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Impact of CO2-rich seawater injection on the flow properties of basalts

Stavropoulou, Eleni  
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Griner, Cesare  
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Laloui, Lyesse  
April 19, 2024
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Permanent CO storage in basalts through mineralisation offers a promising solution for reducing carbon emissions and mitigating climate change. This study focuses on the impact of potential mineralisation on the flow properties of the basaltic material. Fluid flow evolution before and after exposure to CO dissolved in seawater is measured in terms of hydraulic conductivity and permeability under field-like conditions over 1 to 3.5 months. Permeability reduction of up to one order of magnitude suggests that porosity decreases due to mineral precipitation after CO exposure. X-ray tomography measurements of the tested cores reveal a maximum porosity decrease of 1.5% at the given resolution (50 μm/px). To better understand eventual modifications of the connected pore network after mineralisation, fluid flow simulations are performed on the 3D pore network of the material that is reconstructed directly from the acquired x-ray images. A double porosity is proposed: macro-porosity as visible from the tomographies (pores >50 μm) and micro-porosity (pores <50 μm). To reproduce the post-CO exposure flow, reduction of macro-porosity is not enough. Instead, a decrease of the micro-pores is necessary by up to 43%. The experimental and numerical results suggest that potential mineralisation can substantially modify the pore space of the intact basaltic material and consequently impact storage efficiency if flow is not preserved.

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DOI
10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104128
Author(s)
Stavropoulou, Eleni  
Griner, Cesare  
Laloui, Lyesse  
Date Issued

2024-04-19

Published in
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Volume

134

Article Number

104128

Subjects

Carbon mineralisation

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Basalts

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Pore network modelling

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Flow properties

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CO2 storage

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https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10910995
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