دورية أكاديمية
Assessing Subsurface Gas Storage Security for Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Transition
العنوان: | Assessing Subsurface Gas Storage Security for Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Transition |
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المؤلفون: | Ziqing Pan, Zhijun Jin, Gensheng Li, Kaiqiang Zhang |
المصدر: | Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 51, Iss 14, Pp n/a-n/a (2024) |
بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2024. |
سنة النشر: | 2024 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Geophysics. Cosmic physics |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | subsurface gas storage, nanopores, caprock, thermophysical property, fluid dynamics, Geophysics. Cosmic physics, QC801-809 |
الوصف: | Abstract Subsurface gas storage is crucial for achieving a sustainable energy future, as it helps to reduce CO2 emissions and facilitates the provision of renewable energy sources. The confinement effect of the nanopores in caprock induces distinctive thermophysical properties and fluid dynamics. In this paper, we present a multi‐scale study to characterize the subsurface transport of CO2, CH4, and H2. A nanoscale‐extended volume‐translated Cubic‐Plus‐Association equation of state was developed and incorporated in a field‐scale numerical simulation, based on a full reservoir‐caprock suite model. Results suggest that in the transition from nanoscale to bulk‐scale, gas solubility in water decreases while phase density and interfacial tension increase. For the first time, a power law relationship was identified between the capillary pressure within nanopores and the pore size. Controlled by buoyancy, viscous force and capillary pressure, gases transport vertically and horizontally in reservoir and caprock. H2 has the maximum potential to move upward and the lowest areal sweep efficiency; in short term, CH4 is more prone to upward migration compared to CO2, while in long term, CH4 and CO2 perform comparably. Thicker caprock and larger caprock pore size generally bring greater upward inclination. Gases penetrate the caprock when CH4 is stored with a caprock thickness smaller than 28 m or H2 is stored with a caprock pore size of 2–10 nm or larger than 100 nm. This study sheds light on the fluid properties and dynamics in nanoconfined environment and is expected to contribute to the safe implementation of gigatonne scale subsurface gas storage. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1944-8007 0094-8276 |
Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/0094-8276; https://doaj.org/toc/1944-8007 |
DOI: | 10.1029/2024GL109913 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/ea878731b06c4d59af3caf6c6bfdcf51 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.878731b06c4d59af3caf6c6bfdcf51 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 19448007 00948276 |
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DOI: | 10.1029/2024GL109913 |