Hydrogen wettability in carbonate reservoirs: Implication for underground hydrogen storage from geochemical perspective

Hydrogen has been considered as a promising renewable source to replace fossil fuels to meet energy demand and achieve net-zero carbon emission target. Underground hydrogen storage attracts more interest as it shows potential to store hydrogen at large-scale safely and economically. Meanwhile, wettability is one of the most important formation parameters which can affect hydrogen injection rate, reproduction efficiency and storage capacity. However, current knowledge is still very limited on how fluid-rock interactions affect formation wettability at in-situ conditions. In this study, we thus performed geochemical modelling to interpret our previous brine contact angle measurements of H₂-brine-calcite system. The calcite surface potential at various temperatures, pressures and salinities was calculated to predict disjoining pressure. Moreover, the surface species concentrations of calcite and organic stearic acid were estimated to characterize calcite-organic acid electrostatic attractions and thus hydrogen wettability. The results of the study showed that increasing temperature increases the disjoining pressure on calcite surface, which intensifies the repulsion force of H₂ against calcite and increases the hydrophilicity. Increasing salinity decreases the disjoining pressure, leading to more H₂-wet and contact angle increment. Besides, increasing stearic acid concentration remarkably strengthens the adhesion force between calcite and organic acid, which leads to more hydrophobic and H₂-wet. In general, the results from geochemical modelling are consistent with experimental observations that decreasing temperature and increasing salinity and organic acid concentration increase water contact angle. This work also demonstrates the importance of involving geochemical modelling on H₂ wettability assessment during underground hydrogen storage.     

饱和块状混合回填土地基的一维固结分析

用块状渣土置换软弱地基和回填低洼谷地等是处置工程渣土的有效途径。为了分析饱和块状混合回填土地基的固结性状，运用混合物理论建立了其一维固结模型。首先，假定块状土固相和充填土固相之间满足等应变条件，获得了饱和块状混合回填土中各相应变与块状土孔隙变形和充填土孔隙变形的关系式。其次，在小应变条件下，根据自由能势函数方程建立了饱和块状混合回填土的一维线弹性本构方程，再结合达西定律和应力平衡方程获得了一维固结控制方程。再次，利用分离变量法得到一维固结解析解，通过退化本文模型与已有模型进行对比，验证了本文模型的正确性。最后，基于所得解析解，分析了充填土孔隙渗透系数、块状土孔隙渗透系数以及流体交换参数等因素对饱和块状混合回填土地基固结性状的影响。分析结果表明：充填土孔隙渗透系数对饱和块状混合回填土地基整体固结性状起主导作用；在固结初期，块状土超孔压会有一定程度的上升，且3个参数具有相似的作用机理。     

Dry Fractionation Approach in Concentrating Tocopherols and Tocotrienols from Palm Fatty Acid Distillate: A Green Pretreatment Process for Vitamin E Extraction

Palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) is a rich source of vitamin E. As compared to other vegetable oil, PFAD has higher tocotrienol (70–80%) over tocopherol content, which makes it a valuable source for vitamin E extraction. Current vitamin E extraction methods are not sustainable due to the intensive usage of chemical and high operational cost. Hence, the present study investigated for the first time using dry fractionation process as a green and economical pretreatment method for separating solid fraction (stearin) and liquid fraction (olein) in order to concentrate vitamin E from PFAD in olein fraction. We examined the dry fractionation conditions: crystallization ending temperature (36–44 °C), cooling rate (0.3 and 1.5°C min⁻¹), stirring speed (20–125 rpm), and holding time (0–60 min) on the composition of unsaturated and saturated fatty acids as well as vitamin E content in liquid fraction (olein) and solid fraction (stearin) using gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography, respectively. In most of these conditions, vitamin E was ultimately higher in olein fraction as compared to stearin fraction, which is correlated with the high degree of unsaturation. Under a cooling rate of 0.3°C min⁻¹, 90 rpm stirring speed, and ending crystallization of 38 °C, the highest vitamin E rich olein fraction was attained with 1479 ± 10.51 ppm in 50 g olein fraction as compared to 1366 ± 7.94 ppm in 500 g of unfractionated PFAD.     

饱和尾粉砂边界面模型在FLAC3D中的开发

由于岩土材料的复杂性，FLAC3D软件自带的本构模型不能满足实际数值分析的全部要求。利用FLAC3D预留的UMD接口，在C++的编译环境下实现了一种基于临界状态模型CASM边界面模型的开发。介绍了边界面模型的基本组成，给出了开发的关键步骤。并基于三轴试验结果，利用该模型对饱和尾粉砂静/动力学特性进行了分析，论证了该模型对饱和尾粉砂的适用性。     

基于加权法的砾类土含水率检测

砾类土在工程建设中有着广泛的应用,其含水率是一项非常重要的指标,但现有测试方法耗时较长。以砂砾石料的砾类土为试验对象,基于加权法思想,将饱和面干含水率替代法和虚拟比重法进行结合,开展砾类土含水率快速检测方法的研究,并对现有的饱和面干含水率测定操作进行一定的改进和优化。采用多种数学方法(绝对误差、均方偏差平方和,相关曲线的相关系数和F显著性检验分析法)对加权法和烘干法的结果进行对比分析。通过试验统计数据分析,证实加权法与烘干法的测定结果基本一致。该分析结果为现场土料含水率快速测定提供了一种新的思路和手段。     

中美典型高压页岩气藏钻井提速技术对比与启示

美国Haynesville高压页岩气气藏与中国长宁—威远国家级页岩气示范区下志留统龙马溪组高压页岩气藏的地质、钻井条件最为类似,前者的钻井提速技术思路对于我国页岩气快速钻井也具有重要的参考借鉴意义。为了实现我国页岩气藏的钻井提速,通过对比中国和美国典型高压页岩气藏钻井提速技术,分析探讨了上述两个气藏在钻井提速技术方面的异同点。研究结果表明:①目前美国Haynesville等页岩气藏已将水平段井眼尺寸从215.9 mm缩小到171.5 mm或161.1 mm,单井钻井投资降低超过25%,节能减排优势明显;②美国同行采用的"高效钻头+配套井下提速工具+钻井参数优化软件/装备"的硬研磨性难钻地层系统化钻井提速技术,值得国内重视、借鉴、攻关、应用;③"控压钻井+降密度"钻井技术能够在高压页岩层段钻井提速中起到至关重要的提速应用效果。结论认为,应积极在国内国家级页岩气示范区开展缩小井身结构尺寸及其相关的钻井配套装备、工具、软件的应用探索试验;在目的层段值得持续探索、优化、应用控压钻井技术。     

全二维气相色谱-飞行时间质谱测定婴幼儿配方奶粉中的矿物油

目的建立全二维气相色谱-飞行时间质谱(two-dimensional gas chromatography with time of flight mass spectrometry, GC×GC-TOFMS)/氢火焰离子化检测器(flame ionization detector, FID)法测定婴幼儿配方奶粉中矿物油的分析方法。方法样品经过提取皂化、0.3%(质量分数)硝酸银硅胶-分子筛硅藻土混合固相萃取(solidphase extraction,SPE)柱净化处理后,采用全二维气相色谱-飞行时间质谱联用进行检测和分析。结果该法实现了饱和烃类矿物油(mineraloilsaturatedhydrocarbons,MOSH)和芳香烃类矿物油(mineraloilaromatichydrocarbons,MOAH)的在线分离,仪器分析时间仅为34min。MOSH和MOAH的检出限为0.5mg/kg,加标回收率为88.0%～97.2%,相对标准偏差为5.0%～8.3%(n=6)。运用该法对20款配方奶粉进行测定,均未检出MOAH,其中11款检出MOSH,含量为0.5～8.2 mg/kg;奶粉中普遍含有奇数碳的正构烷烃和植物甾醇烯类物质,推断矿物油污染可能来源于油墨和润滑油。结论方法灵敏,进一步提高了定量的准确性,可同时进行定性和定量分析,适合于奶粉中矿物油的检测。样品检测结果表明,婴幼儿配方奶粉中矿物油的污染情况需引起关注。     

Gyrotactic microorganisms bioconvection in combined convective magnetohydrodynamic Casson nanofluid flow over a vertically surfaced saturated porous media with variable viscosity

The current article focuses on mass and thermal transfer analysis of a two-dimensional immovable combined convective nanofluid flow including motile microorganisms with temperature-dependent viscosity on top of a vertical plate through a porous medium, and a model has been developed to visualize the velocity slip impacts on a nonlinear partial symbiotic flow. The governed equations include all of the above physical conditions, and suitable nondimensional transfigurations are utilized to transfer the governed conservative equations to a nonlinear system of differential equations and obtain numerical solutions by using the Shooting method. Numerical studies have been focusing on the effects of intricate dimensionless parameters, namely, the Casson fluid parameter, Brownian motion parameter, thermophoresis parameter, Peclet number, bioconvection parameter, and Rayleigh number, which have all been studied on various profiles such as momentum, thermal, concentration, and density of microorganisms. The concentration boundary layer thickness and density of microorganisms increased as the Casson fluid parameter, Brownian and thermophoresis parameters increased, whereas the bioconvection parameter, Peclet number, and Rayleigh number increased. The thermal boundary layer thickness, concentration boundary layer thickness, and density of microorganisms all decreased. The velocity distribution decreases as the Peclet number, bioconvection, and thermophoresis parameters rise but rises as the Rayleigh number, Brownian motion parameter, and Casson fluid parameter rise. These are graphed via plots along with divergent fluid parameters.     

饱和细砂的动力反应及其中的弹性体波

该文通过室内试验揭示了饱和细砂在动荷载作用下的液化—析水—再固结动力反应过程 ,试验测得的超静孔隙水压力—时间关系曲线定量地反映了超静孔隙水压力的产生、发展和消散规律。试验结果和理论分析表明 ,动荷载作用下饱和细砂中存在着三种弹性体波———第一压缩波 (P1 波 )、第二压缩波 (P2 波 )和剪切波 (S波 )。