Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage

We measure the trapped non-wetting phase saturation as a function of the initial saturation in sand packs. The application of the work is for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in aquifers where capillary trapping is a rapid and effective mechanism to render injected CO2 immobile. We used analogue fluids...

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Main Authors: Al-Mansoori, S., Iglauer, Stefan, Pentland, C., Bijeljic, B., Blunt, M.
Other Authors: ICGGCT
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Published: ICGGCT 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23454
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author Al-Mansoori, S.
Iglauer, Stefan
Pentland, C.
Bijeljic, B.
Blunt, M.
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Al-Mansoori, S.
Iglauer, Stefan
Pentland, C.
Bijeljic, B.
Blunt, M.
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description We measure the trapped non-wetting phase saturation as a function of the initial saturation in sand packs. The application of the work is for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in aquifers where capillary trapping is a rapid and effective mechanism to render injected CO2 immobile. We used analogue fluids at ambient conditions. The trapped saturation initially rises linearly with initial saturation to a value of 0.11 for oil/water systems and 0.14 for gas/water systems. There then follows a region where the residual saturation is constant with further increases in initial saturation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-234542019-06-01T07:23:38Z Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage Al-Mansoori, S. Iglauer, Stefan Pentland, C. Bijeljic, B. Blunt, M. ICGGCT Non-wetting phase Super-critical Climate change Saturation Carbon dioxide We measure the trapped non-wetting phase saturation as a function of the initial saturation in sand packs. The application of the work is for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in aquifers where capillary trapping is a rapid and effective mechanism to render injected CO2 immobile. We used analogue fluids at ambient conditions. The trapped saturation initially rises linearly with initial saturation to a value of 0.11 for oil/water systems and 0.14 for gas/water systems. There then follows a region where the residual saturation is constant with further increases in initial saturation. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23454 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.100 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ ICGGCT fulltext
spellingShingle Non-wetting phase
Super-critical
Climate change
Saturation
Carbon dioxide
Al-Mansoori, S.
Iglauer, Stefan
Pentland, C.
Bijeljic, B.
Blunt, M.
Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage
title Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage
title_full Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage
title_fullStr Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage
title_full_unstemmed Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage
title_short Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage
title_sort measurements of non-wetting phase trapping applied to carbon dioxide storage
topic Non-wetting phase
Super-critical
Climate change
Saturation
Carbon dioxide
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23454