Modeling CO2 flow in support of a shallow subsurface controlled leakage field test
Abstract
Here, controlled release of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the soil and atmosphere is performed to test detection and monitoring tools, for which several field laboratories were established by a number of institutions worldwide. Numerical simulations of CO2 behavior in the shallow subsurface region are other forms of validation and verification of the leakage pathways and destinations. These reports aim to improve monitoring and verification of CO2 in case of unexpected leakages for public assurance. In this work, we introduce the results of a numerical modeling study conducted to simulate the injection of CO2 as carried out during a field test in Viamão, southern Brazil, where 20 kg day–1 of CO2 was pumped for 30 days through a vertical well 3 m below ground in an altered granitic soil. Multiphase flow simulations were performed with the TOUGH2/EOS7CA software for unsaturated porous media, using field data and injection parameters, including sensitivity tests to permeability direction, diffusivity, and boundary conditions. Results with increased horizontal permeabilities are in better agreement with the field observations. In this condition, mass balance calculations indicate approximately 90% of injected CO2 (20 kg day–1 during 30 days) remains in the soil after 180 days from injection start, consistent with the measured flow throughmore »
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[1];
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre (Brazil)
- Aarhus Univ. (Denmark)
- PETROBRAS – CENPES Centro de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento Leopoldo Américo Miguez de Mello, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1572849
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2152-3878
- Publisher:
- Society of Chemical Industry, Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 03 NATURAL GAS; CCUS; CO2; modeling; TOUGH2; EOS7CA
Citation Formats
Iglesias, Rodrigo S., Romio, Cristiane, Melo, Clarissa L., Musse, Ana Paula S., do Rosário, Fátima, and Oldenburg, Curtis M. Modeling CO2 flow in support of a shallow subsurface controlled leakage field test. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/ghg.1917.
Iglesias, Rodrigo S., Romio, Cristiane, Melo, Clarissa L., Musse, Ana Paula S., do Rosário, Fátima, & Oldenburg, Curtis M. Modeling CO2 flow in support of a shallow subsurface controlled leakage field test. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1917
Iglesias, Rodrigo S., Romio, Cristiane, Melo, Clarissa L., Musse, Ana Paula S., do Rosário, Fátima, and Oldenburg, Curtis M. Tue .
"Modeling CO2 flow in support of a shallow subsurface controlled leakage field test". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1917. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1572849.
@article{osti_1572849,
title = {Modeling CO2 flow in support of a shallow subsurface controlled leakage field test},
author = {Iglesias, Rodrigo S. and Romio, Cristiane and Melo, Clarissa L. and Musse, Ana Paula S. and do Rosário, Fátima and Oldenburg, Curtis M.},
abstractNote = {Here, controlled release of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the soil and atmosphere is performed to test detection and monitoring tools, for which several field laboratories were established by a number of institutions worldwide. Numerical simulations of CO2 behavior in the shallow subsurface region are other forms of validation and verification of the leakage pathways and destinations. These reports aim to improve monitoring and verification of CO2 in case of unexpected leakages for public assurance. In this work, we introduce the results of a numerical modeling study conducted to simulate the injection of CO2 as carried out during a field test in Viamão, southern Brazil, where 20 kg day–1 of CO2 was pumped for 30 days through a vertical well 3 m below ground in an altered granitic soil. Multiphase flow simulations were performed with the TOUGH2/EOS7CA software for unsaturated porous media, using field data and injection parameters, including sensitivity tests to permeability direction, diffusivity, and boundary conditions. Results with increased horizontal permeabilities are in better agreement with the field observations. In this condition, mass balance calculations indicate approximately 90% of injected CO2 (20 kg day–1 during 30 days) remains in the soil after 180 days from injection start, consistent with the measured flow through the soil–atmosphere interface.},
doi = {10.1002/ghg.1917},
journal = {Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology},
number = 5,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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