Permeability measurement theory in case of natural gas and natural gas-hydrogen mixture

Ildi Bölkény; Marianna Vadászi; Ammar Saliby

doi:10.14232/analecta.2023.4.61-68

Authors

Ildi Bölkény University of Miskolc, Materials and Intelligent Technologies Higher Education and Industrial Cooperation Centre -EIKI https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4201-7866
Marianna Vadászi University of Miskolc, Institute of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0649-311X
Ammar Saliby University of Miskolc, Materials and Intelligent Technologies Higher Education and Industrial Cooperation Centre -EIKI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14232/analecta.2023.4.61-68

Keywords:

natural gas, hydrogen, permeability

Abstract

Green hydrogen, using renewable electricity that breaks down water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, holds great promise for meeting global energy demand while contributing to climate policy goals. Interest in green hydrogen production technologies has increased considerably. This is because the potential uses of hydrogen cover many sectors, including power generation, manufacturing processes in steel and cement production, fuel cells for electric vehicles, and power grid stabilization. One possible use of green hydrogen is to blend it with natural gas and deliver it to end-users using existing natural gas pipeline storage and networks, thereby increasing performance and reducing emissions. In the case of underground storage of a hydrogen natural gas mixture, it is important to assess its impact on the reservoir beforehand, which rock permeability studies can do. This article deals with the theory of rock permeability testing for natural gas and natural gas-hydrogen mixtures.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

A. A. Pek, Dynamics of Juvenile Solutions (Nauka, Moscow,1968).

W. S. Fyfe, N. J. Price, and A. B. Thompson, Fluids in the Earth's Crust (Elsevier, New York, 1976; Mir, Moscow, 1981).

W. F. Brace, "Permeability of Crystalline and Argillaceous Rocks," Int. J. Rock Mech. Mining Sci. Geomech. Abstracts 17 (5), 241–251 (1980).

V. M. Shmonov, V. M. Vitovtova, and A. V. Zharikov, Fluid Permeability of Crustal Rocks (Nauchnyi Mir, Moscow, 2002).

A. V. Zharikov, V. I. Mal'kovsky, V. M. Shmonov, et al., "A Method for Measuring the Permeability of Rocks Samples Including Changes in Thermodynamic Properties of the Fluid," Elektronnyi Nauchno-Inform. Zh. “Vestnik Otdeleniya Nauk o Zemle RAN”, No. 1(22 (2004)

J. Bear, D. Zaslavsky, and S. Irmay, Physical Principles of Water Percolation and Seepage (UNESCO, Paris, 1968).

R. L. Kranz, J. S. Saltzman, and J. D. Blacic, "Hydraulic Diffusivity Measurements on Laboratory Rock Samples Using an Oscillating Pore Pressure Method," Int. J. Rock Mech. Mining Sci. Geomech. Abstracts 27 (5), 345–352 (1990).

G. J. Fischer and M. S. Paterson, "Permeability and Storage Capacity during Deformation at Elevated Temperatures," in Fault Mechanics and Transport Properties of Rocks (Academic, St. Diego, 1992), pp. 187–211.

Paul, D.; Ela, E.; Kirby, B.; Milligan, M. The Role of Energy Storage with Renewable Electricity Generation; National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Golden, CO, USA, 2010.

Bailera, M.; Lisbona, P.; Romeo, L.M.; Espatolero, S. Power to Gas projects review: Lab, pilot and demo plants for storing renewable energy and CO2. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 2017, 69, 292–312.

Panfilov, M. Underground and pipeline hydrogen storage. In Compendium of Hydrogen Energy; Elsevier BV: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2016; pp. 91–115.

Gajda, D.; Lutyński, M, "Hydrogen Permeability of Epoxy Composites as Liners in Lined Rock Caverns—Experimental Study," Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 3885. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093885

Rezaei, A., Hassanpouryouzband, A., Molnar, I., Derikvand, Z., Haszeldine, R. S., & Edlmann, K. (2022). Relative permeability of hydrogen and aqueous brines in sandstones and carbonates at reservoir conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099433. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099433

Yekta, A.E., Manceau, JC., Gaboreau, S. et al. Determination of Hydrogen–Water Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure in Sandstone: Application to Underground Hydrogen Injection in Sedimentary Formations. Transp Porous Med 122, 333–356 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-018-1004-7