Intercomparison of numerical simulation codes for geologic disposal of CO2

Pruess, Karsten ; Garcia, Julio ; Kovscek, Tony ; Oldenburg, Curt ; Rutqvist, Jonny ; Steefel, Carl ; Xu, Tianfu

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

关键词: Diffusion;    Simulation;    58 Geosciences;    Storage;    54 Environmental Sciences;   

DOI  :  10.2172/813566
RP-ID  :  LBNL--51813
RP-ID  :  AC03-76SF00098
RP-ID  :  813566

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Numerical simulation codes were exercised on a suite of eight test problems that address CO2 disposal into geologic storage reservoirs, including depleted oil and gas reservoirs, and brine aquifers. Processes investigated include single- and multi-phase flow, gas diffusion, partitioning of CO2 into aqueous and oil phases, chemical interactions of CO2 with aqueous fluids and rock minerals, and mechanical changes due to changes in fluid pressures. Representation of fluid properties was also examined. In most cases results obtained from different simulation codes were in satisfactory agreement, providing confidence in the ability of current numerical simulation approaches to handle the physical and chemical processes that would be induced by CO2 disposal in geologic reservoirs. Some discrepancies were also identified and can be traced to differences in fluid property correlations, and space and time discretization.