Experimental Device for Measuring Diffusion Coefficient of Natural Gas

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021025801-A1
Application number	US-202016854581-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 21, 2020
Priority date	Jul 24, 2019
Publication date	Jan 28, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention discloses a new experimental device for measuring a diffusion coefficient of natural gas, mainly including a new core holder, a differential pressure sensor, pressure gauges, multiport valves, a confining pressure pump, a vacuum pump, a hydrocarbon gas source, a nitrogen gas source, a gas chromatograph, an intermediate container, sample chambers, a pressure stabilizing device, and pressure-sensitive alarm devices. A rubber sleeve of the new core holder can prevent a core from being stuck in the holder during core replacement due to an improper operation. The configured pressure stabilizing device is connected to the sample chambers, to ensure stable internal pressure in the chambers after sampling. In this way, one experimental variable is omitted, and an experimental result is more accurate and reliable. If gas leakage occurs. A sensor device can sense the gas leakage in time and sends an alarm to a mobile device of an experimenter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A new experimental device for measuring a diffusion coefficient of natural gas, comprising a gas chromatograph, a first measurement valve, a second measurement valve, a differential pressure sensor, a first sample chamber, a second sample chamber, a first pressure gauge, a second pressure gauge, a core holder, a first sampling valve, a second sampling valve, a confining pressure pump, a valve, a piston-type intermediate container, a high-precision constant-speed constant-pressure pump, a vacuum pump, a first multiport valve, a second multiport valve, a first gas source cylinder, a second gas source cylinder, a first pressure-sensitive alarm device, and a second pressure-sensitive alarm device, wherein the gas chromatograph is connected to both the first measurement valve and the second measurement valve; the other ends of the first measurement valve and the second measurement valve are respectively connected to the first sample chamber and the second sample chamber; the first sample chamber and the second sample chamber are respectively connected to the first sampling valve and the second sampling valve; the other end of the first sampling valve is connected to the first pressure gauge, a first end of the differential pressure sensor, the first pressure-sensitive alarm device, and a first end of the core holder; the other end of the second sampling valve is connected to the second pressure gauge, a second end of the differential pressure sensor, the second pressure-sensitive alarm device, and a second end of the core holder; one end of the valve is connected between the first pressure gauge and the second pressure gauge; the other end of the valve is connected to one end of the piston-type intermediate container; the confining pressure pump is connected to the middle part of the core holder; the other end of the piston-type intermediate container is connected to the high-precision constant-speed constant-pressure pump; third ends of the first sample chamber and the second sample chamber are respectively connected to first ends of the first multiport valve and the second multiport valve; second ends of the first multiport valve and the second multiport valve are connected to the vacuum pump; a third end of the first multiport valve is connected to the first gas source cylinder; and a third end of the second multiport valve is connected to the second gas source cylinder.

2 . The new experimental device for measuring a diffusion coefficient of natural gas according to claim 1 , wherein a rubber sleeve is disposed on a gasket of a plug at one end of the core holder.

3 . The new experimental device for measuring a diffusion coefficient of natural gas according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber sleeve on the core holder can be directly used to load a core, and can meet both confining pressure loading and heating requirements during an experiment.

4 . The new experimental device for measuring a diffusion coefficient of natural gas according to claim 1 , wherein a pipeline is externally connected between the sample chamber and the core holder to connect to a pressure regulating system.

5 . The new experimental device for measuring a diffusion coefficient of natural gas according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure-sensitive alarm device comprises a pressure sensor and a single-chip microcomputer; the sensor converts a pressure signal into an electrical signal and sends the electrical signal to the single-chip microcomputer; and the single-chip microcomputer can directly communicate with a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) module to send preset alarm information to a mobile device of an experimenter.

6 . The new experimental device for measuring a diffusion coefficient of natural gas according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure regulating system comprises one piston-type intermediate container and one high-precision constant-speed constant-pressure pump.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Hu Shuyong
• Zhang Jiayi
• Qiu Tingting

Classifications

• G01N13/00 Primary

  Investigating surface or boundary effects, e.g. wetting power; Investigating diffusion effects; Analysing materials by determining surface, boundary, or diffusion effects (scanning-probe techniques or apparatus G01Q) · CPC title

• G01N2013/003

  Diffusion; diffusivity between liquids · CPC title

• G01N2035/009

  alarms, e.g. audible · CPC title

• G01N35/00722

  Communications; Identification · CPC title

• G01N30/32

  of pressure or speed (G01N30/36 takes precedence) · CPC title