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Title: In situ contact angle measurements of liquid CO2, brine, and Mount Simon sandstone core using micro X-ray CT imaging, sessile drop, and Lattice Boltzmann modeling

Abstract

Three techniques to measure and understand the contact angle, θ, of a CO2/brine/rock system relevant to geologic carbon storage were performed with Mount Simon sandstone. Traditional sessile drop measurements of CO2/brine on the sample were conducted and a water-wet system was observed, as is expected. A novel series of measurements inside of a Mount Simon core, using a micro X-ray computed tomography imaging system with the ability to scan samples at elevated pressures, was used to examine the θ of residual bubbles of CO2. Within the sandstone core the matrix appeared to be neutrally wetting, with an average θ around 90°. A large standard deviation of θ (20.8°) within the core was also observed. To resolve this discrepancy between experimental measurements, a series of Lattice Boltzmann model simulations were performed with differing intrinsic θ values. The model results with a θ = 80° were shown to match the core measurements closely, in both magnitude and variation. The small volume and complex geometry of the pore spaces that CO2 was trapped in is the most likely explanation of this discrepancy between measured values, though further work is warranted.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [2]
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  1. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV and Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Oak Ridge Inst. for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV and Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  3. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Dept. of Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering
  4. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Research Org.:
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States). In-house Research; Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Geologic Storage of CO2 (GSCO2)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1354725
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1550621
Report Number(s):
NETL-PUB-20383
Journal ID: ISSN 0920-4105; PII: S0920410517302292
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012504; SC0C12504
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 155; Journal ID: ISSN 0920-4105
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; 42 ENGINEERING

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Tudek, John, Crandall, Dustin, Fuchs, Samantha, Werth, Charles J., Valocchi, Albert J., Chen, Yu, and Goodman, Angela. In situ contact angle measurements of liquid CO2, brine, and Mount Simon sandstone core using micro X-ray CT imaging, sessile drop, and Lattice Boltzmann modeling. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2017.01.047.
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Tudek, John, Crandall, Dustin, Fuchs, Samantha, Werth, Charles J., Valocchi, Albert J., Chen, Yu, & Goodman, Angela. In situ contact angle measurements of liquid CO2, brine, and Mount Simon sandstone core using micro X-ray CT imaging, sessile drop, and Lattice Boltzmann modeling. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2017.01.047
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Tudek, John, Crandall, Dustin, Fuchs, Samantha, Werth, Charles J., Valocchi, Albert J., Chen, Yu, and Goodman, Angela. Mon . "In situ contact angle measurements of liquid CO2, brine, and Mount Simon sandstone core using micro X-ray CT imaging, sessile drop, and Lattice Boltzmann modeling". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2017.01.047. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1354725.
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@article{osti_1354725,
title = {In situ contact angle measurements of liquid CO2, brine, and Mount Simon sandstone core using micro X-ray CT imaging, sessile drop, and Lattice Boltzmann modeling},
author = {Tudek, John and Crandall, Dustin and Fuchs, Samantha and Werth, Charles J. and Valocchi, Albert J. and Chen, Yu and Goodman, Angela},
abstractNote = {Three techniques to measure and understand the contact angle, θ, of a CO2/brine/rock system relevant to geologic carbon storage were performed with Mount Simon sandstone. Traditional sessile drop measurements of CO2/brine on the sample were conducted and a water-wet system was observed, as is expected. A novel series of measurements inside of a Mount Simon core, using a micro X-ray computed tomography imaging system with the ability to scan samples at elevated pressures, was used to examine the θ of residual bubbles of CO2. Within the sandstone core the matrix appeared to be neutrally wetting, with an average θ around 90°. A large standard deviation of θ (20.8°) within the core was also observed. To resolve this discrepancy between experimental measurements, a series of Lattice Boltzmann model simulations were performed with differing intrinsic θ values. The model results with a θ = 80° were shown to match the core measurements closely, in both magnitude and variation. The small volume and complex geometry of the pore spaces that CO2 was trapped in is the most likely explanation of this discrepancy between measured values, though further work is warranted.},
doi = {10.1016/j.petrol.2017.01.047},
journal = {Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering},
number = ,
volume = 155,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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