• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2010

Gas hydrates are solid solutions when water molecules are linked through hydrogen bonding and create host lattice cavities that can enclose many kinds of guest(gas) molecules. There are plenty of methane(gas) hydrate in the earth and distributed widely at offshore and permafrost. Several schemes, to produce methane hydrates, have been studied. In this study, depressurization method has been utilized for the numerical model due to it's simplicity and effectiveness. IMPES method has been used for numerical analysis to get the saturation and velocity profile of each phase and pressure profile, velocity of dissociation front progress and the quantity of produced gas. The values calculated for the sample length of 10m, show that methane hydrates has been dissolved completely in approximately 223 minutes and the velocity of dissociation front progress is 3.95㎝ per minute. The volume ratio of the produced gas in the porous media is found to be about 50%. Analysing the saturation profile and the velocity profile from the numerical results, the permeability of each phase in porous media is considered to be the most important factor in the two phase flow propagation. Consequently, permeability strongly influences the productivity of gas in porous media for methane hydrates.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.519-523
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• 2007

Gas(or methane) hydrates are solid solutions when water molecules are linked through hydrogen bonding and create host lattice cavities that can enclose a large variety of guest gas molecules. The natural gas hydrate crystal may exist at low temperature above the normal freezing point of water and high pressure greater than about 30 bars. A lot of quantities of natural gas hydrates exists in the earth and many production schemes are being studied. In the present investigation, depressurization method was considered to predict the production of gas and the simulation of the two phase flow - gas and water - in porous media is being carried out. The simulation show about the fluid flow in porous media have a variety of applications in industry. Results provide the appearance of gas and water production, the pressure profile, the saturation of gas/ water/ hydrates profiles and the location of the pressure front.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.663-666
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• 2005

Gas hydrates are ice-like compounds that form at the low temperature and high pressure conditions common in shallow marine sediments at water depths greater than 300-500 m when concentrations of methane and other hydrocarbon gases exceed saturation. Estimates of the total mass of methane carbon that resides in this reservoir vary widely. While there is general agreement that gas hydrate is a significant component of the global near-surface carbon budget, there is considerable controversy about whether it has the potential to be a major source of fossil fuel in the future and whether periods of global climate change in the past can be attributed to destabilization of this reservoir. Also essentially unknown is the interaction between gas hydrate and the subsurface biosphere. ODP Leg 204 was designed to address these questions by determining the distribution, amount and rate of formation of gas hydrate within an accretionary ridge and adjacent basin and the sources of gas for forming hydrate. Additional objectives included identification of geologic proxies for past gas hydrate occurrence and calibration of remote sensing techniques to quantify the in situ amount of gas hydrate that can be used to improve estimates where no boreholes exist. Leg 204 also provided an opportunity to test several new techniques for sampling, preserving and measuring gas hydrates. During ODP Leg 204, nine sites were drilled and cored on southern Hydrate Ridge, a topographic high in the accretionary complex of the Cascadia subduction zone, located approximately 80km west of Newport, Oregon. Previous studies of southern Hydrate Ridge had documented the presence of seafloor gas vents, outcrops of massive gas hydrate, and a pinnacle' of authigenic carbonate near the summit. Deep-towed sidescan data show an approximately $300\times500m$ area of relatively high acoustic backscatter that indicates the extent of seafloor venting. Elsewhere on southern Hydrate Ridge, the seafloor is covered with low reflectivity sediment, but the presence of a regional bottom-simulating seismic reflection (BSR) suggests that gas hydrate is widespread. The sites that were drilled and cored during ODP Leg 204 can be grouped into three end-member environments basedon the seismic data. Sites 1244 through 1247 characterize the flanks of southern Hydrate Ridge. Sites 1248-1250 characterize the summit in the region of active seafloor venting. Sites 1251 and 1252 characterize the slope basin east of Hydrate Ridge, which is a region of rapid sedimentation, in contrast to the erosional environment of Hydrate Ridge. Site 1252 was located on the flank of a secondary anticline and is the only site where no BSR is observed.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제23권E1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2007

The gas hydrates are probably most sensitive to climate change since they are stable only under specific conditions of high pressure and low temperature. One of the main factors responsible for formation of gas hydrates is the saturation of the gases with water vapor. Quantitative phase equilibrium data and understanding of the roles of water component in the phase behavior of the heterogeneous water-hydrocarbon-hydrate mixture are of importance and of engineering value. In this study, the water content of ethylene gas in equilibrium with hydrate and water phases were analyzed by theoretical and experimental methods at temperatures between 274.15 up to 291.75 K and pressures between 593.99 to 8,443.18 kPa. The experimental and theoretical enhancement factors (EF) for the water content of ethylene gas and the fugacity coefficients of water and ethylene in gas phase were determined and compared with each other over the entire range of pressure carried out in this experiment. In order to get the theoretical enhancement factors, the modified Redlich-Kwong equation of state was used. The Peng-Robinson equations and modified Redlich-Kwong equations of state were used to get the fugacity coefficients for ethylene and water in the gas phase. The results predicted by both equations agree very well with the experimental values for the fugacity coefficients of the compressed ethylene gas containing small amount of water, whereas, those of water vapor do not in the ethylene rich gas at high temperature for hydrate formation locus.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.643-646
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• 2005

The gas hydrate exploration using seismic reflection data, the detection of BSR(Bottom Simulating Reflector) on the seismic section is the most important work flow because the BSR have been interpreted as being formed at the base of a gas hydrate zone. Usually, BSR has some dominant qualitative characteristics on seismic section i.e. Wavelet phase reversal compare to sea bottom signal, Parallel layer with sea bottom, Strong amplitude, Masking phenomenon above the BSR, Cross bedding with other geological layer. Even though a BSR can be selected on seismic section with these guidance, it is not enough to conform as being true BSR. Some other available methods for verifying the BSR with reliable analysis quantitatively i.e. Interval velocity analysis, AVO(Amplitude Variation with Offset)analysis etc. Usually, AVO analysis can be divided by three main parts. The first part is AVO analysis, the second is AVO modeling and the last is AVO inversion. AVO analysis is unique method for detecting the free gas zone on seismic section directly. Therefore it can be a kind of useful analysis method for discriminating true BSR, which might arise from an Possion ratio contrast between high velocity layer, partially hydrated sediment and low velocity layer, water saturated gas sediment. During the AVO interpretation, as the AVO response can be changed depend upon the water saturation ratio, it is confused to discriminate the AVO response of gas layer from dry layer. In that case, the AVO modeling is necessary to generate synthetic seismogram comparing with real data. It can be available to make conclusions from correspondence or lack of correspondence between the two seismograms. AVO inversion process is the method for driving a geological model by iterative operation that the result ing synthetic seismogram matches to real data seismogram wi thin some tolerance level. AVO inversion is a topic of current research and for now there is no general consensus on how the process should be done or even whether is valid for standard seismic data. Unfortunately, there are no well log data acquired from gas hydrate exploration area in Korea. Instead of that data, well log data and seismic data acquired from gas sand area located nearby the gas hydrate exploration area is used to AVO analysis, As the results of AVO modeling, type III AVO anomaly confirmed on the gas sand layer. The Castagna's equation constant value for estimating the S-wave velocity are evaluated as A=0.86190, B=-3845.14431 respectively and water saturation ratio is $50\%$. To calculate the reflection coefficient of synthetic seismogram, the Zoeppritz equation is used. For AVO inversion process, the dataset provided by Hampson-Rushell CO. is used.

• 에너지공학
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.55-67
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• 2012

미래의 청정 에너지자원인 가스하이드레이트 개발을 위해 국내 부존이 유망한 울릉분지 5개의 지역에 대하여 2007년 시추작업을 수행하여 모든 시추공으로부터 물리검층 자료를 취득하였으며 이중 UBGH1-04, UBGH1-09, UBGH1-10 시추공에서 코어 자료를 취득하였다. 이 연구에서는 기확립한 가스하이드레이트 퇴적층 물성 추정 기법 및 UBGH1-04, UBGH1-09, UBGH1-10 시추공에서의 물성 추정 결과를 바탕으로 사용자 친화적 소프트웨어인 "KMU GH Logs 2010"을 개발하였다. 또한 코어 미회수 시추공인 UBGH1-01 및 UBGH1-14 시추공의 물리검층 자료를 이용하여 가스하이드레이트 퇴적층의 물성을 추정하였다. 밀도 검층 자료를 사용하여 공극률을 추정하였으며, 전기비저항 검층 및 음파 검층을 이용하여 가스하이드레이트포화율을 추정하였다. 물리검층 자료와 코어의 퇴적상 분석 자료를 이용하여 선형 판별 분석 기법을 통해 퇴적상을 추정함으로써 가스하이드레이트 해리의 징후가 나타나는 DITM 및 MSS 퇴적상에 대한 판별이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.143-154
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 지오메카닉스모델을 이용한 가스하이드레이트 회수 생산 과정에서의 해리 발생 및 이에 따른 주변 퇴적층의 역학적 변형을 시뮬레이션 하였다. 지오메카닉스모델은 TOUGH+Hydrate와 FLAC3D 해석 코드를 순차적으로 반복해석하는 기법으로 감압법을 이용한 가스하이드레이트 회수 생산과정에서의 온도, 압력, 포화도 변화가 생산정 주변 퇴적층 내 유효응력, 강성 및 강도 변화에 미치는 영향을 고려할 수 있는 특징이 있다. 회수생산 방식에 따른 모델해석결과 비교를 통해, 감압법과 열자극법을 병행하는 경우 초기 생산량 증대를 가져올 수 있음을 보였다. 또한, 미고결 점토질 퇴적층에서의 회수생산 시 사암층에 비해 상대적으로 변형이 크게 발생함을 보였다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2000년도 추계학술대회논문집B
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• pp.241-246
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• 2000

Gas hydrates are solid solutions when water molecules are linked through hydrogen bondin create host lattice cavities that can enclose a large variety of guest gas molecules. The natural hydrate crystal may exist at low temperature above the normal freezing point of water and pressure greater than about 30 bars. A lot of quantities of natural gas hydrates exists in the ear many production schemes are being studied. In the present investigation, depressurization method considered to predict the production of gas and the simulation of the two phase flow - gas and - in porous media is being carried out. The simulation show about the fluid flow in porous have a variety of applications in industry. Results provide the appearance of gas and water prod the pressure profile, the saturation of gas/ water/ hydrates profiles and the location of the pl front.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.304-309
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 감압법 및 열자극법에 의한 메탄하이드레이트 생산실험을 수행하기 위해 고압의 다중공 평판형 셀기기를 설계 제작하였다. 이 실험장비를 이용하여 고투과성 미고결 시료 공극시스템에서 감압법과 열자극법에 의한 생산실험을 수행하여 생산메카니즘을 분석하였다. 감압법에 의한 생산실험 결과, 일반 가스전과는 달리 하이드레이트 해리에 의한 공극내에서의 소스효과로 인해 일시적으로 압력이 상승하고 또한 흡열반응으로 인해 온도가 하강함을 확인 하였으며, 열자극 생산실험을 수행한 결과에서는 감압법의 경우 열자극법에 비해 해리속도가 느리게 진행되어 가스생산이 낮은 상태로 지속되는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 열자극법 중 열을 가한 후 곧바로 생산하는 경우, 주입지점 주변에서만 해리되고 또한 그 지역에서만 투과도가 커지는 것으로 나타났으며, 생산초반 이후 해리속도는 soaking까지 시행한 경우에 비해 해리가 느리게 진행됨을 알 수 있다. 한편, 본 연구의 낮은 하이드레이트 포화도를 갖는 미고 결시료 공극시스템에서 열자극법의 적정 soaking 시간 규명실험을 통해 압력과 생산거동을 고찰하였다. 그 결과, 6분간 soaking 한 경우, 온도 하강에 의한 하이드레이트의 재형성으로 2분 및 4분간 soaking한 경우보다 낮은 회수율을 보였다. 본 연구의 실험결과는 향후 높은 하이드레이트 포화도를 갖는 고결 시료 공극시스템에서의 실험을 통해 더욱 확연히 드러날 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2002

하이드레이트의 존재가 밝혀진 이후 계속적인 실험연구를 통해 평형조건, 열역학적 특성, 구조 kinetics 등 하이드레이트의 기본적 물성에 대한 연구가 지속되어 왔다. 자연 상태에 존재하는 하이드레이트가 미래의 주요한 비재래형 에너지원으로 주목되면서 다공질 저류암 내에서의 하이드레이트 형성 및 해리 메커니즘 규명의 필요성이 요구되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 다공질 암석코어를 사용하여 실험을 수행할 수 있는 실험장비를 제작하여 하이드레이트 형성실험을 수행하였다. 우선, 다공질암 공극 내에서의 하이드레이트 평형조건을 산출하고 기존의 실험결과와 비교함으로써 연구에 사용된 실험장비 및 실험방법의 타당성을 검증하였다. 또한 하이드레이트의 형성실험을 수행하여 압력 및 전기저항의 변화를 통해 다공질암 공각 내에서의 하이드레이트 형성현상을 관찰하였으며, 초기 물포화도가 하이드레이트 형성과정에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다.