Article
Energy & Fuels
Mingkun Chen, Yi Zhang, Shezhan Liu, Changzhong Zhao, Shuang Dong, Yongchen Song
Summary: This study investigates the influence of the coupled CO2 diffusion-reaction process on the transport and temporal-spatial evolution of carbonate precipitation. The results show that the interaction between diffusion and reaction promotes mass transfer and migration, leading to an increase in effective diffusion coefficients of CO2. The distribution of carbonate precipitation and sequestration capacity are affected by the water layer and pressure mode.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yong Tang, Shilai Hu, Youwei He, Yong Wang, Xiaojin Wan, Shuheng Cui, Keji Long
Summary: The study demonstrates that the interaction between CO2-brine-rock occurs in both gas zone and water zone, leading to more severe reservoir damage in the gas zone than in the water zone. However, in water zones with good-quality reservoirs, this interaction can improve reservoir porosity and permeability.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Petroleum
Muhammad Aslam Md Yusof, Mohamad Arif Ibrahim, Mazlin Idress, Ahmad Kamal Idris, Ismail Mohd Saaid, Nadhirah Mohd Rosdi, M. Saiful Mohsin, Awangku Alizul Azhari Awangku Matali
Summary: Research indicates that CO2 injection scheme, injection flow rate, brine salinity, and initial rock permeability are the main factors affecting the permeability alteration of core samples. During CO2 injection, dissolution and precipitation of minerals lead to particle migration, some of which plug pore spaces and reduce permeability. The core saturated with CaCl2 brine is the only sample that showed improvement in permeability after the CO2 flooding experiment.
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
Energy & Fuels
Giuseppe D. Saldi, Kevin G. Knauss, Nicolas Spycher, Eric H. Oelkers, Adrian P. Jones
Summary: Geochemical reactions have significant effects on rock reservoir porosity and permeability through mineral dissolution and precipitation processes. The understanding and quantification of these reactions rely on field and experimental studies and on the predictions of reactive transport models. This study aimed to evaluate the reproduction of experimental data from hydrothermal alteration experiments using current geochemical models and to provide an accurate description of geothermal system evolution in granitic reservoirs.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Qiyi An, Lewen Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Qingsong Zhang
Summary: Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is important for reducing carbon emissions, and the safety of CCS projects depends on CO2-water-rock interactions in reservoirs. This study conducted non-flow and flow interaction tests considering the flow effect of liquid environment. The research clarified the reaction mechanisms of soluble and insoluble minerals and analyzed the evolution trends of pore structure parameters. The study proposed a kinetics method to calculate the pore evolution process and illustrated the dominant effect of soluble minerals on pore evolution.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Emad A. A. Al-Khdheeawi, Doaa Saleh Mahdi, Yujie Yuan, Stefan Iglauer
Summary: This article investigates the effect of sandstone clay concentration on CO2-water-sandstone interactions through simulations of CO2 injection in two different clay-content sandstones. The results show that high clay-content sandstone has a higher CO2 mineral-trapping capacity and an increased porosity after a 400-year storage period.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Heng Li, Fugang Wang, Huilin Pan, Mingjie Wu, Yaohui Wang, Hailong Tian, Yilong Yuan, Zhijie Yang
Summary: This paper compares and analyzes the effects of different reaction rate equations on predicting long-term CO2 sequestration mechanisms through numerical simulation. The results show that different reaction rate equations have no significant effect on predicting the total amount of CO2 sequestration and the transformation relationship among different minerals, but significantly affect different forms of CO2 sequestration, especially mineral trapping.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Hellen S. Santos, Nguyen Hoang, Fabricio Venancio, Durgaprasad Ramteke, Ron Zevenhoven, Paivo Kinnunen
Summary: The mechanisms of dolomite and magnesite formation at ambient conditions are still unknown, despite their thermodynamic stability. Current synthetic routes for precipitating these minerals require high temperatures and pressures. The formation of dolomite and magnesite is controlled by slow kinetics and further studies are needed to understand the phenomenon.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nishant Prajapati, Michael Spath, Linus Knecht, Michael Selzer, Britta Nestler
Summary: This article presents a systematic and generalized phase-field modeling approach for addressing faceted crystal dissolution in different crystalline solids, incorporating anisotropies in surface energy and kinetic mobility. The method allows for quantitative process simulation and control over the growth and dissolution facets of crystals in crystal-liquid systems. Through representative numerical examples, the model's general applicability, capabilities, and performance in capturing diverse system-specific dissolution behavior are demonstrated.
CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liam A. Bullock, Aidong Yang, Richard C. Darton
Summary: The study identifies tailings rich in olivine, serpentine, and diopsidc as having the highest potential for carbon dioxide removal, and highlights that at least 30 countries possess materials suitable for this purpose. By 2100, it is estimated that the global cumulative carbon dioxide removal from tailings could reach 33 GtCO(2).
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shaihroz Khan, Mohammad Shoaib, Lindsey K. Fiddes, Omar Bashir Wani, Erin. R. Bobicki
Summary: In this study, a carbonation-assisted flotation method was developed to separate nickel from low-grade ultramafic ores. The carbonation process resulted in the formation of magnesite and enhanced the nickel recovery and grade during froth flotation. The findings suggest that the integration of mineral carbonation could be a promising approach for processing low-grade ultramafic nickel ores.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Wendong Wang, Jiayi Wen, Chengwei Wang, Sina Rezaei Gomari, Xinyue Xu, Shuang Zheng, Yuliang Su, Lei Li, Yongmao Hao, Dongxia Li
Summary: CO2 storage with enhanced gas recovery (CSEGR) technology is a pivotal solution for mitigating the greenhouse effect and complying with energy conservation and emission reduction policies. This paper thoroughly analyzes the mechanisms and potential of CO2 storage in gas reservoirs, as well as the factors affecting CSEGR. It also examines the current challenges and future trends in CSEGR development.
Article
Engineering, Petroleum
Wei Li, Zhaoyi Dai, Xin Wang, Saebom Ko, Samiridhdi Paudyal, Xuanzhu Yao, Cianna Leschied, Yu-Yi Shen, Daniel Pimentel, Amy T. Kan, Mason Tomson
Summary: Aqueous CO2-containing environment in oil and gas production can lead to the formation of carbonate scales such as calcite, as well as corrosion-induced scales like siderite on mild steel surfaces. This study investigated the relationship between corrosion-induced scales and other metal carbonate scales on steel surfaces. It was found that a two-layer scale structure formed, with an inner layer of iron-containing carbonate scale (ankerite or siderite) and an outer layer of calcite. Furthermore, a common scale inhibitor was effective in mitigating scale formation but aggravated steel corrosion.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Hakki Aydin, Serhat Akin
Summary: This study uses CO2 dissolution experiments to simulate CO2 dissolution behavior under reservoir conditions and obtains consistent results with literature and models through experimental setups and chemical tests. The study also investigates the effects of water salinity and gas impurities on CO2 dissolution, as well as the kinetics of CO2 dissolution and the pressure behavior of gas-brine mixtures. The novelty of the study lies in using real reservoir gas and brine for experiments, providing significant insights for CO2 sequestration in geothermal reservoirs.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Svenja Steding, Thomas Kempka, Axel Zirkler, Michael Kuehn
Summary: Reactive transport modeling of leaching zones within potash seams shows that their formation depends on mineral composition and dissolution rate, with classification based on dimensionless parameters of Peclet and Damkohler. Funnel-shaped or planar leaching zones are formed based on these parameters, with the presence of sylvinitic zones and flow barriers under certain conditions. Hybrid forms of these cases are common in simulations and can be used to evaluate hazard potential.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Theresa Hennig, Michael Kuehn
Summary: The study demonstrates the calibration of uranium transport parameters using a multi-component diffusion approach, leading to reduced complexity models on the host rock scale, simulation speed-up, and quantified geochemistry and mineralogy.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
Johannes Nordbeck, Christof Beyer, Sebastian Bauer
Summary: This study presents a new modular sensible heat storage system and investigates its performance through experiments and numerical simulations. The results show that optimizing parameters can significantly improve the heat transfer efficiency and storage capacity of the system.
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Morgan Tranter, Marco De Lucia, Michael Kuehn
Summary: Barite scaling is a serious threat in deep geothermal systems, leading to irreversible efficiency loss. Nucleation and crystal growth are mainly controlled by fracture aperture.
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Maria Wetzel, Thomas Kempka, Michael Kuehn
Summary: The study explores the quantification of interactions and dependencies among geometric, hydraulic, and mechanical properties of reservoir sandstones using synthetic samples. Different schemes of diagenetic cementation were applied to three sandstone samples, resulting in variations in porosity, permeability, and rock stiffness. The findings suggest that the grain contact-preferential scheme leads to less connected and stiffer samples, while uniform quartz overgrowth results in the lowest elastic properties. The stress-dependent cementation scheme combines both approaches and yields properties equivalent to micro-CT scans, with slight deviations in bulk moduli for different sandstone types.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Stefan Heldt, Bo Wang, Linwei Hu, Goetz Hornbruch, Klas Lueders, Ulrike Werban, Sebastian Bauer
Summary: The study on High Temperature-Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) shows that the numerical model can accurately predict overall thermal behavior, especially for long-term and far-field temperature evolution. Density-driven buoyancy flow was identified as an active heat transport process during the heat injection test.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stefan Heldt, Bo Wang, Linwei Hu, Gotz Hornbruch, Klas Lueders, Ulrike Werban, Sebastian Bauer
Summary: This document compiles data from a high temperature heat injection test, providing insights into thermohydraulic processes and aiding in the development and verification of numerical models.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Firdovsi Gasanzade, Wolf Tilmann Pfeiffer, Francesco Witte, Ilja Tuschy, Sebastian Bauer
Summary: This study examined the potential of hydrogen, methane, and compressed air energy storage in subsurface porous formations, showing that the storage potential far exceeds the predicted demand, and suitable storage rates can be achieved in all storage formations.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Karsten Rink, Oezguer Ozan Sen, Malte Schwanebeck, Tim Hartmann, Firdovsi Gasanzade, Johannes Nordbeck, Sebastian Bauer, Olaf Kolditz
Summary: The transition to renewable energy sources requires extensive changes to the energy system infrastructure. We propose an environmental information system for visualizing and exploring large collections of heterogeneous data in the scope of energy system infrastructure and subsurface geological energy storage technologies. The system can aid stakeholders in making informed decisions, researchers in investigating possible options, and the public in being informed about developments and options for future infrastructure.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Linwei Hu, Maike Schnackenberg, Goetz Hornbruch, Klas Lueders, Wolf Tilmann Pfeiffer, Ulrike Werban, Sebastian Bauer
Summary: Gas leakage can impact groundwater flow and media compressibility in subsurface environments. This study demonstrates that changes in hydraulic conductivity and specific storage, determined through pumping tests, can be used to detect the presence of a new gas phase. The experiments conducted at a field site in Germany showed significant changes in these parameters after injection of methane and hydrogen gas phases.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Evans Manu, Marco De Lucia, Michael Kuehn
Summary: The quality of groundwater resources in the Pra Basin (Ghana) is being threatened by the pollution from illegal mining activities. Limited data and literature exist regarding the hydrochemical characteristics of the basin. This study provides regional hydrochemical data on surface water and groundwater, offering insights into the geochemical processes and water quality for drinking and irrigation purposes. The analysis reveals that a large percentage of surface water samples and a portion of groundwater samples are unsuitable for drinking purposes, while both sources are suitable for irrigation with certain treatment needs.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Marco De Lucia, Michael Kuehn, Alexander Lindemann, Max Luebke, Bettina Schnor
Summary: Coupled reactive transport simulations require significant computational power, with the acceleration of chemical processes being a major challenge. The POET simulator utilizes a master/worker architecture and distributed hash table to speed up simulations and prevent load imbalance.
GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Marco De Lucia, Michael Kuehn
Summary: The study introduces a method of using statistical surrogates to accelerate computational costs in coupled reactive transport simulations, and proposes a hierarchical coupling scheme to reduce costs. Errors are effectively detected by evaluating the accuracy of multivariate surrogate predictions and using equation-based simulations to replace inaccurate surrogates.
GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
(2021)