Pore-Scale Modeling of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Transport During Geologic Gas Storage

Purswani, Prakash; Guiltinan, Eric Joseph; Chen, Yu; Kang, Qinjun; Mehana, Mohamed Zakaria Saad; Neil, Chelsea Wren; Germann, Timothy Clark; Gross, Michael Robert

doi:10.1029/2024gl109216

Title: Pore-Scale Modeling of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Transport During Geologic Gas Storage

Journal Article · 11 June 2024 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl109216 · OSTI ID:2397377

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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
TenFong Technology, Shenzhen (China)

Geologic storage of CO₂ and H₂ are climate-positive techniques for meeting the energy transition. While similar formations could be considered for both gases, the flow dynamics could differ due to differences in their thermophysical properties. We conduct a rigorous pore-scale study of water/CO₂ and water/H₂ systems at relevant reservoir conditions in a Bentheimer rock sample using the lattice Boltzmann method to quantify the effects of capillary, viscous, inertial, and wetting forces during gas invasion. At similar conditions, H₂ invasion is weaker compared to CO₂ due to unfavorable viscosity ratios. Increasing flow rate, however, increases the breakthrough saturation for both gas systems in the range of capillary numbers studied. At isolated conditions of flow rate, viscosity ratio, and wettability, local inertial effects are found to be critical and show consistent increase in the invaded gas saturation. The effect of inertial forces persits for both gases across all field conditions tested.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 2397377

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--24-22357

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 51; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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