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Dissolution Process Observation of Methane Bubbles in the Deep Ocean Simulator Facility
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| Title: | Dissolution Process Observation of Methane Bubbles in the Deep Ocean Simulator Facility |
| Authors: | Uchida, Tsutomu Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Nagamine, Ike Browse this author | | Yabe, Itsuka Browse this author | | Fukumaki, Tatsunori Browse this author | | Oyama, Ai Browse this author | | Yoza, Brandon Browse this author | | Tenma, Norio Browse this author | | Masutani, Stephen M. Browse this author |
| Keywords: | bubble dissolution | | non-hydrate condition | | temperature dependence | | salinity |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2020 |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Journal Title: | Energies |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Issue: | 15 |
| Start Page: | 3938 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.3390/en13153938 |
| Abstract: | To investigate the temperature dependency of the methane bubble dissolution rate, buoyant single methane bubbles were held stationary in a countercurrent water flow at a pressure of 6.9 MPa and temperatures ranging from 288 K to 303 K. The 1 to 3 mm diameter bubbles were analyzed by observation through the pressure chamber viewport using a bi-telecentric CCD camera. The dissolution rate in artificial seawater was approximately two times smaller than that in pure water. Furthermore, it was observed that the methane bubble dissolution rate increased with temperature, suggesting that bubble dissolution is a thermal activation process (the activation energy is estimated to be 9.0 kJ/mol). The results were different from the expected values calculated using the governing equation for methane dissolution in water. The dissolution modeling of methane bubbles in the mid-to-shallow depth of seawater was revised based on the current results. |
| Rights: | © [2020] by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/79243 |
| Appears in Collections: | 工学院・工学研究院 (Graduate School of Engineering / Faculty of Engineering) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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