Study on Shale Adsorption Equation Based on Monolayer Adsorption, Multilayer Adsorption, and Capillary Condensation

Shale gas is an effective gas resource all over the world. The evaluation of pore structure plays a critical role in exploring shale gas efficiently. Nitrogen adsorption experiment is one of the significant approaches to analyze pore size structure of shale. Shale is extremely heterogeneous due to c...

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Main Authors: Qing Chen, Yuanyuan Tian, Peng Li, Changhui Yan, Yu Pang, Li Zheng, Hucheng Deng, Wen Zhou, Xianghao Meng
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Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1496463
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author Qing Chen
Yuanyuan Tian
Peng Li
Changhui Yan
Yu Pang
Li Zheng
Hucheng Deng
Wen Zhou
Xianghao Meng
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Yuanyuan Tian
Peng Li
Changhui Yan
Yu Pang
Li Zheng
Hucheng Deng
Wen Zhou
Xianghao Meng
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description Shale gas is an effective gas resource all over the world. The evaluation of pore structure plays a critical role in exploring shale gas efficiently. Nitrogen adsorption experiment is one of the significant approaches to analyze pore size structure of shale. Shale is extremely heterogeneous due to component diversity and structure complexity. Therefore, adsorption isotherms for homogeneous adsorbents and empirical isotherms may not apply to shale. The shape of adsorption-desorption curve indicates that nitrogen adsorption on shale includes monolayer adsorption, multilayer adsorption, and capillary condensation. Usually, Langmuir isotherm is a monolayer adsorption model for ideal interfaces; BET (Brunauer, Emmett, Teller) adsorption isotherm is a multilayer adsorption model based on specific assumptions; Freundlich isotherm is an empirical equation widely applied in liquid phase adsorption. In this study, a new nitrogen adsorption isotherm is applied to simultaneously depict monolayer adsorption, multilayer adsorption, and capillary condensation, which provides more real and accurate representation of nitrogen adsorption on shale. In addition, parameters are discussed in relation to heat of adsorption which is relevant to the shape of the adsorption isotherm curve. The curve fitting results indicate that our new nitrogen adsorption isotherm can appropriately describe the whole process of nitrogen adsorption on shale.
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spelling doaj-art-34cf468992cd40e89cc1e040fbc3ba902025-08-20T02:24:07ZengWileyJournal of Chemistry2090-90632090-90712017-01-01201710.1155/2017/14964631496463Study on Shale Adsorption Equation Based on Monolayer Adsorption, Multilayer Adsorption, and Capillary CondensationQing Chen0Yuanyuan Tian1Peng Li2Changhui Yan3Yu Pang4Li Zheng5Hucheng Deng6Wen Zhou7Xianghao Meng8State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploration, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploration, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, ChinaCollege of Energy Resource, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploration, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, ChinaPetroleum Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USACollege of Energy Resource, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, ChinaCollege of Energy Resource, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploration, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploration, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, ChinaShale gas is an effective gas resource all over the world. The evaluation of pore structure plays a critical role in exploring shale gas efficiently. Nitrogen adsorption experiment is one of the significant approaches to analyze pore size structure of shale. Shale is extremely heterogeneous due to component diversity and structure complexity. Therefore, adsorption isotherms for homogeneous adsorbents and empirical isotherms may not apply to shale. The shape of adsorption-desorption curve indicates that nitrogen adsorption on shale includes monolayer adsorption, multilayer adsorption, and capillary condensation. Usually, Langmuir isotherm is a monolayer adsorption model for ideal interfaces; BET (Brunauer, Emmett, Teller) adsorption isotherm is a multilayer adsorption model based on specific assumptions; Freundlich isotherm is an empirical equation widely applied in liquid phase adsorption. In this study, a new nitrogen adsorption isotherm is applied to simultaneously depict monolayer adsorption, multilayer adsorption, and capillary condensation, which provides more real and accurate representation of nitrogen adsorption on shale. In addition, parameters are discussed in relation to heat of adsorption which is relevant to the shape of the adsorption isotherm curve. The curve fitting results indicate that our new nitrogen adsorption isotherm can appropriately describe the whole process of nitrogen adsorption on shale.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1496463
spellingShingle Qing Chen
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Yu Pang
Li Zheng
Hucheng Deng
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Study on Shale Adsorption Equation Based on Monolayer Adsorption, Multilayer Adsorption, and Capillary Condensation
Journal of Chemistry
title Study on Shale Adsorption Equation Based on Monolayer Adsorption, Multilayer Adsorption, and Capillary Condensation
title_full Study on Shale Adsorption Equation Based on Monolayer Adsorption, Multilayer Adsorption, and Capillary Condensation
title_fullStr Study on Shale Adsorption Equation Based on Monolayer Adsorption, Multilayer Adsorption, and Capillary Condensation
title_full_unstemmed Study on Shale Adsorption Equation Based on Monolayer Adsorption, Multilayer Adsorption, and Capillary Condensation
title_short Study on Shale Adsorption Equation Based on Monolayer Adsorption, Multilayer Adsorption, and Capillary Condensation
title_sort study on shale adsorption equation based on monolayer adsorption multilayer adsorption and capillary condensation
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