Laboratory core flooding experimental systems for CO₂ geosequestration: An updated review over the past decade

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• 作者：Yankun Sun^aAuthor Vitae ; Qi Li^a ; ^{qli@whrsm.ac.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}Author Vitae ; Duoxing Yang^bAuthor Vitae ; Xuehao Liu^aAuthor Vitae
• 关键词：Carbon capture and storage (CCS) ; Geosequestration ; Trapping mechanism ; Core flooding ; Saline aquifer ; Experimental apparatus
• 刊名：Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：1
• 页码：113-126
• 全文大小：2646 K

文摘

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) geosequestration in deep saline aquifers has been currently deemed as a preferable and practicable mitigation means for reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions to the atmosphere, as deep saline aquifers can offer the greatest potential from a capacity point of view. Hence, research on core-scale CO₂/brine multiphase migration processes is of great significance for precisely estimating storage efficiency, ensuring storage security, and predicting the long-term effects of the sequestered CO₂ in subsurface saline aquifers. This review article initially presents a brief description of the essential aspects of CO₂ subsurface transport and geological trapping mechanisms, and then outlines the state-of-the-art laboratory core flooding experimental apparatus that has been adopted for simulating CO₂ injection and migration processes in the literature over the past decade. Finally, a summary of the characteristics, components and applications of publicly reported core flooding equipment as well as major research gaps and areas in need of further study are given in relevance to laboratory-scale core flooding experiments in CO₂ geosequestration under reservoir conditions.