Article
Environmental Sciences
A. M. Norouzi, V Niasar, J. G. Gluyas, M. Babaei
Summary: Salt precipitation during CO2 injection into saline aquifers is a significant phenomenon that reduces permeability and injectivity. Capillary pressure drives brine backflow in water-wet systems, leading to more precipitation. We developed an analytical solution considering the effect of capillary pressure, which was validated using numerical simulations. The solution accurately estimated the influence of capillary pressure on injectivity impairment due to salt precipitation.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Jie Ren, Yuan Wang, Di Feng
Summary: Salt precipitation has a significant impact on the injectivity of CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers during the drying-out process. Gravity and reservoir heterogeneity play important roles in the behavior of CO2 plumes and storage capacities. Numerical simulations based on the Sleipner project have shown that gravity increases solid saturation at the injection well in a homogeneous model, and the position of the injection well affects the amount of salt precipitation near it. The research suggests a mutual resistance relationship between gravity and heterogeneity in terms of their collective effect on solid saturation. Additionally, the study found that gravity reduces salt deposition in fracture models, while increased heterogeneity suppresses salt precipitates production at low CO2 injection rates and increases it at high CO2 injection rates. This research has important guiding significance for designing site screening and injection schemes to avoid excessive salt precipitation and pressure build-up.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Jiazheng Qin, Qianhu Zhong, Yong Tang, Zhenhua Rui, Shuai Qiu, Haoyu Chen
Summary: The application of Saline Aquifer CO2 Storage (SACS) projects in offshore saline aquifers in China shows promising potential in terms of technical and economic viability. However, the storage capacities determined by different methods vary significantly. The CO2BLOCK method seems to provide more reasonable results and further confirms the immense potential of industrial-scale pilot and demonstration CO2 storage projects in offshore deep saline aquifers in China.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruirui Zhao, Jianmei Cheng
Summary: This study investigated the impact of salt precipitation on storage safety in deep saline aquifers through numerical simulations. The results showed that the salinity of the formation water is approximately proportional to the additional pressure buildup at low salinities, but sharply increases above a certain threshold. Additionally, the permeability and CO2 injection rate affect the additional pressure buildup.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Paul Tawiah, Hongqian Wang, Steven L. Bryant, Mingzhe Dong, Steve Larter, Jeff Duer
Summary: The coupled process of CO2 downhole temperature cycles and natural CO2/brine drainage-imbibition cycles significantly affects injectivity during large-scale CO2 injection schemes. The relationship between CO2 phase mobility and temperature is complex, with relative permeability playing a marginal role in mobility changes. Field data suggests that the injectivity of CO2 may be optimized by understanding the functional relationship between temperature, CO2/brine cycling, and CO2 phase mobility.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yen Adams Sokama-Neuyam, Muhammad Aslam Md Yusof, Shadrack Kofi Owusu, Victor Darkwah-Owusu, Joshua Nsiah Turkson, Adwoa Sampongmaa Otchere, Jann Rune Ursin
Summary: A viable CO2 storage resource must have sufficient storage capacity, reliable containment efficiency and adequate well injectivity. Deep saline formations stand out in terms of storage capacity and containment efficiency. However, formation brine dry-out and salt precipitation in the near well region could impair CO2 injectivity in deep saline reservoirs, thus reducing their potential for CO2 storage.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Yan Shi, Yadong Lu, Yushi Rong, Ze Bai, Hao Bai, Mingqi Li, Qingchen Zhang
Summary: This paper numerically studied the geochemical reaction mechanism of CO2 storage in saline aquifers and its effects on the reservoir rocks and CO2 consumption. The results showed that the long-term geochemical reactions did not affect the porosity and permeability of the rocks and had no adverse consequences for extraction. The captured CO2 was distributed in gas, aqueous phase, and minerals, accounting for 27%, 65%, and 8% respectively. The study provides a theoretical reference for underground energy storage projects involving fluid-rock interactions.
ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xiaofang Shen, Weihong Dong, Yuyu Wan, Fengjun Zhang, Zhijiang Yuan, Qichen Zhang
Summary: This study found that microbial action in deep saline aquifer has a positive influence on CO2 geological storage, increasing the amount of injected CO2 and enhancing CO2 mineral sequestration. Microbes promote dissolution of minerals at the initial stage and accelerate precipitation of carbon-fixing minerals at later stages, improving CO2 storage security.
NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Water Resources
Dayo Akindipe, Soheil Saraji, Mohammad Piri
Summary: This study investigates and characterizes the pore-scale evolution of salt precipitation in natural sandstone and carbonate rocks at conditions prevalent in deep saline aquifers. The study provides direct evidence for a new mechanism called reverse solute diffusion, which influences the formation of salt deposits.
ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
D. W. Jayasekara, P. G. Ranjith
Summary: The study shows that after injecting CO2, the mineralogical and mechanical behavior of caprock with different saturation levels changes, leading to an increase in porosity and flow paths. Special attention is needed on a caprock layer fully saturated with a CO2-brine mixture, as it increases the risk of CO2 migration.
Article
Thermodynamics
Hung Vo Thanh, Kang-Kun Lee
Summary: This paper investigates the prediction of CO2 trapping efficiency in deep saline formations using machine learning models including Gaussian process regression (GPR), support vector machine (SVM), and random forest (RF). The results highlight the effectiveness of the GPR model in accurately estimating CO2 trapping performance and achieving good agreement with field observations.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Silvia De Simone, Samuel Krevor
Summary: This study emphasizes the importance of carbon capture and storage in mitigating climate change, discussing the development of a methodology for dynamic assessment of storage resources under various scenarios. The CO2BLOCK tool is introduced for optimizing well design in offshore UK for storage potential analysis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Muhammad Aslam Md Yusof, Yen Adams Sokama Neuyam, Mohamad Arif Ibrahim, Ismail M. Saaid, Ahmad Kamal Idris, Muhammad Azfar Mohamed
Summary: This research quantifies the impact of salt precipitation and fines migration on CO2 injectivity through core-flooding experiments. The results indicate a direct correlation between salinity and severity of injectivity alteration, with higher salinity and larger fines size leading to more significant impairment.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Donatus Ephraim Edem, Muhammad Kabir Abba, Amir Nourian, Meisam Babaie, Zainab Naeem
Summary: This study investigates the effect of salt concentration on CO2 storage and finds that high salt concentration reduces porosity and permeability, leading to salt precipitation. However, within a certain range of salt concentration, significant CO2 sequestration can be achieved.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Li Yang, Wang Rui, Qingmin Zhao, Zhaojie Xue, Yinbang Zhou
Summary: A four-scale and three-level CO2 storage potential evaluation method for saline aquifers in a petroliferous basin in China is proposed, considering geological, engineering, and economic factors. The method evaluates theoretical storage capacity, engineering storage capacity, and economic storage capacity, considering factors such as trapping mechanisms, injectivity, storage security pressure, well number, and carbon pricing yield. Application of this method in the Gaoyou sag of the Subei Basin reveals the proportion of different trapping mechanisms and highlights the significant difference between theoretical, engineering, and economic storage capacity.
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Zhenhua Rui, Xiaoqing Wang, Zhien Zhang, Jun Lu, Gang Chen, Xiyu Zhou, Shirish Patil
Article
Energy & Fuels
Chenghua Ou, Chaochun Li, Zhenhua Rui, Qiao Ma
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2018)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Naiyan Zhang, Zhi Zhang, Zhenhua Rui, Jing Li, Cheng Zhang, Qingsheng Zhang, Wentao Zhao, Shirish Patil
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2018)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Zhenhua Rui, Tiankui Guo, Qiang Feng, Zhanqing Qu, Ning Qi, Facheng Gong
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2018)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Zhiming Chen, Xinwei Liao, Wei Yu, Xiaoliang Zhao
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2018)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Zhenhua Rui, Kehang Cui, Xiaoqing Wang, Ju Lu, Gang Chen, Kegang Ling, Shirish Patil
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2018)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Yufeng Gu, Zhidong Bao, Zhenhua Rui
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
Jian-Quan Zhu, Yu Zhang, Dongsheng Yue, Xiaoliang Zhao, Qiang Zhang, Hui Chen, Changli Wang
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Guodong Cui, Shaoran Ren, Bin Dou, Fulong Ning
Summary: This study investigates the geothermal energy exploitation using CO2 in depleted high-temperature gas reservoirs, finding that CO2 generally outperforms water under most reservoir and operation conditions. However, challenges such as wellbore corrosion and salt precipitation may occur in high water saturation and high salinity conditions, affecting the effectiveness of CO2 heat mining.
GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
Guodong Cui, Shufeng Pei, Zhenhua Rui, Bin Dou, Fulong Ning, Jiaqiang Wang
Summary: The geothermal resource in depleted high-temperature gas fields is abundant, and CO2 is more suitable to exploit geothermal energy from these gas fields due to its high mobility and thermal physical properties. However, all the related mechanisms, operation processes, and economic analyses have not been comprehensively analyzed yet.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Guodong Cui, Lihong Yang, Jichao Fang, Zhichao Qiu, Yuting Wang, Shaoran Ren
Summary: The study found that water and CO2 flooding can induce geochemical reactions, affecting the porosity and permeability of low-permeability reservoirs. Mixing injection water with formation water may lead to severe mineral precipitation, while CO2 injection can cause dissolution and precipitation of some minerals, changing the composition of formation water. CO2 injection can increase porosity and permeability, benefiting the injection of ultra-low permeability reservoirs.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Guodong Cui, Lihong Zhu, Qiucheng Zhou, Shaoran Ren, Jingyin Wang
Summary: The study reveals that geochemical reactions have slight effects on reservoir properties during the CO2 enhanced oil recovery process, with most injected CO2 trapped as supercritical gas. In the stage of CO2 geological storage, supercritical CO2 converts into mineral form under the action of geochemical reactions, leading to reservoir pressure decrease. The water-alternating-gas (WAG) scheme is recommended for optimizing oil recovery and CO2 storage efficiency in the EOR process, while post-CO2 EOR injection can enhance storage capacity and maintain reservoir pressure stability.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
Guodong Cui, Fulong Ning, Bin Dou, Tong Li, Qiucheng Zhou
Summary: Understanding the migration and retention of suspended injection particles and reservoir particles is crucial in preventing formation damage. A comprehensive simulation model was established to analyze the coupled particle migration and retention. The study identified three successive stages during geothermal energy exploitation: massive detachment of reservoir particles, formation of preferential flow paths, and retention of injected suspended particles. Mobile reservoir particles play a leading role in the first two stages, while injected suspended particles mainly affect the last stage. Sensitivity analysis shows that high injection-production pressure difference and low concentration of injected suspended particles are conducive to preferential flow path formation, but may lead to severe local reservoir blockage under high mobile reservoir particles. CO2 can effectively reduce reservoir damage caused by particle migration due to its high mobility and low drag force. Despite the large region of reservoir particle detachment during geothermal energy exploitation via CO2 recycling, more preferential flow paths can form to reduce formation blockage caused by particle migration.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Guodong Cui, Wenxiong Wang, Bin Dou, Yunfeng Liu, Hong Tian, Jun Zheng, Yongge Liu
Summary: This study proposes a method of single vertical well combined with hydraulic fracturing to improve the efficiency of geothermal exploitation. The results show that significant net power outputs can be obtained by using single-flash, double-flash, and flash-organic Rankine cycle geothermal power generation systems under appropriate operating conditions. The study also highlights the important effects of mining methods, circulation flow rate, and characteristics of thermal-insulating tubings on heat mining.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY ENGINEERING
(2022)
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Guodong Cui, Ting Liu, Jingyu Xie, Guanghui Rong, Lihong Yang
Summary: This paper focuses on the application of SAGD technology in thin-layer super-heavy oil reservoirs. It reviews the development history of SAGD technology worldwide and analyzes the influence of reservoir physical properties on its application. The paper provides detailed descriptions of well patterns, wellbore structures, pre-heating, artificial lift, and monitoring techniques of SAGD, and evaluates the potential application of gas and solvent-assisted SAGD in thin-layer super-heavy oil reservoirs.
GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Yong Cheng, Fukai Song, Lei Fu, Saishuai Dai, Zhiming Yuan, Atilla Incecik
Summary: This paper investigates the accessibility of wave energy absorption by a dual-pontoon floating breakwater integrated with hybrid-type wave energy converters (WECs) and proposes a hydraulic-pneumatic complementary energy extraction method. The performance of the system is validated through experiments and comparative analysis.
Article
Thermodynamics
Jing Gao, Chao Wang, Zhanwu Wang, Jin Lin, Runkai Zhang, Xin Wu, Guangyin Xu, Zhenfeng Wang
Summary: This study aims to establish a new integrated method for biomass cogeneration project site selection, with a focus on the application of the model in Henan Province. By integrating Geographic Information System and Multiple Criterion Decision Making methods, the study conducts site selection in two stages, providing a theoretical reference for the construction of biomass cogeneration projects.
Article
Thermodynamics
Mert Temiz, Ibrahim Dincer
Summary: The current study presents a hybrid small modular nuclear reactor and solar-based system for sustainable communities, integrating floating and bifacial photovoltaic arrays with a small modular reactor. The system efficiently generates power, hydrogen, ammonia, freshwater, and heat for residential, agricultural, and aquaculture facilities. Thermodynamic analysis shows high energy and exergy efficiencies, as well as large-scale ammonia production meeting the needs of metropolitan areas. The hybridization of nuclear and solar technologies offers advantages of reliability, environmental friendliness, and cost efficiency compared to renewable-alone and fossil-based systems.
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Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics
Desheng Xu, Yanfeng Li, Tianmei Du, Hua Zhong, Youbo Huang, Lei Li, Xiangling Duanmu
Summary: This study investigates the optimization of hybrid mechanical-natural ventilation for smoke control in complex metro stations. The results show that atrium fires are more significantly impacted by outdoor temperature variations compared to concourse/platform fires. The gathered high-temperature smoke inside the atrium can reach up to 900 K under a 5 MW train fire energy release. The findings provide crucial engineering insights into integrating weather data and adaptable ventilation protocols for smoke prevention/mitigation.
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Thermodynamics
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Summary: This study proposes a new in-situ pressure-preserved coring tool and elaborates its pressure-preserving mechanism. The experimental and field test results demonstrate that this tool has a high pressure-preservation capability and can maintain a stable pressure in deep wells. This study provides a theoretical framework and design standards for the development of similar technologies.
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Thermodynamics
Aolin Lai, Qunwei Wang
Summary: This study assesses the impact of China's de-capacity policy on renewable energy development efficiency (REDE) using the Global-MSBM model and the difference-in-differences method. The findings indicate that the policy significantly enhances REDE, promoting technological advancements and marketization. Moreover, regions with stricter environmental regulations experience a higher impact.
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Thermodynamics
Mostafa Ghasemi, Hegazy Rezk
Summary: This study utilizes fuzzy modeling and optimization to enhance the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs). By simulating and analyzing experimental data sets, the ideal parameter values for increasing power density, COD elimination, and coulombic efficiency were determined. The results demonstrate that the fuzzy model and optimization methods can significantly improve the performance of MFCs.
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Thermodynamics
Zhang Ruan, Lianzhong Huang, Kai Wang, Ranqi Ma, Zhongyi Wang, Rui Zhang, Haoyang Zhao, Cong Wang
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Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics
Xinglan Hou, Xiuping Zhong, Shuaishuai Nie, Yafei Wang, Guigang Tu, Yingrui Ma, Kunyan Liu, Chen Chen
Summary: This study explores the feasibility of utilizing a multi-level horizontal branch well heat recovery system in the Qiabuqia geothermal field. The research systematically investigates the effects of various engineering parameters on production temperature, establishes mathematical models to describe their relationships, and evaluates the economic viability of the system. The findings demonstrate the significant economic feasibility of the multi-level branch well system.
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Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics
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