Brine chemistry effects in calcite dissolution kinetics at reservoir conditions
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Author(s)
Anabaraonye, BU
Crawshaw, JP
Trusler, JPM
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Understanding the chemical interactions between CO 2 -saturated brine systems and reservoir rocks is essential for predicting the fate of CO 2 following injection into a geological reservoir. In this work, the dissolution rates of calcite (CaCO 3 ) in CO 2 -saturated brines were measured at temperatures between 325 K and 373 K and at pressures up to 10 MPa. The experiments were performed in batch reactors implementing the rotating disk technique in order to eliminate the influence of fluid-surface mass transport resistance and obtain surface reaction rates. Three aqueous brine systems were investigated in this study: NaCl at a molality m = 2.5 mol·kg −1 , NaHCO 3 with m ranging from (0.005 to 1) mol·kg −1 and a multicomponent Na-Mg-K-Cl-SO 4 -HCO 3 brine system with an ionic strength of 1.8 mol·kg −1 . Measured dissolution rates were compared with predictions from previously published models. Activity calculations were performed according to the Pitzer model as implemented in the PHREEQC geochemical simulator. Calcite dissolution rates in NaCl and the multicomponent brine system showed minor increases when compared to the (CO 2 + H 2 O) system at identical conditions, despite the lower concentration of dissolved CO 2 . These trends are consistent with the expected minor decreases in solution pH. In NaHCO 3 systems, consistent with increase in solution pH, significant decreases in dissolution rates were observed. In addition, these systems significantly deviated from model predictions at higher salt molalities. Vertical scanning interferometry (VSI) was used to examine the mineral surfaces before and after dissolution experiments to provide qualitative information on saturation states and dissolution mechanism.
Date Issued
2019-03-30
Date Acceptance
2019-01-16
Citation
Chemical Geology, 2019, 509, pp.92-102
ISSN
0009-2541
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
92
End Page
102
Journal / Book Title
Chemical Geology
Volume
509
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Qatar Shell Research and Technology Center QSTP LLC
Grant Number
490000724
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Carbon storage
Carbon dioxide
Dissolution kinetics
Brine chemistry
Calcite
Batch reactors
ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY
GIBBS FREE-ENERGY
CARBON-DIOXIDE
CO2 SEQUESTRATION
DEGREES-C
MINERAL SOLUBILITIES
DISLOCATION DENSITY
CO2-SATURATED WATER
SATURATION STATE
NATURAL-WATERS
0402 Geochemistry
0403 Geology
0406 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-01-30