Key words: asphaltene, sorption of gases, dilute solutions
A thermodynamic description of methane and ethane sorption by asphaltenes from petroleum gas condensate is proposed. Experimental data demonstrate that the major part of gases is dissolved in asphaltenes. The accounting of this effect suggests the
averaged equation of state for sorbed gas identical by shape to the Vant-Hoff equation for diluted solutions. The developed approach that utilizes the analogy to gas dissolution in liquids leads to an efficient thermodynamic method for calculation of natural gas components sorption by asphaltenes at supercritical temperatures and pressures corresponding to the conditions of real exploitation of gas deposits.
doi:10.1134/S1990793109070070