中国物理B ›› 2017, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (7): 73101-073101.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/26/7/073101

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Molecular dynamics simulation of decomposition and thermal conductivity of methane hydrate in porous media

Ping Guo(郭平), Yi-Kun Pan(潘意坤), Long-Long Li(李龙龙), Bin Tang(唐斌)   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China;
    2 School of Sciences, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
  • 收稿日期:2017-03-31 修回日期:2017-05-10 出版日期:2017-07-05 发布日期:2017-07-05
  • 通讯作者: Ping Guo E-mail:guopingswpi@vip.sina.com
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Special Fund and Chinese Academy of Engineering (Grant No.L1322021).

Molecular dynamics simulation of decomposition and thermal conductivity of methane hydrate in porous media

Ping Guo(郭平)1, Yi-Kun Pan(潘意坤)1, Long-Long Li(李龙龙)2, Bin Tang(唐斌)2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China;
    2 School of Sciences, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
  • Received:2017-03-31 Revised:2017-05-10 Online:2017-07-05 Published:2017-07-05
  • Contact: Ping Guo E-mail:guopingswpi@vip.sina.com
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Special Fund and Chinese Academy of Engineering (Grant No.L1322021).

摘要:

The hydrate has characteristics of low thermal conductivity and temperature sensitivity. To further analysis the mechanism of thermal conductivity and provide method for the exploitation, transportation and utilization of hydrate, the effect of decomposition and thermal conductivity of methane hydrate in porous media has been studied by using the molecular dynamics simulation. In this study, the simulation is carried out under the condition of temperature 253.15 K–273.15 K and pressure 1 MPa. The results show that the thermal conductivity of methane hydrate increases with the increase of temperature and has a faster growth near freezing. With the addition of porous media, the thermal conductivity of the methane hydrate improves significantly. The methane hydrate-porous media system also has the characteristics of vitreous body. With the decrease of the pore size of the porous media, thermal conductivity of the system increases gradually at the same temperature. It can be ascertained that the porous media of different pore sizes have strengthened the role of the thermal conductivity of hydrates.

关键词: methane hydrate, thermal conductivity, molecular dynamics simulations, porous media

Abstract:

The hydrate has characteristics of low thermal conductivity and temperature sensitivity. To further analysis the mechanism of thermal conductivity and provide method for the exploitation, transportation and utilization of hydrate, the effect of decomposition and thermal conductivity of methane hydrate in porous media has been studied by using the molecular dynamics simulation. In this study, the simulation is carried out under the condition of temperature 253.15 K–273.15 K and pressure 1 MPa. The results show that the thermal conductivity of methane hydrate increases with the increase of temperature and has a faster growth near freezing. With the addition of porous media, the thermal conductivity of the methane hydrate improves significantly. The methane hydrate-porous media system also has the characteristics of vitreous body. With the decrease of the pore size of the porous media, thermal conductivity of the system increases gradually at the same temperature. It can be ascertained that the porous media of different pore sizes have strengthened the role of the thermal conductivity of hydrates.

Key words: methane hydrate, thermal conductivity, molecular dynamics simulations, porous media

中图分类号:  (Molecule transport characteristics; molecular dynamics; electronic structure of polymers)

  • 31.15.at
44.30.+v (Heat flow in porous media) 65.40.-b (Thermal properties of crystalline solids)