Transport of perfluorocarbon tracers in the Cranfield Geological Carbon Sequestration Project

Soltanian, Mohamad Reza; Amooie, Mohammad Amin; Cole, David; Graham, David E.; Pfiffner, Susan M.; Phelps, Tommy Joe; Moortgat, Joachim

doi:10.1002/ghg.1786

Title: Transport of perfluorocarbon tracers in the Cranfield Geological Carbon Sequestration Project

Journal Article · 04 June 2018 · Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1786 · OSTI ID:1462905

^[1]; Amooie, Mohammad Amin ^[2]; Cole, David ^[2];

^[3]; Pfiffner, Susan M. ^[4]; Phelps, Tommy Joe ^[3]; Moortgat, Joachim ^[2]

Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (United States)
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

A field–scale carbon dioxide (CO₂) injection pilot project was conducted by the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB) at Cranfield, Mississippi. Two associated campaigns in 2009 and 2010 were carried out to co–inject perfluorocarbon tracers (PFTs) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆) with CO₂. Tracers in gas samples from two observation wells were analyzed to construct breakthrough curves. In this work, we present the field data and numerical modeling of the flow and transport of CO₂, brine, and tracers. A high–resolution static model of the formation geology in the detailed area study (DAS) was used to capture the impact of connected flow pathways created by fluvial channels on breakthrough curves and breakthrough times of PFTs and SF6 tracers. We use the cubic–plus–association (CPA) equation of state, which takes into account the polar nature of water molecules, to describe the phase behavior of CO₂–brine–tracer mixtures. Our simulated results show good agreement for the 2009 tracer campaign in Cranfield, while a larger discrepancy emerges by 2010. Here, the combination of multiple tracer injection pulses with detailed numerical simulations proves to be a powerful tool in constraining both formation properties and how complex flow paths develop over time.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Southern States Energy Board, Norcross, GA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; FC26-05NT42590

OSTI ID:: 1462905

Journal Information:: Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Journal Name: Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 8; ISSN 2152-3878

Publisher:: Society of Chemical Industry, WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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