KINETICS OF HYDROCARBON GAS GENERATION FROM MARINE KEROGEN AND OIL: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF NATURAL GASES IN THE HETIANHE GASFIELD, TARIM BASIN, NW CHINA

In this paper we derive kinetic parameters for the generation of gaseous hydrocarbons (C_1‐5) and methane (C₁) from closed‐system laboratory pyrolysis of selected samples of marine kerogen and oil from the SW Tarim Basin. The activation energy distributions for the generation of both C_1‐5 (Ea = 59‐72kcal, A = 1.0×10¹⁴ s^?1) and C₁ (Ea = 61‐78kcal, A = 6.06×10¹⁴ s^?1) hydrocarbons from the marine oil are narrower than those for the generation of these hydrocarbons from marine kerogen (Ea = 50‐74kcal, A = 1.0×10¹⁴ s^?1 for C_1‐5; and Ea = 48‐72kcal, A=3.9×10¹³ s^?1 for C₁, respectively). Using these kinetic parameters, both the yields and timings of C_1‐5 and C₁ hydrocarbons generated from Cambrian source rocks and from in‐reservoir cracking of oil in Ordovician strata were predicted for selected wells along a north‐south profile in the SW of the basin. Thermodynamic conditions for the cracking of oil and kerogen were modelled within the context of the geological framework. It is suggested that marine kerogen began to crack at temperatures of around 120°C (or 0.8 %Ro) and entered the gas window at 138°C (or 1.05 %Ro); whereas the marine oil began to crack at about 140 °C (or 1.1 %Ro) and entered the gas window at 158 °C (or 1.6%Ro). The main geological controls identified for gas accumulations in the Bachu Arch (Southwest Depression, SW Tarim Basin) include the remaining gas potential following Caledonian uplift; oil trapping and preservation in basal Ordovician strata; the extent of breaching of Ordovician reservoirs; and whether reservoir burial depths are sufficiently deep for oil cracking to have occurred. In the Maigaiti Slope and Southwest Depression, the timing of gas generation was later than that in the Bachu Arch, with much higher yields and generation rates, and hence better prospects for gas exploration. It appears from the gas generation kinetics that the primary source for the gases in the Hetianhe gasfield was the Southwest Depression.     

Ductile-to-brittle transition temperature as a measure of the crack resistance of steels

Conclusion In 1971 there was developed in collaboration with G. S. Pisarenko a model [19] of fracture of materials representing this process as a successive series of acts of origin of a microcrack at the tip of the main crack and their subsequent merging. In [20] the proposal was made for determination of the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature as the temperature corresponding to the appearance at the crack tip at the moment of fracture of a plastic zone of maximum size in which plane strain conditions are still satisfied. In it on the basis of the earlier proposed model there was obtained a determining relationship relating the transition temperature to the basic parameters influencing it, specimen dimensions, loading rate, and structure of the material. As the result of fruitful collaboration with Professor D. Francois and the presentation by him of broad experimental data on the scale effect in the ductile brittle transition in various steels it was possible to experimentally base the relationships obtained and to propose certain relationships useful for practical purposes [7]. Since [7] is not yet known to Soviet readers, it was appropriate to first give it a brief presentation and then to develop some of its proposals to other cases not touched upon in this work.Institute of Strength Problems, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 10, pp. 89–95, October, 1985.     

ASON在当前应用中存在的问题及分析

对ASON在当前应用中可能碰到的几个问题进行了分析，并提出了看法。     

An integrated system of biological and catalytic oxidation for the removal of o-xylene from exhaust

Biofiltration is an efficient technology for treatment of gaseous waste. Its disadvantages, however, include large volume of bioreactor and slow adaptation to fluctuating concentrations in waste gas. Catalytic oxidation offers a high destructive efficiency at relatively low operating temperature and small unit. A bench scale system integrated with a biofilter and a catalytic oxidation unit for the treatment of gases containing o-xylene was investigated in this study. The catalytic oxidation unit was packed with Cu/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The results showed that 90% of o-xylene could be removed in the biofilter at the load below 38.2 g m⁻³ h⁻¹. High o-xylene concentration in inlet gas resulted in an overload of the biofilter. Using the Cu/Al₂O₃ catalytic oxidation unit, the concentration of o-xylene could be reduced evidently. The combination of the chemical and microbial processes not only led to a high and stable efficiency of o-xylene conversion, but also improved capacity resisting the shock loads. The Cu/Al₂O₃ was studied for o-xylene oxidation in temperature range of 90–320 °C. The o-xylene conversion was improved correspondingly with the increasing of oxidation temperature. The reaction mechanism of o-xylene oxidation on Cu/Al₂O₃ was also investigated using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS).     

Improvement of the technology for obtaining pigment-free brightly colored glazes

A new method of coloring glazes is proposed on the basis of improvements in the technology for obtaining brightly colored glass coatings. The method consists of a complex of physical-chemical processes (adsorption, ion-exchange, and precipitation) which already occur at the stage of preparation of the glaze slips, containing water-soluble salts of variable-valence metals, which imparts intense and uniform color and high-quality to calcined glass coatings. __________ Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 3, pp. 21–22, March, 2007.     

解决舒兰市城市水源工程基础设施建设措施的探讨

为适应城市发展需要,必须加强城市水利工作,通过对舒兰市水资源现状分析,对解决城市供水水源工程建设的措施进行探讨。     

优化改造油田生产工艺 增产增效提高环保水平——涠洲11-4油田生产工艺优化改造实践

油田生产水处理和海管输油能力不足是制约涠洲11-4油田生产和影响生产安全的瓶颈问题。合理利用油田原有设施和条件,对生产水处理系统和输油管道系统进行工艺优化改造,使该油田B平台海管运行的安全可靠性得以明显提高,并使油田生产水处理能力和处理质量得到有效改善,同时大幅度降低了油田生产成本,拓宽了油田增产挖潜的空间。涠洲11-4油田优化改造生产工艺实践经验,可为进一步拓宽海上老油气田的生产管理思路提供参考。     

基于WebGIS的粗泥沙集中来源区电子地图系统研究

基于WebGIS的粗泥沙集中来源区电子地图系统建设，以粗泥沙集中来源区作为研究区域，以黄河中游粗泥沙集中来源区水土保持工作流程（包括规划设计、计划管理、综合治理、预防监督和淤地坝管理等）为主线，依托黄河流域水土保持生态与环境监测系统网络、黄河流域水土保持监测系统数据库，建立覆盖黄河流域、黄土高原区、多沙粗沙区、粗泥沙集中来源区，面向不同水土保持管理层的水土保持监测与管理信息系统。     

Highly active lanthanum doped nickel anode for solid oxide fuel cells directly fuelled with methane

Lanthanum doped nickel and YSZ composite anode (LaNi–YSZ) exhibited a greatly reduced polarization resistance and high performance for electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen and methane, which resulted from a fine anode structure with a high dispersion of nickel catalyst and a high catalytic activity towards methane.     

山东省水利系统推行政务公开工作探讨

1水利部门政务公开的重要意义水是基础性的自然资源和战略性的经济资源,又是控制性的生态要素。水利工作事关全省经济社会发展大局,事关广大人民群众的根本利益。在全省水利系统推行政务公开,是实践"三个代表"重要思想,坚持治