Modelling of Effective Permeability Coefficient Caused by the Formation of CO<sub>2</sub> Hydrate in Sand Layer Using Pore-Scale Numerical Simulations

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  • NONO yumu
    Undergraduate student, Department of Systems Innovation, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
  • YAMAGUCHI Alan Junji
    Ph.D. course student, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8563, Japan
  • SATO Toru
    Professor, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8563, Japan
  • FUJI Tatsuya
    Master course student, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8563, Japan
  • TOBASE Takaomi
    Senior researcher, Chigasaki Research Institute, Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., 1-9-88 Chigasaki, Chigasaki 253-0041, Japan

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  • 孔隙スケールの数値計算による砂層内CO<sub>2</sub>ハイドレート生成に伴う有効浸透率係数のモデル化
  • 孔隙スケールの数値計算による砂層内CO₂ハイドレート生成に伴う有効浸透率係数のモデル化
  • コウ ゲキ スケール ノ スウチ ケイサン ニ ヨル サソウ ナイ CO ₂ ハイドレート セイセイ ニ トモナウ ユウコウ シントウリツ ケイスウ ノ モデルカ

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Abstract

<p>Carbon dioxide capture and storage is an efficient technology to reduce CO2. Among CO2 storage methods, storage in the form of gas hydrate is thought to be promising for increasing the volume capacity of storable CO2. Microscopic hydrate distribution within the pore space of sand sediment essentially controls its effective permeability coefficient. This study aimed to make a mathematical model of the effective permeability coefficient, using microscopic numerical method series that consists of packing sand grains within microscopic computational domains, arranging water and CO2 phases in the pore space of the packed sand grains, placing multiple hydrate nuclei, growing hydrate in the pores of the sand grains, and simulating single phase flow through the pore space of the packed sand grain and the formed hydrate, regarding the hydrate as a solid. The effect of heat diffusion on the reservoir scale is newly incorporated into the simulation method to continue the hydrate growth to high hydrate saturation. The computational results indicated the effects of hydrate distribution in the pore space on hydrate saturations, initial water saturations, and contact angles of water on the sand surface. Then, based on the results of the simulations, the effective permeability coefficient was modelled based on the Kozeny-Carman model, using simple polynomial equations.</p>

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  • Journal of MMIJ

    Journal of MMIJ 137 (8), 79-90, 2021-08-31

    The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan

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