Ehsan Behzadfar and Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos*
Chemical & Biological Engineering DepartmentUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z3*[email protected]
Methodology
Acknowledgement and References
• We gratefully acknowledge funding from CarbonManagement Canada for this project.
[1] IEA (2013), World Energy Outlook 2013, IEA. .
[2] USGCRP (2009), Global Climate Change Impacts in theUnited States.
[3] Optimization of CO2 storage in CO2 enhanced oilrecovery projects, prepared by Advanced resourcesInternational Inc, VA, & Melzer Consulting, TX, USA,November 2010.
Project B04: A PORE SCALE MICROLAB TO
PERFORM FUNDAMENTAL LABORATORY-BASED STUDIES OF CO2 TRANSPORT ANDREACTIVITY IN RESERVOIRS
David Sintont – U. TorontoAimy Bazylak – U. TorontoSavvas G. Hatzikiriakos – U. British Columbia Steve Larter – U. Calgary John Shaw – U. Alberta Zhenghe Xu – U. AlbertatLead PI
Introduction & Concepts
Temperature (°C)
0 50 100 150 200
Tem
pera
ture
sh
ift
fac
tor,
aT
10-9
10-8
10-7
10-6
10-5
10-4
10-3
10-2
10-1
100
101
Dynamic
Zero-shear
Double-log model
WLF model, TR=-41.7°C,
R=10
12Pa.s
Arrhenius model
Pressure, p (MPa)
0 5 10 15 20
Pre
ss
ure
sh
ift
fac
tor,
ap
0.9
2
3
1.0
30°C
45°C
60°C
90°C
Results & Discussion
With shearing CO2 starts to
diffuse into the oil (16ml).
, ,|T p C
T p C
R
a a a
Saturation pressure, psat
(MPa)
0 2 4 6 8 10
Ze
ro-s
he
ar
vis
co
sit
y,
0 (
Pa
.s)
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
1000
30°C
50°C
70°C
90°C
110°C
Fitted Function
30°C
50°C
70°C
90°C
110°C
P
Valve
Gas cylinder
Pressure gauge
Pressure regulator
Isothermal space
Sample cylinder
Pressure transducer
Measuring geometry
Magnetic coupling
Effect of Temperature on Viscosity
Effect of Pressure on Viscosity
Effect of Dissolved CO2 on Viscosity
Saturation pressure, psat
(MPa)
0 2 4 6 8 10
CO
2 C
on
cen
trati
on
sh
ift
fac
tor,
aC
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
110°C
90°C
70°C
50°C
30°C
Fitted Function
CO2 Phase Lines
Supercritical CO2
Gaseous CO2
Liquid CO2
