US 12,467,914 B2
Segmented thermal pressurized hydrocarbon generation simulation apparatus and method
Weijiao Ma, Guangdong (CN); Jinzhong Liu, Guangdong (CN); Yunpeng Wang, Guangdong (CN); Qiang Wang, Guangdong (CN); Cui Weng, Guangdong (CN); and Yong Li, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Guangzhou (CN)
Filed by GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 19/000,436.
Claims priority of application No. 202410434942.4 (CN), filed on Apr. 11, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0321215 A1, Oct. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 3/18 (2006.01); G01N 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/24 (2013.01) [G01N 3/18 (2013.01); G01N 25/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A segmented thermal pressurized hydrocarbon generation simulation apparatus comprising:
a base, an insulation chamber fixed on the base with a front and a rear doors, three temperature and pressure control modules, two pressure boosted and blocking modules, a gold tube for holding sample, and a main control computer;
the three temperature and pressure control modules are spaced apart and installed within the insulation chamber, with a first pressure boosted and blocking module of the two pressure boosted and blocking modules interposed between a first temperature and pressure control module and a second temperature and pressure control module of the three temperature and pressure control modules and a second pressure boosted and blocking module of the two pressure boosted and blocking modules interposed between the second temperature and pressure control module and a third temperature and pressure control module of the three temperature and pressure control modules, wherein each of the temperature and pressure control modules comprises a lower mold base and an upper mold base, with electric heating rods and thermocouples installed on both the lower and upper mold bases, both the lower mold base and the upper mold base are provided with arc-shaped positioning grooves for positioning the gold tube, each of the pressure boosted and blocking modules comprises a lower support base and an upper pressure head;
the insulation chamber is provided with five piston-type hydraulic servo pumps, wherein each of the piston-type hydraulic servo pumps is equipped with a pressure sensor and a piston rod of each of the piston-type hydraulic servo pumps extends into the insulation chamber, the upper mold bases of the three temperature and pressure control modules and the upper pressure heads of the two pressure boosted and blocking modules are respectively connected to the piston rods of the five piston-type hydraulic servo pumps;
the gold tube is divided into a hydrocarbon generation zone, a first blocking zone, an oil storage zone, a second blocking zone, and a gas storage zone, during an experiment, the hydrocarbon generation zone, oil storage zone, and gas storage zone are respectively positioned within the three temperature and pressure control modules, the first blocking zone and the second blocking zone are respectively positioned on the lower support bases of the two blocking modules, the thermocouples are capable of collecting temperature signals and transmitting them to the main control computer, activations and deactivations of the electric heating rods and the piston-type hydraulic servo pumps are controlled by the main control computer.