This article describes the adsorption capability of natural zeolites for the purification and dehydration of natural gases. Studies were carried out with natural clinoptilolite treated with various cadmium and titanium solutions. Zeolite-containing…
The quality of crude palm oil (CPO) is generally determined by the levels of free fatty acids (FFA). This helps in balancing the level of acidity during transportation and storage processes. However, high FFA in CPO is not good for consumer health.…
Development of natural gas as a fuel for light-duty vehicles will require innovative methods of onboard storage. Gas storage within adsorbents can permit operation at moderate pressures, which allows for more flexibility in tank design and reduces…
The effects of crude oil on the microstructure and spontaneous combustion characteristics of coal were assessed, using raw coal sample and coal samples containing 5%, 10% and 15% oil. The pore structures, oxygen adsorption capacity, surface…
Hydrogen is a clean fuel that can potentially revolutionize the energy supply chain and decarbonize fuel consumption. However, a key hurdle that needs to be overcome before a full-scale hydrogen economy can be established is hydrogen storage which is…
Among hydrogen storage materials, Li-Mg-B-H system has attracted a lot of attention due to the simple hydrogen desorption pathway and high theoretical hydrogen storage capacity, but it still faces the disadvantages of high hydrogen desorption…
Natural gas is considered a potentially available and ecologically preferable fuel, comparing to other liquid fossil fuels. Safe and sustainable energy storage device is one of the bases for changing the current energy systems. The system is to use…
A better understanding of the nature of crude oil compounds that preferentially interact with certain types of solids is essential to visualize solutions to challenges in oil fields, such as enhancing the oil recovery factor, via wettability…
The exploitation of solid hydrogen storage materials is an essential part of the large-scale utilization of hydrogen energy. However, existing hydrogen storage materials cannot have both high hydrogen density and great stability at ambient…
The Baode block on the eastern margin of the Ordos Basin is a key area for the development of low-rank coalbed methane (CBM) in China. In order to find out the genesis of CBM and its storage and seepage space in Baode block, the isotopic testing of…
Hydrogen (H2) as a cleaner fuel has been suggested as a viable method of achieving the de-carbonization objectives and meeting increasing global energy demand. However, successful implementation of a full-scale hydrogen economy requires large-scale…
Geological H2 storage plays a central role to enable the successful transition to the renewable H2 economy and achieve net-zero emission in the atmosphere. Depleted oil and gas reservoirs are already explored with extensive reservoir and operational…
Hypothesis: Hydrogen geo-storage is considered as an option for large scale hydrogen storage in a full-scale hydrogen economy. Among different types of subsurface formations, coal seams look to be one of the best suitable options as coal's micro/nano…
As the commercial development of shallow shale gas reservoirs has been successfully achieved in Sichuan Basin, the deep shale gas reservoirs become the key development target in the next step. The accurate quantitative characterization of the fluid…
Demand of efficient energy storage materials increases day by day due to high energy production rate. Hydrogen energy is considered as currency for next generation because it has numerous applications in routine life where industry has safely used…
Magnesium-based adsorbents with high theoretical CO2 uptakes, moderate regeneration energy, and good cyclic working stability show promise for intermediate-temperature CO2 capture from flue gas stream. Identification of low-cost materials for…
Injection of supercritical CO2 (SCCO2) causes significant changes in the petrophysical properties of shales and affects the integrity of geological storage sites. The alteration of mineralogy and pore structure plays a major role in defining the…
As a cleaner, cheaper and globally distributed fuel, methane (CH4) has considerable environmental, economic, and political advantages over petroleum as a source of energy for the transportation sector. However, it is still challenging to achieve…
This paper experimentally investigated influential thermodynamic reservoir characteristics such as pressure, temperature, soaking time, core stimulation, number of cycles, shale particle size, and carbon dioxide phase during the cycling carbon…
In the process of global transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy, the two major low-carbon energy technologies, namely, methane (CH4) storage and methane capture face the same challenge, that is, the lack of efficient adsorbents. Metal-organic…
Improving predictive models for noble gas transport through natural materials at the field-scale is an essential component of improving US nuclear monitoring capabilities. Several field-scale experiments with a gas transport component have been…
The conventional process employed for the removal of N2 in a natural gas upgrading facility is cryogenic distillation (CD) and entails a significant investment outlay. Operation of the CD unit occurs at approximately 40bar and 120C, provided by a…
Injection of CO2 into shale reservoirs to enhance gas recovery and simultaneously sequester greenhouse gases is a potential contributor towards the carbon-neutral target. It offers a low-carbon, low-cost, low-waste and large-scale solution during the…
This study deals with the implementation of an analytical model to simulate the energy performance associated to a commercial Gas adsorption Heat Pump, when H2NG (Hydrogen Enriched Natural Gas) blends are used as fuel. In detail, a water source heat…
Coalbed gas outburst processes commonly occur in ductile shear zones and release gas quantities that far exceed the maximum gas adsorption capacity of coal seams. Although outburst accidents pose a serious safety hazard, this process has long…
Unconventional natural gas resources including shale and tight gas reservoirs hold most of natural gas reserves around the world. However, these resources pose a great challenge in reserve estimation, modeling flow behavior, reservoir simulation,…
This study deals with the implementation of an analytical model to simulate the energy performance associated to a commercial Gas adsorption Heat Pump, when H2NG (Hydrogen Enriched Natural Gas) blends are used as fuel. In detail, a water source heat…
This article describes the adsorption capability of natural zeolites for the purification and dehydration of natural gases. Studies were carried out with natural clinoptilolite treated with various cadmium and titanium solutions. Zeolite-containing…
Remediation of toxic mercury emissions in the form of elemental mercury (Hg) from the well head has become a dire necessity in the fast paced natural gas processing industries, as even low levels of mercury can damage the cryogenic aluminum heat…
This chapter describes the traditional approaches and recently developed models for in-place natural gas resource and reserve estimation calculations suitable for reservoir rocks displaying a wide range of permeability and porosity distributions. The…
In the process of global transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy, the two major low-carbon energy technologies, namely, methane (CH4) storage and methane capture face the same challenge, that is, the lack of efficient adsorbents. Metal-organic…
This paper experimentally investigated influential thermodynamic reservoir characteristics such as pressure, temperature, soaking time, core stimulation, number of cycles, shale particle size, and carbon dioxide phase during the cycling carbon…