This conference paper describes extensive investigations performed on sediment cores containing methane hydrates recovered from beneath the sea floor. Great care was taken to perform thermal conductivity measurements at similar temperature and pressure to the natural conditions that these hydrates develop and are deposited in. ...
The thermal conductivity of hydrate-layer sediment recovered from a location near Japan was measured at temperatures ranging from 263-283 K, and at a pressure of 0.1 MPa. The thermal conductivity of Toyoura standard sand as a comparison. The thermal conductivity of the methane hydrate-bearing sediment was ...
Methane Hydrates have the potential to be a significant energy source as they contain large amounts of methane gas. Large reserves exist in deep sea sediments, and work is being performed to better understand physical characteristics of these sediments. In this article, artificial methane hydrate ...
Thermal properties of methane hydrate-bearing sediment samples taken from the Nankai Trough, Japan were investigated using the transient plane source method. It was determined that the thermal conductivity of these sediment samples decreased with increasing porosity, but increased with increasing methane hydrate saturation. The thermal ...
