Numerical modelling of coupled physico-chemical processes during and following CO2 storage in saline aquifers and depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs
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Duration: March 2011- November 2014
Funding: Dutch national R&D programme on CO2 capture, transport and storage (CATO-2)
Research questions
- What are the physical and geochemical, reactive transport implications of injecting gas mixtures rather than pure CO2?
- How do antecedent brine composition, mineral composition and heterogeneity of the formation influence reactive transport processes?
Publications
- Z. ZiabakhshGanji (2015). Physical and geochemical impacts of impure CO2 on storage in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs and saline aquifers. PhD Thesis, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 154 p.
- Z. Ziabakhsh-Ganji and H. Kooi, (2014). Sensitivity of the CO2 storage capacity of underground geological structures to the presence of SO2 and other impurities, Applied Energy 135, 43-52.
- Ziabakhsh-Ganji, Z., Kooi, H. (2013) Sensitivity of Joule-Thomson cooling to impure CO2 injection in depleted gas reservoirs, Applied Energy, 113, 434-451.
- Ziabakhsh-Ganji, Z., Kooi, H. (2012) An Equation of State for thermodynamic equilibrium of gas mix-tures and brines to allow simulation of the effects of impurities in subsurface CO2 storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 11S, 21-34, doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.07.025
- Ziabakhsh-Ganji, Z., Kooi, H., Equation of State for thermodynamic equilibrium of gas mixtures and brines to allow simulation of the effects of impurities in CO2 storage, Abstract poster presentation in EGU, Vienna, Austria, April 2012.