Residual Trapping of Supercritical CO2: Direct Pore-scale Observation Using a Low Cost Pressure Cell for Micro Computer Tomography
We describe the design and fabrication steps of a low-cost, modular experimental cell for flooding and X-ray tomography visualization of the rock samples at reservoir conditions (confining pressure up to 45 MPa, pore fluid pressure up to 20 MPa, and temperature up to 80 °C). The main body of the cel...
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| author | Lebedev, Maxim Zhang, Yihuai Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili Iglauer, Stefan Rahman, Taufiq |
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| description | We describe the design and fabrication steps of a low-cost, modular experimental cell for flooding and X-ray tomography visualization of the rock samples at reservoir conditions (confining pressure up to 45 MPa, pore fluid pressure up to 20 MPa, and temperature up to 80 °C). The main body of the cell is made from Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) tube. The cell can be easily machined and assembled in house from off-the-shelf components at a low cost. Modular design allows adopting the cell to a wide range of X-ray visualization experiments. To demonstrate the capabilities of the equipment we are presenting how the residual CO 2 phase spreads in the rock as a function of thermo-physical conditions, namely, for ambient condition CO 2 gas, near-critical CO 2 gas, liquid CO 2 , and supercritical CO 2 . |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-579852018-01-10T07:33:06Z Residual Trapping of Supercritical CO2: Direct Pore-scale Observation Using a Low Cost Pressure Cell for Micro Computer Tomography Lebedev, Maxim Zhang, Yihuai Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili Iglauer, Stefan Rahman, Taufiq We describe the design and fabrication steps of a low-cost, modular experimental cell for flooding and X-ray tomography visualization of the rock samples at reservoir conditions (confining pressure up to 45 MPa, pore fluid pressure up to 20 MPa, and temperature up to 80 °C). The main body of the cell is made from Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) tube. The cell can be easily machined and assembled in house from off-the-shelf components at a low cost. Modular design allows adopting the cell to a wide range of X-ray visualization experiments. To demonstrate the capabilities of the equipment we are presenting how the residual CO 2 phase spreads in the rock as a function of thermo-physical conditions, namely, for ambient condition CO 2 gas, near-critical CO 2 gas, liquid CO 2 , and supercritical CO 2 . 2017 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57985 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1639 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Lebedev, Maxim Zhang, Yihuai Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili Iglauer, Stefan Rahman, Taufiq Residual Trapping of Supercritical CO2: Direct Pore-scale Observation Using a Low Cost Pressure Cell for Micro Computer Tomography |
| title | Residual Trapping of Supercritical CO2: Direct Pore-scale Observation Using a Low Cost Pressure Cell for Micro Computer Tomography |
| title_full | Residual Trapping of Supercritical CO2: Direct Pore-scale Observation Using a Low Cost Pressure Cell for Micro Computer Tomography |
| title_fullStr | Residual Trapping of Supercritical CO2: Direct Pore-scale Observation Using a Low Cost Pressure Cell for Micro Computer Tomography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Residual Trapping of Supercritical CO2: Direct Pore-scale Observation Using a Low Cost Pressure Cell for Micro Computer Tomography |
| title_short | Residual Trapping of Supercritical CO2: Direct Pore-scale Observation Using a Low Cost Pressure Cell for Micro Computer Tomography |
| title_sort | residual trapping of supercritical co2: direct pore-scale observation using a low cost pressure cell for micro computer tomography |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57985 |