Reservoir-condition pore-scale imaging of dolomite reaction with supercritical CO<inf>2</inf>acidified brine: Effect of pore-structure on reaction rate using velocity distribution analysis
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Al-Khulaifi, Y
Lin, Q
Blunt, MJ
Bijeljic, B
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
To investigate the impact of rock heterogeneity and flowrate on reaction rates and dissolution dynamics, four millimetre-scale Silurian dolomite samples were pre-screened based on their physical heterogeneity, defined by the simulated velocity distributions characterising each flow field. Two pairs of cores with similar heterogeneity were flooded with supercritical carbon-dioxide (scCO 2 ) saturated brine under reservoir conditions, 50 °C and 10 MPa, at a high (0.5 ml/min) and low (0.1 ml/min) flowrate. Changes to the pore structure brought about by dissolution were captured in situ using X-ray microtomography (micro-CT) imaging. Mass balance from effluent analysis sh owed a good agreement with calculations from imaging. Image calculated reaction rates (r eff ) were 5-38 times lower than the corresponding batch reaction rate under the same conditions of temperature and pressure but without mass transfer limitations. For both high (Péclet number = 2600-1200) and low (Péclet number = 420-300) flow rates, an impact of the initial rock heterogeneity was observed on both reaction rates and permeability-porosity relationships.
Date Issued
2017-11-24
Date Acceptance
2017-11-09
Citation
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2017, 68, pp.99-111
ISSN
1750-5836
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
99
End Page
111
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Volume
68
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/).
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Qatar Petroleum
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N/A
Subjects
04 Earth Sciences
05 Environmental Sciences
09 Engineering
Energy
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Published