Formation of Gas Hydroxide of Sulfur Dioxide at Liquid Sulfur Dioxide Injection in a Porous Medium Saturated with Methane and Water

A mathematical model of injection of liquid sulfur dioxide into a porous medium saturated with water and methane, accompanied by the formation of SO2 gas hydrate on the frontal surface is presented. The dependences of the temperature and the coordinates for the formation front of sulfur dioxide gas hydrate on the pressure of the injection and the initial pressure of the layer are explored. It is established that at sufficiently high injection pressure values and the initial temperature of the layer, as well as the low values of the layer's initial pressure, the temperature of the porous medium on the boundary of gas hydrate formation of sulfur dioxide may rise above the decomposition's equilibrium temperature of the gas hydrate of sulfur dioxide. This corresponds to the appearance of a zone in a porous medium saturated with a mixture of water, sulfur dioxide and its gas hydrate, being in a state of phase equilibrium.