Numerical Analysis on Gas Production Efficiency from Hydrate Deposits by Thermal Stimulation: Application to the Shenhu Area, South China Sea

doi:10.3390/en4020294

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	Numerical Analysis on Gas Production Efficiency from Hydrate Deposits by Thermal Stimulation: Application to the Shenhu Area, South China Sea
	Su, Zheng1,2 ; Cao, Yuncheng 1,3; Wu, Nengyou1,2 ; He, Yong 1,3
	2011-02-01
发表期刊	ENERGIES
卷号	4 期号:2 页码:294-313
摘要	Gas hydrates have been attracted a great deal of attention because of their potential as an energy substitute and the climate implications. Drilling and sampling research on the hydrate deposit in the Shenhu Area on the northern continental slope of the Southern China Sea was a big breakthrough for hydrate investigation in China, but as a new potential energy source, how the gas can be effectively produced from hydrate deposits has become a hot research topic. Besides depressurization heat stimulation is regarded as another important means for producing hydrate-derived gas, however, the production efficiency and economic feasibility of producing gas by heat stimulation have not been clearly understood. In this paper, a simplified model for predicting gas production from hydrate deposits by heat stimulation is developed. The model ideally neglects the effects of heat convection and pressure regime in the sediments for simplicity. We compute the heat consumption efficiency and gas energy efficiency of gas production from hydrate deposits by heat stimulation, only considering effect of hydrate dissociation due to heat input. This model is for predicting the maximum production efficiency. By studying the hydrate reservoirs and significant parameters collected from drilling and sampling researches, we calculate the production potential of the Shenhu hydrate deposits and investigate the production efficiency and feasibility. Our research shows that the maximum amount of cumulative gas production at Shenhu is similar to 509 m(3) per meter in three years. The production potential is much lower than the industrial criterion for marine production. In our discussion the numerical simulations show that a practical potential of the gas production is merely 25 m(3)/m in 3 years and contribution of thermal stimulation is very small in joint-production schemes. We conclude that production cost is quite high and the economic value of producing gas from the hydrate through a vertical well is not attractive, even though the production by heat stimulation theoretically has a very high heat consumption rate and energy efficiency.
文章类型	Article
关键词	Gas Hydrate Heat Stimulation Numerical Analysis Shenhu Area
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Technology
DOI	10.3390/en4020294
研究领域[WOS]	Energy & Fuels
关键词[WOS]	DECOMPOSITION
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS类目	Energy & Fuels
WOS记录号	WOS:000287734600005
引用统计	被引频次：33[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.giec.ac.cn/handle/344007/10390
专题	中国科学院广州能源研究所
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Ctr Gas Hydrate Res, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Energy Convers, Key Lab Renewable Energy & Gas Hydrate, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Geochem, Key Lab Marginal Sea Geol, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	中国科学院广州能源研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Su, Zheng,Cao, Yuncheng,Wu, Nengyou,et al. Numerical Analysis on Gas Production Efficiency from Hydrate Deposits by Thermal Stimulation: Application to the Shenhu Area, South China Sea[J]. ENERGIES,2011,4(2):294-313.
APA	Su, Zheng,Cao, Yuncheng,Wu, Nengyou,&He, Yong.(2011).Numerical Analysis on Gas Production Efficiency from Hydrate Deposits by Thermal Stimulation: Application to the Shenhu Area, South China Sea.ENERGIES,4(2),294-313.
MLA	Su, Zheng,et al."Numerical Analysis on Gas Production Efficiency from Hydrate Deposits by Thermal Stimulation: Application to the Shenhu Area, South China Sea".ENERGIES 4.2(2011):294-313.