Adsorption Enhanced Transport of Hydrocarbons in Organic Nanopores Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Abstract In this paper we present the results of steady state methane flow in carbon tubes under reservoir conditions using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, which show that the organic capillaries in resource shales contain a mobile adsorbed phase. This mobility leads to a significant shift up in the flow velocity profile of the fluid across the diameter of the tube. The contribution of the adsorbed phase to transport is significant in capillaries with size less than 20 nm. A new permeability model is proposed which considers these observations. We use the bundle of capillaries approach and estimate that the permeability correction for organic pores of Marcellus shale has more than 50 % increase. Further research is required to consider the transport of the other hydrocarbons and their mixtures.

name of conference

  • Day 2 Tue, September 29, 2015

published proceedings

  • Day 2 Tue, September 29, 2015

author list (cited authors)

  • Riewchotisakul, S., & Akkutlu, I. Y.

citation count

  • 33

complete list of authors

  • Riewchotisakul, Sansarng||Akkutlu, I Yucel

publication date

  • September 2015