TMGAS, an equation of state module of TOUGH2 V.2.0 reservoir simulator, was used to model the migration of CO2, H2S, and CH4 in a deep sedimentary formation. The scope is the improvement of the description of non-condensable gas (NCG) migration within modeling studies of sedimentary basins' evolution. Different scenarios have been simulated with NCG migration taking place in a large sedimentary formation discretized with a full 3D Voronoi approach by using specifically improved versions of the pre- and post-processing tools for TOUGH2 developed at the University of Bologna. Simulated reference scenarios are related to the migration of CO2, H2S, and CH4 generated at constant rate for 1 × 106 years in a fresh water aquifer. Additional scenarios are simulated with NCG migration taking place in the same formation but saturated with brine. The effects of pressure-temperature-composition (PTX) conditions on thermodynamic equilibria, phase composition, phase thermo-physical properties and, consequently, on the migration features of different NCGs are modeled and discussed.
Thermodynamics-related processes during the migration of acid gases and methane in deep sedimentary formations / Battistelli, Alfredo; Berry, Paolo; Bonduà, Stefano; Bortolotti, Villiam; Consonni, Alberto; Cormio, Carlo; Geloni, Claudio; Vasini, Ester M.. - In: GREENHOUSE GASES. - ISSN 2152-3878. - ELETTRONICO. - 7:(2017), pp. 295-312. [10.1002/ghg.1614]
Thermodynamics-related processes during the migration of acid gases and methane in deep sedimentary formations
BERRY, PAOLO;BONDUA', STEFANO;BORTOLOTTI, VILLIAM;VASINI, ESTER MARIA
2017
Abstract
TMGAS, an equation of state module of TOUGH2 V.2.0 reservoir simulator, was used to model the migration of CO2, H2S, and CH4 in a deep sedimentary formation. The scope is the improvement of the description of non-condensable gas (NCG) migration within modeling studies of sedimentary basins' evolution. Different scenarios have been simulated with NCG migration taking place in a large sedimentary formation discretized with a full 3D Voronoi approach by using specifically improved versions of the pre- and post-processing tools for TOUGH2 developed at the University of Bologna. Simulated reference scenarios are related to the migration of CO2, H2S, and CH4 generated at constant rate for 1 × 106 years in a fresh water aquifer. Additional scenarios are simulated with NCG migration taking place in the same formation but saturated with brine. The effects of pressure-temperature-composition (PTX) conditions on thermodynamic equilibria, phase composition, phase thermo-physical properties and, consequently, on the migration features of different NCGs are modeled and discussed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.