The Measurement of Permeability of Porous Media with Methane Hydrate

Abstract

Abstract In this article, the hydrates with different saturations were formed in porous media. The permeability of porous media with the presence of hydrate was measured. Comparison of experiment data with that obtained by theory models showed that the change of absolute permeability in the porous media with a hydrate saturation agreed with the capillary center filled model. The result indicates that hydrates can preferentially form in the capillary center rather than coat the inner wall.