Implications of pore microgeometry heterogeneity for the movement and chemical reactivity of CO2 in carbonates
We studied the heterogeneity of natural rocks with respect to their pore-size distribution, obtained from mercury-intrusion capillary pressure (MICP) tests, at a scale about one-fifth of the standard plug size (2.5 cm). We investigated two Fontainebleau sandstone and two limestone samples. We found...
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ftcurtin:oai:espace.curtin.edu.au:20.500.11937/22744 2023-06-11T04:10:55+02:00 Implications of pore microgeometry heterogeneity for the movement and chemical reactivity of CO2 in carbonates Vialle, Stephanie Dvorkin, J. Mavko, G. 2013 restricted https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22744 https://doi.org/10.1190/GEO2012-0458.1 unknown Society of Exploration Geophysics http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22744 doi:10.1190/GEO2012-0458.1 Journal Article 2013 ftcurtin https://doi.org/20.500.11937/2274410.1190/GEO2012-0458.1 2023-05-30T19:31:54Z We studied the heterogeneity of natural rocks with respect to their pore-size distribution, obtained from mercury-intrusion capillary pressure (MICP) tests, at a scale about one-fifth of the standard plug size (2.5 cm). We investigated two Fontainebleau sandstone and two limestone samples. We found that at the scale of the MICP tests, heterogeneities are practically nonexistent. Still, there are large differences in the capillary curves from one rock type to another. Also, carbonate rocks, unlike Fontainebleau sandstone, show heterogeneities at a scale smaller than the scale used in MICP tests, as seen by the complexity in the mercury saturation versus pressure curves. We used this diversity between the capillary curves and this complexity within a single capillary curve to obtain information about the movement and chemical reactivity of CO2 in carbonates.The method consists of three steps: first, subdividing the carbonate pore system into microstructural facies, each of them having a specific range of pore throat size (e.g., tight micrite, microporous rounded micrite, small vugs, …); second, getting a characteristic value of their petrophysical properties (namely porosity, effective surface area, and permeability) from the collected MICP data; and third, computing, for experimental conditions corresponding to a transport-controlled system, the dimensionless Péclet and Damköhler numbers, expressed as a function of the aforementioned permeability and effective surface area. These numbers allowed us to infer the dominant process (i.e., diffusion, advection, or kinetics) controlling the dissolution/precipitation reaction induced by the carbonic acid. Because of heterogeneities in the pore microstructure, we found that either diffusion or advection is locally the dominant mechanism, which renders some zones (e.g., vugs or, to a lesser extent, microporous rounded micrite) chemically more reactive than others (e.g., tight micrite or spar cement). Article in Journal/Newspaper Carbonic acid Curtin University: espace GEOPHYSICS 78 5 L69 L86 |
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We studied the heterogeneity of natural rocks with respect to their pore-size distribution, obtained from mercury-intrusion capillary pressure (MICP) tests, at a scale about one-fifth of the standard plug size (2.5 cm). We investigated two Fontainebleau sandstone and two limestone samples. We found that at the scale of the MICP tests, heterogeneities are practically nonexistent. Still, there are large differences in the capillary curves from one rock type to another. Also, carbonate rocks, unlike Fontainebleau sandstone, show heterogeneities at a scale smaller than the scale used in MICP tests, as seen by the complexity in the mercury saturation versus pressure curves. We used this diversity between the capillary curves and this complexity within a single capillary curve to obtain information about the movement and chemical reactivity of CO2 in carbonates.The method consists of three steps: first, subdividing the carbonate pore system into microstructural facies, each of them having a specific range of pore throat size (e.g., tight micrite, microporous rounded micrite, small vugs, …); second, getting a characteristic value of their petrophysical properties (namely porosity, effective surface area, and permeability) from the collected MICP data; and third, computing, for experimental conditions corresponding to a transport-controlled system, the dimensionless Péclet and Damköhler numbers, expressed as a function of the aforementioned permeability and effective surface area. These numbers allowed us to infer the dominant process (i.e., diffusion, advection, or kinetics) controlling the dissolution/precipitation reaction induced by the carbonic acid. Because of heterogeneities in the pore microstructure, we found that either diffusion or advection is locally the dominant mechanism, which renders some zones (e.g., vugs or, to a lesser extent, microporous rounded micrite) chemically more reactive than others (e.g., tight micrite or spar cement). |
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Implications of pore microgeometry heterogeneity for the movement and chemical reactivity of CO2 in carbonates |
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Implications of pore microgeometry heterogeneity for the movement and chemical reactivity of CO2 in carbonates |
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Implications of pore microgeometry heterogeneity for the movement and chemical reactivity of CO2 in carbonates |
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Implications of pore microgeometry heterogeneity for the movement and chemical reactivity of CO2 in carbonates |
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Implications of pore microgeometry heterogeneity for the movement and chemical reactivity of CO2 in carbonates |
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implications of pore microgeometry heterogeneity for the movement and chemical reactivity of co2 in carbonates |
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