It is important to understand the process of multiphase carbon dioxide(CO_(2))leakage in faults for the risk assessment of carbon capture and storage(CCS).To quantitatively characterize the CO_(2)leakage process in th...It is important to understand the process of multiphase carbon dioxide(CO_(2))leakage in faults for the risk assessment of carbon capture and storage(CCS).To quantitatively characterize the CO_(2)leakage process in the fault,pressure sensors,fiber Bragg grating(FBG)temperature and strain sensors were simultaneously used to monitor CO_(2)leakage in the fault.Ten experiments were carried out,including five groups of gaseous CO_(2)leakage tests with initial pressures of 1-5 MPa and five groups of liquid CO_(2)leakage tests with initial pressures of 6-10 MPa.The results indicate that when liquid CO_(2)leaked with an initial pressure of 7-10 MPa,the pressure and temperature of CO_(2)dropped rapidly in the first few seconds and then remained unchanged.The behavior that CO_(2)continues to leak while maintaining temperature and pressure unchanged is defined as“temporary pseudo-sealing(TPS)”behavior,which continues for the first 1/3 of the leakage period.However,this TPS behavior did not occur in gaseous CO_(2)leakage.If only the pressure and temperature data were used to evaluate whether CO_(2)leakage occurred,we would misjudge the risk of leakage in CCS projects during the TPS period.The causes and conditions of TPS behavior were further studied experimentally.The results show that:(1)TPS behavior is caused by the phase transition energy generated when liquid CO_(2)leaks.(2)The condition for TPS behavior is a small leak aperture(0.2 mm).Only a small leakage rate can make the phase transition energy and pressure change from a dynamic equilibrium,and(3)The compression zone caused by the Bernoulli effect and fault“barrier”could reduce the CO_(2)leakage rate and further promote the occurrence of TPS behavior.This study provides technical and theoretical support for the quantitative characterization of the CO_(2)leakage process in faults of CCS projects.展开更多
基金The research was partially supported by the Major Project of Inner Mongolia Science and Technology(Grant No.2021ZD0034)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41872210 and 41274111)The equipment and methodology we have developed for this research have applied for a national invention patent(ZL 202110708668.1).
文摘It is important to understand the process of multiphase carbon dioxide(CO_(2))leakage in faults for the risk assessment of carbon capture and storage(CCS).To quantitatively characterize the CO_(2)leakage process in the fault,pressure sensors,fiber Bragg grating(FBG)temperature and strain sensors were simultaneously used to monitor CO_(2)leakage in the fault.Ten experiments were carried out,including five groups of gaseous CO_(2)leakage tests with initial pressures of 1-5 MPa and five groups of liquid CO_(2)leakage tests with initial pressures of 6-10 MPa.The results indicate that when liquid CO_(2)leaked with an initial pressure of 7-10 MPa,the pressure and temperature of CO_(2)dropped rapidly in the first few seconds and then remained unchanged.The behavior that CO_(2)continues to leak while maintaining temperature and pressure unchanged is defined as“temporary pseudo-sealing(TPS)”behavior,which continues for the first 1/3 of the leakage period.However,this TPS behavior did not occur in gaseous CO_(2)leakage.If only the pressure and temperature data were used to evaluate whether CO_(2)leakage occurred,we would misjudge the risk of leakage in CCS projects during the TPS period.The causes and conditions of TPS behavior were further studied experimentally.The results show that:(1)TPS behavior is caused by the phase transition energy generated when liquid CO_(2)leaks.(2)The condition for TPS behavior is a small leak aperture(0.2 mm).Only a small leakage rate can make the phase transition energy and pressure change from a dynamic equilibrium,and(3)The compression zone caused by the Bernoulli effect and fault“barrier”could reduce the CO_(2)leakage rate and further promote the occurrence of TPS behavior.This study provides technical and theoretical support for the quantitative characterization of the CO_(2)leakage process in faults of CCS projects.
