Experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10100264-B2
Application number	US-201715454801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2017
Priority date	Mar 11, 2016
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate, comprising: four modules, namely a gas hydrate sample large-amount and rapid preparation module, a gas hydrate multi-scale smashing and slurry fidelity transfer module, a gas hydrate slurry pipeline conveying characteristic experiment module, and a data collection and monitoring and safety control module. The gas hydrate experimental loop device provided by the present disclosure may be used for researching the synthesis, decomposition, gas storage rate and phase equilibrium of gas hydrate, and researching the pipeline conveying flow resistance and heat transfer characteristics, and is significant for solving the blockage problem in the gas pipeline conveying process, storage and conveying of the gas hydrate, solid-state fluidization exploitation of the marine gas hydrate and pipeline conveying experimental simulation thereof.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate, comprising: four modules, namely a gas hydrate sample large-amount and rapid preparation module, a gas hydrate multi-scale smashing and slurry fidelity transfer module, a gas hydrate slurry pipeline conveying characteristic experiment module and a data collection and monitoring and safety control module; wherein
the gas hydrate sample large-amount and rapid preparation module comprises a gas conveying pipeline, a liquid conveying pipeline, a spraying device, a bubbling device, and a stirring device;
wherein the gas conveying pipeline is used for conveying gas in a gas cylinder into a reaction kettle, and the gas conveying pipeline is connecting an outlet of the gas cylinder with a gas inlet (a) at a bottom of the reaction kettle;
the liquid conveying pipeline is used for conveying water in a water tank into the reaction kettle, and the liquid conveying pipeline on which a plunger pump is disposed, is connecting an outlet of the water tank with a liquid-phase inlet (c) of the reaction kettle;
the spraying device comprises a sprayer disposed at a top of the reaction kettle, and the sprayer is communicated with the liquid-phase inlet (c) of the reaction kettle through a pipeline on which a liquid circulation pump is disposed;
the bubbling device comprises a bubbler disposed at a bottom inside the reaction kettle;
the stirring device is provided with a stirrer in the reaction kettle, a stirring and smashing paddle of the stirrer is in the form of a propeller blade, and a smashing awl is provided at a bottom of the blade;
the gas hydrate multi-scale smashing and slurry fidelity transfer module comprises two parts, namely a mixed-phase gas hydrate fidelity transfer pipeline and a water pipeline, wherein the mixed-phase gas hydrate fidelity transfer pipeline is connecting a mixed-phase outlet (i) of the reaction kettle with an inlet of a circulating pump, the water pipeline is connecting the water tank with the inlet of the circulating pump, and after further mixing by means of the circulating pump, the two parts are connected with the gas hydrate slurry pipeline conveying characteristic experiment module;
the gas hydrate slurry pipeline conveying characteristic experiment module comprises a vertical pipeline conveying loop and a horizontal pipeline conveying loop;
the vertical pipeline conveying loop comprises a vertical pipeline connected with an outlet of the circulating pump, the horizontal pipeline conveying loop comprises a horizontal pipeline connected with the outlet of the circulating pump, and
the vertical pipeline conveying loop and the horizontal pipeline conveying loop are respectively provided with an on-line particle size measuring instrument, a pipeline heater and a high-pressure transparent visible pipe; and
the data collection and monitoring and safety control module comprises a computer and a resistivity measurement point C, a pressure measurement point P, a temperature measurement point T, a liquid level measurement point L, a single-phase/multiphase fluid flow measurement point F and a motor parameter measurement point M that are connected with the computer.

2. The experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate according to claim 1 , wherein the gas conveying pipeline comprises a gas bypass regulating circulation loop for pumping out unreacted gas in the reaction kettle from a gas outlet b at a top of the reaction kettle back into the gas inlet a at the bottom of the reaction kettle by means of a gas circulation pump.

3. The experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate according to claim 2 , wherein the gas bypass regulating circulation loop is provided with a gas protection circulation loop for protecting the gas circulation pump, and the gas protection circulation loop consists of following parts connected in sequence: an outlet of the gas circulation pump a second regulating valve (CV- 105 ), a fourth pressure indicator (P- 104 ), a fourth temperature indicator, a fourth regulating valve, a first gas flowmeter, a second pressure indicator, a second temperature indicator, and an inlet of the gas circulation pump.

4. The experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate according to claim 1 , wherein the spraying device comprises a protection circulation loop for protecting the liquid circulation pump, and the protection circulation loop specifically consists of following parts connected in sequence: an outlet of the liquid circulation pump, a seventh regulating valve, a seventh temperature indicator, a seventeenth pressure indicator, a first liquid flow meter, a ninth regulating valve, a sixth temperature indicator, a sixteenth pressure indicator, and an inlet of the liquid circulation pump.

5. The experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate according to claim 1 , wherein the gas hydrate sample large-amount and rapid preparation module comprises a pressure stabilizing pipeline for maintaining pressure inside the reaction kettle to be constant or to be in a desired pressure condition, and the pressure stabilizing pipeline consists of two parts, namely a liquid-phase pipeline and a gas-phase pipeline; wherein
the liquid-phase pipeline consists of following parts connected in sequence through pipelines: the water tank, the plunger pump, a liquid-phase inlet (d) and a liquid-phase outlet (h) at a bottom of a pressure stabilizing buffer tank, and a second drain valve; and
the gas-phase pipeline consists of following parts connected in sequence through pipelines: the outlet of the gas cylinder, a gas-phase inlet f at a top of the pressure stabilizing buffer tank, a gas-phase outlet (g) of the pressure stabilizing buffer tank, and the gas inlet (a) at the bottom of the reaction kettle.

6. The experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate according to claim 5 , wherein the pressure stabilizing buffer tank is further connected with a vacuum pump.

7. The experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate according to claim 1 , wherein the mixed-phase gas hydrate fidelity transfer pipeline further comprises a filter screen disposed at the mixed-phase outlet (i) of the reaction kettle.

8. The experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate according to claim 1 , wherein the gas hydrate multi-scale smashing and slurry fidelity transfer module further comprises a pressure balance detection pipeline for ensuring that pipeline pressure inside the mixed-phase gas hydrate fidelity transfer pipeline keeps consistent with that inside the water pipeline before the mixed-phase gas hydrate is mixed with water; and
the pressure balance detection pipeline is constituted by communicating an outlet (e) of the pressure stabilizing buffer tank with an intersection between the mixed-phase gas hydrate fidelity transfer pipeline and the water pipeline.

9. The experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate according to claim 1 , wherein the gas hydrate slurry pipeline conveying characteristic experiment module further comprises a protection pipeline for protecting the vertical pipeline conveying loop and the horizontal pipeline conveying loop, which protection pipeline consists of following parts connected in sequence:
the outlet of the circulating pump, a nineteenth pressure indicator, a thirteenth regulating valve, an eleventh regulating valve, a third liquid flowmeter, a pressure regulator, and the inlet

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Zhao Jinzhou
• Liu Yanjun
• Jiang Leilei
• Zhou Shouwei
• Zhang Mi
• Guo Ping
• Wang Guorong
• Li Qingping
• Huang Zhiqiang

Classifications

• C10L3/108 Primary

  Production of gas hydrates · CPC title

• C10L2290/10

  Recycling of a stream within the process or apparatus to reuse elsewhere therein · CPC title

• C10L2290/60

  Measuring or analysing fractions, components or impurities or process conditions during preparation or upgrading of a fuel · CPC title

• C10L2290/58

  Control or regulation of the fuel preparation of upgrading process · CPC title

• C10L3/107

  Limiting or prohibiting hydrate formation · CPC title