: Pore- and reservoir-scale flow simulation for geologic carbon storage
Instructor:
Sahar Bakhshian | Event Date: Friday, 23 May Time: 14:00 - 17:00 Duration: Half-day Location: Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town (Conference Venue) Registration Fee: €75 (For InterPore2025 Participants) / €110 (Conference Course only) |
| Description: Carbon capture and storage offers a promising solution that entails capturing CO2 emissions from industrial sources and safely storing them deep underground within sedimentary rocks. Multiphase flow modeling is a key tool for predicting fluid behavior and long-term security of geological CO2 storage. The physics of multiphase flow in heterogeneous geologic formation, particularly in the context of carbon storage, is complex due to the need to account for coupled physicochemical processes occurring at different scales. This course will explore the underlying physics of the carbon storage at the pore- and reservoir scales. CO2 trapping mechanisms, such as capillary and dissolution trapping, and different CO2 displacement patterns will be discussed from the pore-scale perspective. Key pore-scale factors such as wettability and heterogeneity that control the macroscopic behavior of multiphase flow will be discussed, with providing relevant pore-scale simulation examples to illustrate these concepts. Furthermore, we will focus on dynamic reservoir modeling of CO2 storage in saline formations. This includes establishing reservoir models to address specific issues such as injectivity, storage capacity and security, pressure buildup, and the long-term fate of the CO2. Finally, the course will cover the modeling of CO2 leakage risk through wellbores and faults, along with reactive transport modeling to assess the impact of CO2 and brine leakage on drinking water resources. | |
