Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a hydrate visualization development simulation device, comprising:
the visual development simulation device host is provided with a closed space which is used for simulating the synthesis and decomposition processes of the hydrate in the rock core under different conditions; the visual development simulation device host is provided with a plurality of visual windows;
the pressure control unit is communicated with the closed space and is used for providing methane gas into the closed space and providing a pressure environment required by hydrate generation for the closed space;
the liquid supply unit is communicated with the closed space and is used for inputting pure water into the closed space;
the sensor unit comprises a plurality of temperature and pressure sensors pre-buried at the bottom of the rock core so as to realize data acquisition of temperature and pressure fields when natural gas hydrate development simulation is carried out;
the temperature control unit is used for providing temperature conditions required by hydrate generation for the visual development simulation device host;
the vacuum unit is communicated with the closed space and used for keeping a certain vacuum degree in the closed space;
the gas-liquid separation and collection unit is communicated with the closed space and is used for carrying out water-gas separation and collection on the generated natural gas during development simulation of the natural gas hydrate, and monitoring the quality change of water and methane gas in real time;
the data and image acquisition, storage and processing unit comprises a computer and a plurality of high-speed cameras which are arranged corresponding to the visual window, and the high-speed cameras are used for recording each state of the core decomposition and have the function of adjusting the frequency of recording images according to the requirement; the computer is in signal connection with the sensor unit, the liquid supply unit, the pressure control unit, the gas-liquid separation and collection unit and the high-speed camera, so that the real-time collection and recording of the temperature and the pressure in the closed space and the water consumption and the gas production during the development simulation of the natural gas hydrate are realized, and the collected and recorded data and images are subjected to the associated processing.
Further, a top plate and a visual layer which are assembled in an up-down nested way are arranged at the top of the main machine of the visual development simulation device; the top plate is provided with a plurality of view holes, the visual layer is made of transparent materials, and a plurality of protruding parts which are in one-to-one correspondence with the view holes of the top plate are arranged on the visual layer; the bulge part is matched with the visual hole so as to realize the sealing of the main machine of the visual development simulation device and serve as a visual window of the main machine of the visual development simulation device.
Further, the pressure control unit comprises a methane cylinder connected with the closed space and a first level for measuring the quality change of the methane cylinder, a connecting air pipe is arranged between the methane cylinder and the closed space, a first one-way valve, a booster pump and a first pressure gauge are sequentially arranged on the connecting air pipe, and the first one-way valve is far away from one side of the methane cylinder.
Further, the liquid supply unit comprises a pure water feeder connected with the closed space and a second balance for measuring the quality change of the pure water feeder, a connecting water pipe is arranged between the pure water feeder and the closed space, a second one-way valve and a first constant flow pump are sequentially arranged on the connecting water pipe, and the second one-way valve is located at one side far away from the pure water feeder.
Further, the temperature control unit further comprises a temperature control water tank, the temperature control water tank is communicated with the closed space through a temperature control water pipe, a third one-way valve and a second constant flow pump are sequentially arranged on the temperature control water pipe, and the third one-way valve is located at one side far away from the temperature control water tank.
Further, the device also comprises an input pipe, wherein the connecting air pipe, the connecting water pipe and the temperature control water pipe are all communicated with one end of the input pipe; the other end of the input pipe is communicated with the closed space; the input pipe is provided with a seventh pressure gauge and a second flowmeter.
Further, the gas-liquid separation and collection unit comprises a gas-liquid separation assembly, a gas collection assembly and a water containing assembly, wherein the gas-liquid separation assembly is connected with the closed space through a separation pipeline; a fourth one-way valve and a second pressure gauge are arranged on the separation pipeline; the fourth one-way valve is positioned at one side close to the gas collecting assembly, and the gas-liquid separation assembly is used for separating water from gas of natural gas generated during development simulation of natural gas hydrate;
the gas collection assembly comprises a gas collection bottle and a third balance for measuring the mass change of the gas collection bottle; the gas collecting bottle is connected with the gas collecting pipeline between the gas-liquid separation assembly, and the gas collecting pipeline is provided with a first flowmeter;
the water containing component comprises a water container and a fourth electronic balance for measuring the mass change of the water container; the water container is connected with the gas-liquid separation assembly through a liquid collecting pipeline.
Further, the main machine of the visual development simulation device is provided with a plurality of external pipelines which are communicated with the closed space and are independently arranged, and the external pipelines are respectively communicated with the separation pipelines; each external connecting pipe is provided with a one-way valve and a pressure gauge.
Further, the vacuum unit comprises a vacuum pump, the vacuum pump is communicated with the separation pipeline through a vacuum pipeline, and the connecting end of the vacuum pipeline and the separation pipeline is positioned between the fourth one-way valve and the second pressure gauge; and a fifth one-way valve is arranged on the vacuum pipeline.
An experimental method for a hydrate visual development simulation device, adopting any one of the hydrate visual development simulation devices, the experimental method comprising the following steps:
s10, starting a data and image acquisition, storage and processing unit, presetting a high-speed camera image recording interval to be 1S, increasing or reducing the frequency of camera shooting by an experimenter according to the real-time condition of reaction in the device at a subsequent recording interval, preparing to inject materials from a central wellhead of a main machine of the visual development simulation device, wherein the materials are methane gas, pure water which is pure and insoluble gas and hot fluid NaCl solution used in development simulation, closing all valves after the completion of assembly and connection of all the devices are confirmed, starting a temperature control unit, setting the working temperature to be 2+/-0.5 ℃, and precooling the core environment in the main machine of the visual development simulation device;
s20, when the data of the temperature sensor arranged in the core is stabilized at a preset temperature, sequentially opening a one-way valve, a pressure gauge, a fifth one-way valve and a second pressure gauge which are respectively arranged on an external connection pipe, starting a vacuum pump at the same time, performing vacuum treatment on the environment in a closed space of a main machine of the visual development simulation device, wherein the pre-evacuation degree is-0.1 MPa, and when the numerical values of the pressure gauges are all stabilized to display preset pressure values, closing the vacuum pump and the fifth one-way valve, wherein the vacuum stage is reached in the closed space;
s30, starting a second electronic balance, a fourth electronic balance, a second one-way valve, a fourth one-way valve and a first constant flow pump, inputting pure water into a closed space of a main machine of the visual development simulation device, and closing the first constant flow pump and the second one-way valve when the mass of the input pure water is equal to the value of the recovered pure water in the water recovery container;
s40, opening a first one-way valve and a methane gas bottle, wherein the first electronic balance, the third electronic balance, the first flowmeter, the second flowmeter, the third electronic balance and the booster pump methane gas into a closed space in the working process, and when the second flowmeter is equal to the first flowmeter and the reduced value of the first electronic balance is equal to the increased value of the third electronic balance, closing a fourth one-way valve and a one-way valve arranged on an external pipeline;
s50, continuing to work an air inlet pipeline, stopping working when the numerical value of the pressure sensor in the core reaches 5MPa, and closing the first one-way valve, the booster pump and the methane cylinder;
s60, closing all equipment except a data and image acquisition, storage and processing unit and a temperature control unit, waiting for continuous reaction of methane and water in a reaction cavity, observing data and images displayed by an image processing computer, determining normal progress of the reaction according to a synthesis development phase diagram of natural gas hydrate, acquiring real-time data by each pressure meter and each temperature sensor in a rock core when pressure and temperature data are not changed any more, ensuring that a plurality of high-definition cameras record images in the whole reaction process, simultaneously observing the conditions in the device in real time through a visual window, increasing or reducing the frequency of camera shooting according to the real-time conditions of the reaction in the device, and storing and analyzing the data and the image processing computer; when all the data are not changed, performing the next operation;
s70, after the generation stage of the natural gas hydrate is finished, carrying out exploitation simulation experiments, opening a temperature-controlled water tank, and heating the temperature-controlled water tank for storing saturated NaCl solution to 60 ℃; after the temperature of the temperature control water tank is raised, a third one-way valve, a second constant flow pump, a one-way valve, a gas-liquid separation assembly, a third electronic balance, a gas accommodating bottle, a water accommodating container and a fourth electronic balance which are arranged on an external connecting pipe are opened, 60 ℃ saturated NaCl solution is injected into the closed space, the mixture is stood for decomposition of natural gas hydrate, when the reading of the third electronic balance is not changed any more, the natural gas hydrate decomposition stage is proved to be finished, at the moment, all the pipes and devices except the data and image processing computer are sequentially closed, after the data and image recording and storage are finished, all the valves are restored to an initial mode, and the data processing and image comparison work is carried out
The beneficial effects are that:
the invention provides a hydrate visual development simulation device and an experimental method, which adopt a mode of nesting and matching organic glass and stainless steel to manufacture a host in the development simulation device, provide a method for video camera image recording and real-time human eye observation for the synthesis and decomposition process of natural gas hydrate, solve the problems of low visual degree and low simulation working pressure of the existing natural gas hydrate development simulation device, and realize real-time observation of experimenters, data acquisition and associated processing of data and images in the synthesis and decomposition process of natural gas hydrate.
Detailed Description
The hydrate visual development simulation device provided by the embodiment has the following setting and connecting processes:
the visual development simulation device host machine 2 is provided with a closed space, and the closed space is used for simulating the synthesis and decomposition processes of the hydrate in the rock core under different conditions; the visual development simulation device host 2 is provided with a plurality of visual windows;
the pressure control unit is communicated with the closed space and is used for providing methane gas into the closed space and providing a pressure environment required by hydrate generation for the closed space;
the liquid supply unit is communicated with the closed space and is used for inputting pure water into the closed space;
the sensor unit comprises a plurality of temperature and pressure sensors pre-buried at the bottom of the rock core, so as to realize data acquisition of temperature and pressure when natural gas hydrate development simulation is carried out;
a temperature control unit for providing the temperature conditions required for hydrate formation for the visualization development simulation apparatus host 2;
the vacuum unit is communicated with the closed space and used for keeping a certain vacuum degree in the closed space;
the gas-liquid separation and collection unit is communicated with the closed space and is used for carrying out water-gas separation and collection on the generated natural gas during development simulation of the natural gas hydrate, and monitoring the quality change of water and methane gas in real time;
the data and image acquisition, storage and processing unit 1, wherein the data and image acquisition, storage and processing unit 1 comprises a computer and a plurality of high-speed cameras which are arranged corresponding to the visual window, and the high-speed cameras are used for recording each state of core decomposition and have the function of adjusting the frequency of recording images according to the requirement; the computer is in signal connection with the sensor unit, the liquid supply unit, the pressure control unit, the gas-liquid separation and collection unit and the high-speed camera, so that the real-time acquisition and recording of the temperature and the pressure in the closed space and the water consumption and the gas consumption and the water production and the gas production during the development simulation of the natural gas hydrate are realized, and the acquired and recorded data and images are subjected to the associated processing.
In the embodiment, a top plate and a visual layer which are assembled in a vertically nested manner are arranged at the top of the main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device; the top plate is provided with a plurality of vision holes, the visual layer is transparent, and a plurality of protruding parts which are in one-to-one correspondence with the vision holes of the top plate are arranged on the visual layer; the protruding part is matched with the visual hole to realize the sealing of the main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device and serve as a visual window of the main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device.
Wherein, the highest working pressure of the main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device is 10MPa, the working temperature is-10-85 ℃, and the visual development simulation device consists of a self-made novel visual high-pressure reaction device.
The main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device mainly comprises a core, a plate and other accessories, and specifically comprises: the artificial rock core comprises a cuboid artificial rock core, a rubber sleeve, a high-strength stainless steel top plate with eight view hole openings, a visible layer of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) plate, a stainless steel side plate with four non-opened sides, a bottom plate with injection and extraction interfaces, bolts, bolt holes, fluororubber sealing rings, rubber gaskets and the like.
The main body of the main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device adopts a cuboid structure composed of six plates, and each plate is a stainless steel plate with the thickness of 20 mm.
In this example, the artificial core gauge is 300mm x 45mm inside; four temperature and pressure sensors are pre-buried at the bottom of the rock core, and the distance between every two sensors is more than 90mm in front-back left-right direction.
The specification of the top plate of the stainless steel is 300mm multiplied by 40mm, and in order to facilitate the real-time observation and record the hydrate generation and decomposition process, 8 visual holes with the diameter of 26mm are formed on the top plate as visual windows.
The top plate is provided with 8 circular visual windows which are uniformly distributed on the midpoint of the connecting line and the midpoint of the connecting line of the diagonal lines of the points of the position of the lower wall corresponding to the acquisition points of the square wall above.
Considering the strength of the development simulation device for opening the visual window, as an optimization scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the visual layer is made of high-strength polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) plate organic glass, the specification is cuboid with the specification of 300mm multiplied by 20mm, and cylindrical bulges with the diameter of 26mm and the height of 20mm are arranged at the position matched with the opening window, and the specific shape is shown in figure 3.
The top plate is made of stainless steel walls, the specification is 300mm multiplied by 20mm, 8 windows with the diameter of 26mm are uniformly distributed on connecting lines corresponding to injection and extraction wellheads during simulation development, and the specific distribution positions are shown in figure 4.
The visible organic glass layer and the high-strength stainless steel layer are assembled in a nested mode and fixed by polyurethane glue, and the thickness of the assembled organic glass layer is 300mm multiplied by 40mm.
The left and right side plates of the visual development simulation device host are 360×340×20mm stainless steel plates, the front and rear side plates are 360×300×20mm stainless steel plates, and the bottom plate is 300×300×20mm stainless steel, as shown in fig. 2.
The main machine of the visual development simulation device is provided with 24 bolts and corresponding bolt openings, the specification of the bolts is M6 multiplied by 30, and the installation positions of the bolts are shown in figure 2.
Four 10mm openings are uniformly distributed on four connecting lines of four corners and the center of the bottom plate, a wellhead for collecting during simulation is arranged, a 10mm opening is designed in the center of the bottom plate, and a wellhead for injecting during simulation is arranged.
The line is connected with the pressure and temperature sensor and the computer through the acquisition wellhead in the bottom plate, and the real-time pressure and temperature conditions of the model in the experiment can be known through the processing of the data acquisition system.
In this embodiment, the gum cover tightly overlaps four sides at the artificial rock core, six splint centre gripping are in six faces of artificial rock core, and the junction of six boards is sealed through rubber gasket to cooperate the bolt structure to fasten, the bottom plate is provided with fluororubber sealing washer with the cooperation department of simulation well head and seals.
In this embodiment, the pressure control unit includes the methane gas cylinder 27 that is connected with airtight space and measures the first level of methane gas cylinder 27 quality variation, is provided with the connecting trachea between methane gas cylinder 27 and the airtight space, has set gradually first check valve 24, booster pump 25 and first manometer 26 on the connecting trachea, and first check valve 24 is located the one side of keeping away from methane gas cylinder 27.
In this embodiment, the liquid supply unit includes a pure water supply device 34 connected to the closed space and a second balance for measuring the mass change of the pure water supply device 34, a connecting water pipe is provided between the pure water supply device 34 and the closed space, a second check valve 32 and a first constant flow pump 33 are sequentially provided on the connecting water pipe, and the second check valve 32 is located at a side far from the pure water supply device 34.
In this embodiment, the temperature control unit further includes a temperature control water tank 31, the temperature control water tank 31 is communicated with the closed space through a temperature control water pipe, a third check valve 29 and a second constant flow pump 30 are sequentially disposed on the temperature control water pipe, and the third check valve 29 is located at one side far away from the temperature control water tank 31.
In the embodiment, the device further comprises an input pipe, wherein the connecting air pipe, the connecting water pipe and the temperature control water pipe are all communicated with one end of the input pipe; the other end of the input pipe is communicated with the closed space; a seventh pressure gauge and a second flow gauge 22 are provided on the input pipe.
In this embodiment, the gas-liquid separation and collection unit includes a gas-liquid separation assembly, a gas collection assembly, and a water containing assembly, where the gas-liquid separation assembly is connected with the closed space through a separation pipeline; a fourth one-way valve 15 and a second pressure gauge 12 are arranged on the separation pipeline; the fourth one-way valve 15 is located at a side close to the gas collecting assembly, and the gas-liquid separation assembly is used for separating water from gas of natural gas generated during development simulation of natural gas hydrate.
In this embodiment, the gas-liquid separation component is a gas-liquid separation device 16, which belongs to the prior art and is not described herein.
The gas collection assembly comprises a gas collection bottle and a third balance for measuring the mass change of the gas collection bottle; the gas collection bottle is connected with a gas collection pipeline between the gas-liquid separation assembly, and the gas collection pipeline is provided with a first flowmeter 17.
The water containing assembly comprises a water container 20 and a fourth electronic balance 21 for measuring the mass change of the water container 20; the water container 20 is connected with the gas-liquid separation component through a liquid collecting pipeline.
In the embodiment, a plurality of external pipelines which are communicated with the closed space and are independently arranged are arranged on the main machine of the visual development simulation device, and the plurality of external pipelines are respectively communicated with the separation pipeline; each external connecting pipe is provided with a one-way valve and a pressure gauge.
In this embodiment, the device includes 4 external pipelines, which are respectively set as a first external pipeline, a second external pipeline, a third external pipeline and a fourth external pipeline; wherein, the first external pipeline is provided with a third pressure gauge 4 and a sixth one-way valve 8; the second external connecting pipe is provided with a fourth pressure gauge 5 and a seventh one-way valve 9; the third external pipeline is provided with a fifth pressure gauge 6 and an eighth one-way valve 10; the fourth external connection is provided with a sixth pressure gauge 7 and a ninth non return valve 11.
In this embodiment, the vacuum unit includes a vacuum pump 14, the vacuum pump 14 is communicated with the separation pipeline through a vacuum pipeline, and a connection end of the vacuum pipeline and the separation pipeline is located between the fourth check valve 15 and the second pressure gauge 12; the vacuum pipe is provided with a fifth one-way valve 13.
In the present embodiment, the temperature control unit is a temperature control frame 3, wherein 8 high-speed cameras are fixedly mounted on the temperature control frame 3.
The experimental method for the hydrate visual development simulation device adopts the hydrate visual development simulation device provided above, and comprises the following steps:
s10, starting a data and image acquisition, storage and processing unit, presetting a high-speed camera image recording interval to be 1S, increasing or reducing the frequency of camera shooting by an experimenter according to the real-time condition of reaction in the device at the subsequent recording interval, preparing to inject materials from a central wellhead of a main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device, wherein the materials are methane gas, pure water which is pure and insoluble gas and hot fluid NaCl solution used in development simulation, closing all valves after the completion of assembly and connection of all devices are confirmed, starting a temperature control unit, setting the working temperature to be 2+/-0.5 ℃, and precooling the core environment in the main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device.
S20, when the data of the temperature sensor arranged in the core is stabilized at a preset temperature, sequentially opening a third pressure gauge 4, a sixth one-way valve 8, a fourth pressure gauge 5, a seventh one-way valve 9, a fifth pressure gauge 6, an eighth one-way valve 10, a sixth pressure gauge 7, a ninth one-way valve 11, a fifth one-way valve 13 and a second pressure gauge 12, simultaneously starting a vacuum pump 14, performing vacuum treatment on the environment in the closed space of the main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device, wherein the pre-evacuation degree is-0.1 MPa, and when the values of the pressure gauges are all stabilized to display preset pressure values, closing the vacuum pump 14 and the fifth one-way valve 13, and at the moment, the vacuum stage is reached in the closed space.
S30, starting the second electronic balance 35, the fourth electronic balance 21, the second one-way valve 32, the fourth one-way valve 15 and the first constant flow pump 33, inputting pure water into the closed space of the main machine 2 of the visual development simulation device, and when the mass of the input pure water is equal to the value of the recovered pure water in the water recovery container, proving that pure water is filled into the pores of the core in the closed space, closing the first constant flow pump 33 and the second one-way valve 32, and at the moment, the water in the core gap in the closed space reaches a saturation stage, and performing the next operation.
And S40, opening the first check valve 24 and the methane gas bottle 27, wherein the first electronic balance 28, the third electronic balance 19, the first flowmeter 17, the second flowmeter 22, the third electronic balance 19 and the booster pump 25, and when the second flowmeter 22 is equal to the first flowmeter 17 and the value of the first electronic balance 28 reduced is equal to the value of the third electronic balance 19 increased, the reaction cavity is proved to be full of methane gas, and at the moment, the fourth check valve 15, the sixth check valve 8, the seventh check valve 9, the eighth check valve 10 and the ninth check valve 11 are closed.
And S50, continuing to work an air inlet pipeline, stopping working when the numerical value of the pressure sensor in the core reaches 5MPa, closing the first one-way valve 24, the booster pump 25 and the methane gas cylinder 27, and performing the next operation when the reaction cavity reaches the gas-driven water saturation stage.
S60, closing all equipment except a data and image acquisition, storage and processing unit and a temperature control unit, waiting for continuous reaction of methane and water in a reaction cavity, observing data and images displayed by an image processing computer, determining normal progress of the reaction according to a synthesis development phase diagram of natural gas hydrate, acquiring real-time data by each pressure meter and each temperature sensor in a rock core when pressure and temperature data are not changed any more, ensuring that a plurality of high-definition cameras record images in the whole reaction process, simultaneously observing the conditions in the device in real time through a visual window, increasing or reducing the frequency of camera shooting according to the real-time conditions of the reaction in the device, and storing and analyzing the data and the image processing computer; when all the data are not changed, the next operation is performed.
And S70, after the natural gas hydrate generation stage is finished, carrying out exploitation simulation experiments, opening the temperature-controlled water tank 31 without changing all the devices, and heating the temperature-controlled water tank 31 for storing saturated NaCl solution to 60 ℃. After the temperature of the temperature control water tank 31 is raised, the third one-way valve 29, the second constant flow pump 30, the one-way valve arranged on the external connecting pipe, the gas-liquid separation assembly, the third electronic balance 19, the gas containing bottle 18, the water container 20 and the fourth electronic balance 21 are opened, 60 ℃ saturated NaCl solution is injected into the closed space, the mixture stands for the decomposition of the natural gas hydrate, when the reading of the third electronic balance 19 is not changed any more, the natural gas hydrate decomposition stage is proved to be finished, at the moment, all the pipes and devices except the data and image processing computer are sequentially closed, all the valves are restored to an initial mode after the data and image recording and storage are finished, and the data processing, the image comparison and the data and image association processing work are carried out.
The foregoing description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention, so any minor modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical principles of the present invention still fall within the scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.