Reactive Transport Modeling of Long-Term CO<sub>2</sub> Sequestration Mechanisms at the Shenhua CCS Demonstration Project, China

Guodong Yang; Yilian Li; Aleks Atrens; Danqing Liu; Yongsheng Wang; Li Jia; Yu Lu

doi:10.1007/s12583-016-0919-6

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Guodong Yang, Yilian Li, Aleks Atrens, Danqing Liu, Yongsheng Wang, Li Jia, Yu Lu. Reactive Transport Modeling of Long-Term CO2 Sequestration Mechanisms at the Shenhua CCS Demonstration Project, China. Journal of Earth Science, 2017, 28(3): 457-472. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0919-6

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Guodong Yang, Yilian Li, Aleks Atrens, Danqing Liu, Yongsheng Wang, Li Jia, Yu Lu. Reactive Transport Modeling of Long-Term CO₂ Sequestration Mechanisms at the Shenhua CCS Demonstration Project, China. Journal of Earth Science, 2017, 28(3): 457-472. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0919-6

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Reactive Transport Modeling of Long-Term CO₂ Sequestration Mechanisms at the Shenhua CCS Demonstration Project, China

doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0919-6

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School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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The Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Qld 4072, Australia
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China Shenhua Coal Liquefaction Co., Ltd. Ordos, Ordos 017209, China
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The Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, Beijing 100038, China

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Guodong Yang: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6857-1163

Yilian Li: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4192-5371
Corresponding author: Yilian Li, yl.li@cug.edu.cn
Received Date: 06 Mar 2015
Accepted Date: 28 Oct 2015
Publish Date: 01 Jun 2017

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Carbon dioxide injection into deep saline aquifers results in a variety of strongly coupled physical and chemical processes. In this study, reactive transport simulations using a 2-D radial model were performed to investigate the fate of the injected CO₂, the effect of CO₂-water-rock interactions on mineral alteration, and the long-term CO₂ sequestration mechanisms of the Liujiagou Formation sandstone at the Shenhua CCS (carbon capture and storage) pilot site of China. Carbon dioxide was injected at a constant rate of 0.1 Mt/year for 30 years, and the fluid flow and geochemical transport simulation was run for a period of 10 000 years by the TOUGHREACT code according to the underground conditions of the Liujiagou Formation. The results show that different trapping phases of CO₂ vary with time. Sensitivity analyses indicate that plagioclase composition and chlorite presence are the most significant determinants of stable carbonate minerals and CO₂ mineral trapping capacity. For arkosic arenite in the Liujiagou Formation, CO₂ can be immobilized by precipitation of ankerite, magnesite, siderite, dawsonite, and calcite for different mineral compositions, with Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Fe²⁺ and Na⁺ provided by dissolution of calcite, albite (or oligoclase) and chlorite. This study can provide useful insights into the geochemistry of CO₂ storage in other arkosic arenite (feldspar rich sandstone) formations at other pilots or target sites.
- carbon capture and storage (CCS),
- CO₂ sequestration,
- geochemical interaction,
- mineral trapping,
- CCS demonstration project,
- reactive transport modeling

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