were evaluated. Results show a nonlinear relationship between stiffness and hydrate volume, with hydrate formation and dissociation giving markedly different changes in stiffness. Stiffness increases more slowly during the initial stages of hydrate formation, compared to later stages, with the eventual stiffness being independent of the effective stress applied at the start of formation. In contrast, the onset of dissociation leads to a rapid reduction in stiffness, with thermal stimulation giving a greater reduction compared to depressurization for similar changes in hydrate volume. These results highlight the impact of hydrate morphology on changes in stiffness during the hydrate formation process or its dissociation. We present and discuss a conceptual model to explain the differences observed.
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