Reactive transport modeling of stable carbon isotope fractionation in a multi-phase multi-component system during carbon sequestration

Zhang, Shuo; DePaolo, Donald J.; Zheng, Liange; Mayer, Bernhard

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.411

Title: Reactive transport modeling of stable carbon isotope fractionation in a multi-phase multi-component system during carbon sequestration

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Carbon stable isotopes can be used in characterization and monitoring of CO₂ sequestration sites to track the migration of the CO₂ plume and identify leakage sources, and to evaluate the chemical reactions that take place in the CO₂-water-rock system. However, there are few tools available to incorporate stable isotope information into flow and transport codes used for CO₂ sequestration problems. We present a numerical tool for modeling the transport of stable carbon isotopes in multiphase reactive systems relevant to geologic carbon sequestration. The code is an extension of the reactive transport code TOUGHREACT. The transport module of TOUGHREACT was modified to include separate isotopic species of CO₂ gas and dissolved inorganic carbon (CO₂, CO₃^2-, HCO₃^-,…). Any process of transport or reaction influencing a given carbon species also influences its isotopic ratio. Isotopic fractionation is thus fully integrated within the dynamic system. The chemical module and database have been expanded to include isotopic exchange and fractionation between the carbon species in both gas and aqueous phases. The performance of the code is verified by modeling ideal systems and comparing with theoretical results. Efforts are also made to fit field data from the Pembina CO₂ injection project in Canada. We show thatmore »« less

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Zhang, Shuo ^[1]; DePaolo, Donald J. ^[1]; Zheng, Liange ^[1]; Mayer, Bernhard ^[2]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of Calgary (Canada). Dept. of Geosciences

Publication Date:: Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2014

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1207933

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Energy Procedia

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 63; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1876-6102

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; carbon sequestration; carbon isotope; reactive transport modeling

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                    Zhang, Shuo, DePaolo, Donald J., Zheng, Liange, and Mayer, Bernhard. Reactive transport modeling of stable carbon isotope fractionation in a multi-phase multi-component system during carbon sequestration.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Zhang, Shuo, DePaolo, Donald J., Zheng, Liange, & Mayer, Bernhard. Reactive transport modeling of stable carbon isotope fractionation in a multi-phase multi-component system during carbon sequestration.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.411

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                    Zhang, Shuo, DePaolo, Donald J., Zheng, Liange, and Mayer, Bernhard. Wed .  
"Reactive transport modeling of stable carbon isotope fractionation in a multi-phase multi-component system during carbon sequestration".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.411.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1207933.

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@article{osti_1207933,

  title        = {Reactive transport modeling of stable carbon isotope fractionation in a multi-phase multi-component system during carbon sequestration},

  author       = {Zhang, Shuo and DePaolo, Donald J. and Zheng, Liange and Mayer, Bernhard},

  abstractNote = {Carbon stable isotopes can be used in characterization and monitoring of CO2 sequestration sites to track the migration of the CO2 plume and identify leakage sources, and to evaluate the chemical reactions that take place in the CO2-water-rock system. However, there are few tools available to incorporate stable isotope information into flow and transport codes used for CO2 sequestration problems. We present a numerical tool for modeling the transport of stable carbon isotopes in multiphase reactive systems relevant to geologic carbon sequestration. The code is an extension of the reactive transport code TOUGHREACT. The transport module of TOUGHREACT was modified to include separate isotopic species of CO2 gas and dissolved inorganic carbon (CO2, CO32-, HCO3-,…). Any process of transport or reaction influencing a given carbon species also influences its isotopic ratio. Isotopic fractionation is thus fully integrated within the dynamic system. The chemical module and database have been expanded to include isotopic exchange and fractionation between the carbon species in both gas and aqueous phases. The performance of the code is verified by modeling ideal systems and comparing with theoretical results. Efforts are also made to fit field data from the Pembina CO2 injection project in Canada. We show that the exchange of carbon isotopes between dissolved and gaseous carbon species combined with fluid flow and transport, produce isotopic effects that are significantly different from simple two-component mixing. These effects are important for understanding the isotopic variations observed in field demonstrations.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.411},

  journal      = {Energy Procedia},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 63,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2014}

}

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