Effects of micro-heterogeneity and hydrodynamic dispersion on the dissolution rate of carbon dioxide in water-saturated porous media

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 341-350

  Aggelopoulos, Christos A ^a   Tsakiroglou, Christos D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide storage; Convective flow; Heterogeneity; Hydrodynamic dispersion; Porous media; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROUS MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; CONVECTIVE FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONVECTION; DARCY LAW; DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STORAGE TANK;

EID: 84864066738     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Aggelopoulos C.A., Tsakiroglou C.D. The longitudinal dispersion coefficient of soils as related to the variability of local permeability. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 2007, 185:223-237.
2. Aggelopoulos C.A., Tsakiroglou C.D. Quantifying soil heterogeneity from solute dispersion experiments. Geoderma 2008, 146:412-424.
3. Amirtharaj E.S., Ioannidis M.A., Parker B., Tsakiroglou C.D. Statistical synthesis of imaging and porosimetry data for the characterization of microstructure and transport properties of sandstones. Transport in Porous Media 2011, 86:135-154.
4. 2 injection into a carbonate reservoir, the Dogger aquifer (Paris Basin, France). Energy Conversion Management 2007, 48:1782-1797.
5. 2 in solution. Energy Conversion Management 2003, 44:3151-3175.
6. 2: hydrodynamic and mineral trapping. Energy Conversion Management 1994, 35:269-279.
7. Bildsten O., Jullien M., Credoz A., Garnier J. Energy Procedia 2009, 1:3237-3244.
8. Diersch H.-J.G., Kolditz O. Variable-density flow and transport in porous media: approaches and challenges. Advances in Water Resources 2002, 25:899-944.
9. Drazin P.G. Introduction to Hydrodynamic Stability 2002, Cambridge University Press, UK.
10. 2 solubility in pure water and aqueous NaCl solutions from 273 to 533K and from 0 to 2000bar. Chemical Geology 2003, 193:253-271.
11. 2 overlying a brine layer. Advances in Water Resources 2011, 34:327-339.
12. 2 injection projects. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2007, 50:5054-5064.
13. 2 storage in sedimentary rocks. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 2010, 4:73-89.
14. 2 in saline formation. Energy Procedia 2009, 1:1823-1830.
15. Halloway S. Underground sequestration of carbon dioxide - a viable greenhouse gas mitigation option. Energy 2005, 30:2318-2333.
16. Hassanzadeh H., Pooladi-Darvish M., Keith D.W. The effect of natural flow of aquifers and associated dispersion on the onset of buoyancy-driven convection in a saturated porous medium. American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal 2009, 55:475-485.
17. 2 sequestration. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2009, 640:441-452.
18. 2 in saline aquifers: effects of gravity, viscous, and capillary forces on amount and timing of trapping. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 2007, 1:481-491.
19. IPCC, 2007. Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 104.
20. 2. Transport in Porous Media 2010, 84:441-456.
21. Kneafsey T.J., Pruess K. Laboratory flow experiments for visualizing carbon dioxide-induced, density-driven brine convection. Transport in Porous Media 2010, 82:123-139.
22. 2 stored in aquifers. Environmental Science & Technology 2008, 42:2742-2747.
23. Nield D.A., Simmons C.T. A discussion on the effect of heterogeneity on the onset of convection in a porous medium. Transport in Porous Media 2007, 68:413-421.
24. Saadatpoor E., Bryant S.L., Sepehrnoori K. New trapping mechanism in carbon sequestration. Transport in Porous Media 2010, 82:3-17.
25. Sahimi M. Flow and Transport in Porous Media and Fractured Rock 1995, VCH, Weiheim, Germany.
26. Schincariol R. Dispersive mixing dynamics of dense miscible plumes: natural perturbation initiation by local-scale heterogeneities. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 1998, 34:247-271.
27. 2 sequestration in Ontario Canada. Part I. Storage evaluation of potential reservoirs. Energy Conversion Management 2004, 45:2645-2659.
28. 2 sequestration in Ontario Canada. Part II. Cost estimation. Energy Conversion Management 2004, 45:3207-3217.
29. 2 sequestration and caprock integrity. Fuel 2010, 89:2651-2664.
30. Simmons C.T., Fenstemaker T.R., Sharp J.M. Variable-density groundwater flow and solute transport in heterogeneous porous media: approaches, resolutions and future challenges. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 2001, 52:245-275.
31. Theodoropoulou M.A. Dispersion of dissolved contaminants in groundwater: from visualization experiments to macroscopic simulation. Water Air Soil Pollution 2007, 181:235-245.
32. Theodoropoulou M., Karoutsos V., Kaspiris C., Tsakiroglou C.D. A new visualization technique for the study of solute dispersion in porous media models. Journal of Hydrology 2003, 274:176-197.
33. 2 migration distance. Energy Procedia 2011, 4:4230-4237.
34. Tsakiroglou C.D., Theodoropoulou M., Karoutsos V. Boyancy-driven chaotic regimes during solute dispersion in pore networks. Oil & Gas Science and Technology - La Revue de l'IFP 2005, 60(1):141-159.
35. Turner J.S. Buoyancy Effects in Fluids 1973, Cambridge University Press, London.
36. Xu T., Apps J.A., Pruess K. Mineral sequestration of carbon dioxide in a sandstone-shale system. Chemical Geology 2005, 217:295-318.
37. Xu X., Chen S., Zhang D. Convective stability analysis of the long-term storage of carbon dioxide in deep saline aquifers. Advances in Water Resources 2006, 29:397-407.
38. 2 in reservoir brine due to density-driven natural convection at high pressures and elevated temperatures. Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research 2006, 45:2430-2436.
39. Zhang H.R., Sorbie K.S., Tsibuklis N.B. Viscous fingering in five-spot experimental porous media: new experimental results and numerical simulation. Chemical Engineering Science 1997, 52:37-54.
40. 2 trapped through mineral precipitation in the Rose Run Sandstone, Ohio. Applied Geochimica 2006, 21:223-240.