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Ramadhan R, Promneewat K, Thanasaksukthawee V, Tosuai T, Babaei M, Hosseini SA, Puttiwongrak A, Leelasukseree C, Tangparitkul S. Geomechanics contribution to CO 2 storage containment and trapping mechanisms in tight sandstone complexes: A case study on Mae Moh Basin. Sci Total Environ 2024; 928:172326. [PMID: 38626821 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
Abstract
Recognized as a not-an-option approach to mitigate the climate crisis, carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) has a potential as much as gigaton of CO2 to sequestrate permanently and securely. Recent attention has been paid to store highly concentrated point-source CO2 into saline formation, of which Thailand considers one onshore case in the north located in Lampang - the Mae Moh coal-fired power plant matched with its own coal mine of Mae Moh Basin. Despite a large basin and short transport route from the source, target sandstone reservoir buried at deeper than 1000 m is of tight nature and limited data, while question on storing possibility has thereafter risen. The current study is thus aimed to examine the influence of reservoir geomechanics on CO2 storage containment and trapping mechanisms, with co-contributions from geochemistry and reservoir heterogeneity, using reservoir simulator - CMG-GEM. With the injection rate designed for 30-year injection, reservoir pressure build-ups were ∼77 % of fracture pressure but increased to ∼80 % when geomechanics excluded. Such pressure responses imply that storage security is associated with the geomechanics. Dominated by viscous force, CO2 plume migrated more laterally while geomechanics clearly contributed to lesser migration due to reservoir rock strength constraint. Reservoir geomechanics contributed to less plume traveling into more constrained spaces while leakage was secured, highlighting a significant and neglected influence of geomechanical factor. Spatiotemporal development of CO2 plume also confirms the geomechanics-dominant storage containment. Reservoir geomechanics as attributed to its respective reservoir fluid pressure controls development of trapping mechanisms, especially into residual and solubility traps. More secured storage containment after the injection was found with higher pressure, while less development into solubility trap was observed with lower pressure. The findings reveal the possibility of CO2 storage in tight sandstone formations, where geomechanics govern greatly the plume migration and the development of trapping mechanisms.
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- Romal Ramadhan
- Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Faculty of Civil Engineering Sciences, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Geotechnical and Earth Resources Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Jamil MA, Goraya TS, Ng KC, Zubair SM, Xu BB, Shahzad MW. Optimizing the energy recovery section in thermal desalination systems for improved thermodynamic, economic, and environmental performance. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2021; 124:105244. [DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Jamil MA, Goraya TS, Shahzad MW, Zubair SM. Exergoeconomic optimization of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger. Energy Conversion and Management 2020; 226:113462. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Siddiqui MU, Arif AFM. Generalized Effective Medium Theory for Particulate Nanocomposite Materials. Materials (Basel) 2016; 9:ma9080694. [PMID: 28773817 PMCID: PMC5512516 DOI: 10.3390/ma9080694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Revised: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The thermal conductivity of particulate nanocomposites is strongly dependent on the size, shape, orientation and dispersion uniformity of the inclusions. To correctly estimate the effective thermal conductivity of the nanocomposite, all these factors should be included in the prediction model. In this paper, the formulation of a generalized effective medium theory for the determination of the effective thermal conductivity of particulate nanocomposites with multiple inclusions is presented. The formulated methodology takes into account all the factors mentioned above and can be used to model nanocomposites with multiple inclusions that are randomly oriented or aligned in a particular direction. The effect of inclusion dispersion non-uniformity is modeled using a two-scale approach. The applications of the formulated effective medium theory are demonstrated using previously published experimental and numerical results for several particulate nanocomposites.
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- Muhammad Usama Siddiqui
- Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
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