Molecular simulation study demonstrates a marked phase diagram shift for methane in 4–10 nm nanopores, indicating that confinement effects intensify as pore size decreases.
Interest in the phase behavior of hydrocarbons in shale reservoirs has grown in recent years. Petroleum fluid phase behavior has been observed to differ significantly between conventional reservoirs and shale reservoirs. Within shale reservoirs, notable surface-fluid interactions can lead to non-uniform molecule distribution and an alteration in fluid phase behavior, primarily caused by the existence of nano-scale porous materials. In this work, we study the phase behavior of methane in single cylindrical pore models. We apply the gauge Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo (gauge-GEMC) simulation technique to investigate the phase behavior of methane in 4–10 nm single nanopores and calculate the saturation pressures at various temperatures using the grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulation technique. A shift in the phase diagram has been found for methane in nanopores. As pore size decreases, the shift becomes more significant.
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