Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.

The interface between reservoir/cap rocks and the Portland cement around boreholes is a possible leakage pathway during deep geological injection of CO2. To study the alteration of cement and rock, laboratory experiments involving flow along this interface were performed. Cylindrical cores of about...

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Autores: Soler, Josep M., Fernández-Rojo, Lidia, Chaparro, M. Carme, Queralt Mitjans, Ignacio, Galí, Salvador, Cama, Jordi
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palabra clave:Cement-rock interface
CO2 injection
Laboratory experiments
Modeling
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.
title Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.
spellingShingle Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.
Soler, Josep M.
Cement-rock interface
CO2 injection
Laboratory experiments
Modeling
title_short Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.
title_full Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.
title_fullStr Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.
title_full_unstemmed Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.
title_sort Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Soler, Josep M.
Fernández-Rojo, Lidia
Chaparro, M. Carme
Queralt Mitjans, Ignacio
Galí, Salvador
Cama, Jordi
author Soler, Josep M.
author_facet Soler, Josep M.
Fernández-Rojo, Lidia
Chaparro, M. Carme
Queralt Mitjans, Ignacio
Galí, Salvador
Cama, Jordi
author_role author
author2 Fernández-Rojo, Lidia
Chaparro, M. Carme
Queralt Mitjans, Ignacio
Galí, Salvador
Cama, Jordi
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cement-rock interface
CO2 injection
Laboratory experiments
Modeling
topic Cement-rock interface
CO2 injection
Laboratory experiments
Modeling
description The interface between reservoir/cap rocks and the Portland cement around boreholes is a possible leakage pathway during deep geological injection of CO2. To study the alteration of cement and rock, laboratory experiments involving flow along this interface were performed. Cylindrical cores of about 5 cm in length and 2.5 cm in diameter and composed of half-cylinders of cement and rock (sandstone, limestone, marl) were used. They were reacted with a synthetic sulfate-rich saline groundwater under (a) atmospheric conditions (10-3.4 bar CO2, 25ºC, pH 6.2) and (b) supercritic conditions (130 bar CO2, 60ºC, pH about 3) in flow-through reactors. Tracer (LiBr) tests were performed prior to the injection of the saline solution in the atmospheric experiments to characterize cement diffusivity. The evolution of solution chemistry at the outlet was monitored over time. Rock and cement were analyzed at the end of the experiments (SEM, XRD, profilometry). In the atmospheric experiments pH increased up to about 11 (tracer tests) and 8 (groundwater injection, brucite precipitation). Calculated outlet pH was about 4 under supercritic conditions. Major-element concentrations showed little change during the atmospheric experiments, while Ca excess and S deficit were observed under supercritic conditions. Intense brucite precipitation was observed on the cement surface after the atmospheric experiments, while an apparently amorphous red-colored phase precipitated under supercritic conditions. Rock surfaces evidenced calcite dissolution in the supercritic experiments, while alteration was little in the atmospheric experiments. Some gypsum precipitation was also observed. Interface aperture increased during the supercritic experiments. 2D reactive transport modeling (CrunchFlow) was used to interpret the results. Phase reactivities (surface areas), and in some cases diffusion coefficients (rock and cement), were adjusted to fit models to measurements (solution and solid). Under atmospheric conditions, brucite precipitation (and decrease in porosity) results from the mixing by diffusion of the Mg in the input solution and the alkalinity in the cement. Ca from portlandite dissolution and sulfate from the input solution drives the precipitation of gypsum. For the supercritic experiments, model results show intense dissolution of portlandite, ettringite, siliceous hydrogarnet and hydrotalcite, extending for about 3 mm into the cement and causing an increase in porosity. The Ca released precipitates as calcite, with carbonate provided by the CO2-rich input solution. As the portlandite front moves into the cement, calcite dissolves next to the interface and some of the Ca precipitates as gypsum. Coupled calcite dissolution and gypsum precipitation also occurs, to a lesser extent, in the rock side. The calculations also result in the precipitation of small amounts of ferrihydrite, gibbsite and boehmite, which could correspond to the observed red-colored precipitates. Importantly, the adjusted values of the reactive surface areas for the different experiments point to a larger reactivity of the cement under supercritic conditions.
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spelling Flow and reaction along the cement-rock interface during CO2 injection. Laboratory experiments and modeling.Soler, Josep M.Fernández-Rojo, LidiaChaparro, M. CarmeQueralt Mitjans, IgnacioGalí, SalvadorCama, JordiCement-rock interfaceCO2 injectionLaboratory experimentsModelingThe interface between reservoir/cap rocks and the Portland cement around boreholes is a possible leakage pathway during deep geological injection of CO2. To study the alteration of cement and rock, laboratory experiments involving flow along this interface were performed. Cylindrical cores of about 5 cm in length and 2.5 cm in diameter and composed of half-cylinders of cement and rock (sandstone, limestone, marl) were used. They were reacted with a synthetic sulfate-rich saline groundwater under (a) atmospheric conditions (10-3.4 bar CO2, 25ºC, pH 6.2) and (b) supercritic conditions (130 bar CO2, 60ºC, pH about 3) in flow-through reactors. Tracer (LiBr) tests were performed prior to the injection of the saline solution in the atmospheric experiments to characterize cement diffusivity. The evolution of solution chemistry at the outlet was monitored over time. Rock and cement were analyzed at the end of the experiments (SEM, XRD, profilometry). In the atmospheric experiments pH increased up to about 11 (tracer tests) and 8 (groundwater injection, brucite precipitation). Calculated outlet pH was about 4 under supercritic conditions. Major-element concentrations showed little change during the atmospheric experiments, while Ca excess and S deficit were observed under supercritic conditions. Intense brucite precipitation was observed on the cement surface after the atmospheric experiments, while an apparently amorphous red-colored phase precipitated under supercritic conditions. Rock surfaces evidenced calcite dissolution in the supercritic experiments, while alteration was little in the atmospheric experiments. Some gypsum precipitation was also observed. Interface aperture increased during the supercritic experiments. 2D reactive transport modeling (CrunchFlow) was used to interpret the results. Phase reactivities (surface areas), and in some cases diffusion coefficients (rock and cement), were adjusted to fit models to measurements (solution and solid). Under atmospheric conditions, brucite precipitation (and decrease in porosity) results from the mixing by diffusion of the Mg in the input solution and the alkalinity in the cement. Ca from portlandite dissolution and sulfate from the input solution drives the precipitation of gypsum. For the supercritic experiments, model results show intense dissolution of portlandite, ettringite, siliceous hydrogarnet and hydrotalcite, extending for about 3 mm into the cement and causing an increase in porosity. The Ca released precipitates as calcite, with carbonate provided by the CO2-rich input solution. As the portlandite front moves into the cement, calcite dissolves next to the interface and some of the Ca precipitates as gypsum. Coupled calcite dissolution and gypsum precipitation also occurs, to a lesser extent, in the rock side. The calculations also result in the precipitation of small amounts of ferrihydrite, gibbsite and boehmite, which could correspond to the observed red-colored precipitates. Importantly, the adjusted values of the reactive surface areas for the different experiments point to a larger reactivity of the cement under supercritic conditions.Thanks are due to Jordi Bellés (IDAEA-CSIC) and Maite Romero and Eva Prats (Scientific and Technical Services of the University of Barcelona) for their help in assisting in the laboratory, ICP-AES and SEM-EDX analyses, respectively. We are grateful to Ramon Vázquez for his assistance in the design of the experimental equipment. We acknowledge Dr. Salvador Galí for his scientific discussions during the manuscript elaboration. This study was financed by projects CGL2014-54831-C3-1-R and CGL2017-82331-R (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness), with contribution from FEDER funds, and by projects CEX2018-000794-S (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation) and 2017SGR 1733 (Catalan Government). The manuscript has greatly benefited from the thorough comments by two anonymous reviewers.Peer reviewedEuropean Geosciences UnionMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202120212021info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/237600reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. 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