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Title: Enhancing residual trapping of supercritical CO 2 via cyclic injections: Cyclic Injections Enhance scCO 2 Trapping

Abstract

We utilize synchrotron x-ray tomographic imaging to investigate the pore-scale characteristics and residual trapping of supercritical CO2 (scCO2) over the course of multiple drainage-imbibition (D-I) cycles in Bentheimer sandstone cores. Capillary pressure measurements are paired with image-based saturation and connectivity metrics which describe the extent of drainage and subsequent residual (end of imbibition) scCO2 trapping. For the first D-I cycle, residual scCO2 trapping is suppressed due to high imbibition capillary number (Ca≈10-6); however, residual scCO2 trapping dramatically increases for subsequent D-I cycles carried out at the same Ca value. The magnitude of scCO2 trapping increase is hysteretic and depends on the relative extent of the sequential drainage processes. Increased trapping as a function of D-I cycle has not been observed in other similar mutli-cycle experiments; this suggests that chemical/geochemical reactions specific to our scCO2-brine-sandstone experimental system may play a factor in the observed flow, mobilization, and residual trapping of scCO2.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2]
  1. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States); Australian National Univ., Canberra, ACT (Australia)
  2. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
1508036
Report Number(s):
DOE-UCHICAGO-14466-4
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-94ER14466
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Geophysical Research Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 43; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; Synchrotron radiation

Citation Formats

Herring, Anna L., Andersson, Linnéa, and Wildenschild, Dorthe. Enhancing residual trapping of supercritical CO 2 via cyclic injections: Cyclic Injections Enhance scCO 2 Trapping. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1002/2016GL070304.
Herring, Anna L., Andersson, Linnéa, & Wildenschild, Dorthe. Enhancing residual trapping of supercritical CO 2 via cyclic injections: Cyclic Injections Enhance scCO 2 Trapping. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070304
Herring, Anna L., Andersson, Linnéa, and Wildenschild, Dorthe. Wed . "Enhancing residual trapping of supercritical CO 2 via cyclic injections: Cyclic Injections Enhance scCO 2 Trapping". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070304. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1508036.
@article{osti_1508036,
title = {Enhancing residual trapping of supercritical CO 2 via cyclic injections: Cyclic Injections Enhance scCO 2 Trapping},
author = {Herring, Anna L. and Andersson, Linnéa and Wildenschild, Dorthe},
abstractNote = {We utilize synchrotron x-ray tomographic imaging to investigate the pore-scale characteristics and residual trapping of supercritical CO2 (scCO2) over the course of multiple drainage-imbibition (D-I) cycles in Bentheimer sandstone cores. Capillary pressure measurements are paired with image-based saturation and connectivity metrics which describe the extent of drainage and subsequent residual (end of imbibition) scCO2 trapping. For the first D-I cycle, residual scCO2 trapping is suppressed due to high imbibition capillary number (Ca≈10-6); however, residual scCO2 trapping dramatically increases for subsequent D-I cycles carried out at the same Ca value. The magnitude of scCO2 trapping increase is hysteretic and depends on the relative extent of the sequential drainage processes. Increased trapping as a function of D-I cycle has not been observed in other similar mutli-cycle experiments; this suggests that chemical/geochemical reactions specific to our scCO2-brine-sandstone experimental system may play a factor in the observed flow, mobilization, and residual trapping of scCO2.},
doi = {10.1002/2016GL070304},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 18,
volume = 43,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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