Rapidly determinating the principal components of natural gas distilled from shale with terahertz spectroscopy. (1st November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leng, Wenxiu; Zhan, Honglei; Ge, Lina; Wang, Wei; Ma, Yue; Zhao, Kun; Li, Shuyuan; Xiao, Lizhi
• Is Part Of: Fuel. Volume 159(2015)
• Page Start: 84
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2015-11-01
• Subjects: Terahertz -- Distilled gas -- Artificial neural networks -- Unconventional natural gas; Fuel -- Periodicals; Coal -- Periodicals; Coal; Fuel; Periodicals; 662.6
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.06.072
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0016-2361

Abstract

Highlights: The principal components of distillated gas were determined by THz-TDS. Different gas components can be directly distinguished by THz-TDS. THz combined with BPANN can be used to quantitatively determine the properties. THz-TDS could be an effective method in unconventional natural gas industry. Abstract: It is undeniable that more and more simple and rapid techniques are necessary to satisfy the increasing need of the gas detection in unconventional natural gas industry. Terahertz (THz) technique, a recently developed spectral method, was used to realize the identification and determination of the principal gas components distilled from oil shale, including methane (CH4 ), ethane (C2 H6 ), carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2 ). An obvious variation can be observed between the components after the measurement of THz. C2 H6 represented the largest refraction property because of the highest time delay relative to the reference, followed by CO2, CH4 and CO in turn. In addition, back propagation artificial neural network was employed to quantitatively characterize the components' content and the total pressure of the four-component system. The correlation coefficient of the prediction set in the quantitative model equalled 0.9955. The results indicated that THz technique combined with mathematical method is an effective tool for gas detection and can be popularized in unconventional natural gas industry.