The Experimental and Modeling Study on the Thermodynamic Equilibrium Hydrate Formation Pressure of Helium-Rich Natural Gas in the Presence of Tetrahydrofuran
Zengqi Liu,
Guangqi Zhang,
Fangfang Lu,
Qiyuan Ren,
Zhen Xu,
Shiguang Fan,
Qiang Sun,
Yiwei Wang,
Xuqiang Guo
Affiliations
Zengqi Liu
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay 834000, China
Guangqi Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay 834000, China
Fangfang Lu
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
Qiyuan Ren
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay 834000, China
Zhen Xu
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay 834000, China
Shiguang Fan
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay 834000, China
Qiang Sun
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
Yiwei Wang
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay 834000, China
Xuqiang Guo
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, Karamay 834000, China
Hydrate-based gas separation (HBGS) has good potential in the separation of helium from helium-rich natural gas. HBGS should be carried out under a pressure higher than the thermodynamic equilibrium hydrate formation pressure (Peq) to ensure the formation of hydrate so that the accurate prediction of Peq is the basis of the determination of HBGS pressure. In this work, the Peq of the helium-rich natural gases with different helium contents (1 mol%, 10 mol%, and 50 mol%) in gas and different tetrahydrofuran (THF) contents (5 wt%, 10 wt%, and 19 wt%) in liquid at different temperatures were experimentally investigated through the isothermal pressure search method. A new thermodynamic model was proposed to predict the Peq of helium-rich natural gas. This model can quantitatively describe the effects of THF and helium on Peq, and it predicts the Peq of the helium-rich natural gases in this work accurately. The average relative deviation of the model is less than 3%. This model can guide the determination of the operating condition of the HBGS of helium-rich natural gas.
