Adsorption
reduction occurring during isothermal experiment leads
to the failure of telling the true adsorption capacity of shale reservoir.
A correct understanding of this will be helpful in improving the accuracy
of resource estimation and economic evaluation of shale gas reserves.
Six shale samples were collected from the Permian Longtan Formation
in the western Guizhou Province, China. Volumetric methane isotherm
adsorption experiment and data processing were conducted in this research.
The study investigates the effect of free space volume reduction (FSVR),
excess adsorption amount conversion (EAAC), and blank test correction
(BTC) on adsorption reduction, the understanding of the dynamic process
of adsorption reduction, and the evaluation of the way of weakening
and correcting this phenomenon. The conclusions are as follows. (1)
Adsorption reduction does exist in the shale sample. The adsorption
process of methane in the shale sample can be divided into the strong
adsorption stage, approximate saturation stage, and adsorption reduction
stage. (2) Shale adsorbing methane has a positive effect on the experimental
adsorption amount. Comparatively, free space volume, excess adsorption
amount, and blank test have negative effects. Adsorption reduction
is the result of combined influence of positive and negative effects
above. (3) At the first two stages of methane adsorption, the positive
effect is greater than the negative effect, resulting in the hidden
of adsorption reduction, and the experimental adsorption amount increases
with the growth of experimental pressure. While at the adsorption
reduction stage, the former effect is smaller than the latter, and
their difference increases as the experimental pressure increases.
It leads to the occurrence of adsorption reduction, and the phenomenon
becomes increasingly obvious. (4) FSVR has the strongest impact on
the weakening of adsorption reduction, followed by EAAC and BTC. The
adsorption reduction in shale reservoir can be corrected effectively
by BTC and EAAC.