Long-term numerical simulation of a portfolio of possible sites for geological storage of carbon dioxide in Australia

Ennis‐King, Jonathan; Bradshaw, J. D.; Gibson-Poole, Catherine Mary; Hennig, A.; Lang, Simon; Paterson, Lincoln; Root, Robert; Sayers, Jacques; Spencer, L.; Streit, Jürgen E.; Undershultz, Jim

doi:10.1016/b978-008044704-9/50072-0

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“…where Δρ = ρ 0 β c C 0 and c 1 is a dimensionless constant [20,30,32]. The critical wavelength λ c is estimated as:…”

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“…Lindeberg and Wessel-Berg [12] analytically discussed the stability criteria for convectional vertical flow. Ennis-King et al [20] studied to estimate the time required for the instability to occur using linear stability analysis. Reservoir simulations provide an insight into the development of convective mixing due to density difference [21][22][23][24][25][26] including for heterogeneous aquifers [27][28][29].…”

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Three-dimensional visualization of natural convection of miscible fluids due to the density difference in a packed bed

Suekane¹,

Sakai²

2015

Computational Methods in Multiphase Flow VIII

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Understanding of natural convection of miscible two phases in porous media is of great importance to problems of geological storage of carbon dioxide. We consider saltwater-freshwater fingering instabilities in a saturated porous medium. Plastic resin particles with an average diameter of 320 μm or 440 μm were packed 50 mm in height in a tube with the inter diameter of 32 mm. Development of the fingering due to instabilities and natural convection of freshwater and saltwater in porous media have been imaged by means of microfocused X-ray computer tomography (CT) every three minutes. At early stages of convective mixing, ripples appear on the contour surface of the concentration of sodium iodine and grow to be fingers which extend vertically downwards with time. As fingers proceed downwards, the concentration of sodium iodine in fingers are reduced. As a result the convective mixing is rapidly suppressed. With an increase in the density difference and the permeability, the development of the natural convection occurs more quickly. The standard deviation of CT values in the particle pack was used to evaluate the critical time and the mixing time of natural convection. The estimated critical time is in the range between 200 s and 600 s. The mixing time estimated in present work agrees well with the linear stability analysis. Convective mixing processes are modeled with a onedimensional diffusion equation with an apparent diffusion coefficient, of which order is in the range from 10

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“…where Δρ = ρ 0 β c C 0 and c 1 is a dimensionless constant [20,30,32]. The critical wavelength λ c is estimated as:…”

Section: Analytical Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%