Estimation of Thermodynamic Stability of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Hydrates in the Presence of Hydrogen Sulfide.

This work presents the effect of hydrogen sulfide gas on the phase behavior of both methane gas hydrate formation and CO 2 gas hydrate formation. For this, the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions for various gas mixtures containing CH 4 /H 2 S and CO 2 /H 2 S are initially found by simulation using PVTSim software. These simulated results are compared using an experimental approach and the available literature. Then, the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions generated by simulation are used for generating Hydrate Liquid-Vapor-Equilibrium (HLVE) curves to understand the phase behavior of gases. Further, the effect of hydrogen sulfide on the thermodynamic stability of methane and carbon dioxide hydrates was studied. It was clearly observed from the results that an increase in H 2 S composition in the gas mixture decreases the stability of CH 4 and CO 2 hydrates.