Analysis on the CO2 Storage and Leakage in Heterogeneous
Saline Aquifer Considering Capillary Trapping

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Analysis on the CO2 Storage and Leakage in Heterogeneous Saline Aquifer Considering Capillary Trapping 모세관 격리를 고려한 불균질 대염수층 내 CO₂ 저장 및 누출 분석: 박성수 · 박주선 · 조진형 · 이근상
Sung Soo Park, Jooseon Park, Jinhyung Cho and Kun Sang Lee

31 October 2014. pp. 653-667

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Abstract

Under circumstances where capillary entry pressure is larger than buoyancy pressure of CO₂, a number of capillary barriers can exist and CO_{2 accumulates below them. This is a new trapping mechanism called capillary trapping. In this study, numerical simulations of CO₂ sequestration were performed to estimate the amount of CO₂ storage and leakage under different heterogenous systems considering capillary trapping. Leverett J-function was applied so that every grid block had a different capillary pressure curve being physically consistent with its heterogenous properties. The flow pattern of CO₂ plume was dependent not only upon permeability heterogeneity but also its correlation length. As the permeability variation increased, the total amount of trapped CO₂ increased due to effect of capillary trapping, although CO₂ trapped by residual and dissolution trapping decreased. The lateral correlation length of permeability field affected spatial distribution of CO₂ but did not have significant effect on the amount of CO₂ storage and leakage.

Keywords

Capillary trapping

CO₂ sequestration

Heterogeneity

Correlation length}

부력에 의해 상승하는 CO₂는 모세관 진입압력이 부력보다 높은 특정 영역에 도달하였을 때 모세관 장벽에 의해 더 이상 유동하지 못하고 집적되는 모세관격리를 나타낸다. 본 연구에서는 모세관 격리가 반영된 대염수층의 불균질성에 따라 변하는 CO₂의 저장량과 누출량을 측정하기 위하여 CO₂ 지중저장 모델에 대한 수치 연구를 수행하였다. Leverett J-함수를 적용하여 지층의 불균질성에 따라 서로 다른 모세관압을 갖도록 설정하였다. CO₂의 대수층 내 유동양상은 투과도의 불균질도와 상관길이에 영향을 받는다. 본 연구의 결과에 따르면 투과도의 변화가 심할수록 CO₂ 잔류격리량과 용해격리량은 감소하였지만, 모세관격리 효과로 인하여 총 격리량은 증가하였다. 투과도의 수평 상관길이는 CO₂의 공간적 분포에는 영향을 미쳤지만 CO₂의 저장량과 누출량에 미치는 영향은 미미하였다.

키워드

모세관격리

CO₂ 지중저장

불균질도

상관길이

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
Volume : 51
No :5
Pages :653-667
DOI :https://doi.org/10.12972/ksmer.2014.51.5.653

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[6] Holtz, M.H., 2002, “Residual Gas Saturation to Aquifer Influx: A Calculation Method for 3-D Computer Reservoir Model Construction,” SPE 75502 presented at SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 30-May 2.

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[8] Land, C.S., 1968, “Calculation of Imbibition Relative Permeability for Two-and Three-Phase Flow From Rock Properties,” Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 149-156.

[9] Law, J., 1944, “A Statistical Approach to the Interstitial Characteristics of Sand Reservoirs,” Transactions of the AIME, Vol. 155, pp. 202-222.

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[20] Woods, A.W. and Farcas A., 2009, “Capillary Entry Pressure and the Leakage of Gravity Currents through a Sloping Layered Permeable Rock,” J. of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 618, pp. 361-379.

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