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where σ is the surface tension coefficient; and δ is the Dirac delta
function, which can be written as The inlet velocity is set to 0.5 cm/s. According to conditions of the
δ = 6 ∇φ φ (1 − φ ) (11) shallow saline aquifer, the density and viscosity of the water are set to
1×103 kg/m3 and 1.34×10−3 Pa s, respectively. The density and viscosity
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This function ensures the following equation:
1 of the CO2 are set to 38.5 kg/m3 and 1.47×10−5 Pa s, respectively. The
∫0 Fsvdφ = σn (12)
interfacial tension between water and CO2 is set to 44.57×10−3 N/m
In addition, the continuum surface tension model is independent of (Chalbaud et al., 2010).
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grid size. The finite element method is used to solve the coupled equation
system. The geometric model is discretized with 2D unstructured
3. Numerical solution and discussion triangle meshes, and boundaries with large curvature are discretized
with finer meshes as shown in Fig. 3. The number of the mesh is
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The left and right sides of the porous media shown in Fig. 1 are taken 251,327. A linear system solver PARDISO (parallel direct solver) is
as inlet and outlet boundary conditions, respectively; the lower and used. A relative tolerance of 0.01 and an absolute tolerance of 0.1 are
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upper boundaries are taken as a symmetric boundary condition. Pores assumed for the time discretization scheme. The time-stepping method
are considered as water wettable with a contact angle of 180°. The CO2 uses the generalized alpha method to determine each time step.
injected into porous media will automatically choose flow channels. An initial condition given by an assumed phase distribution may not
Therefore, a buffer region, where the CO2 can automatically choose be reasonable. Therefore, before the displacement simulation, the flow
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flow channels, is connected to the inlet boundary of the geometric field is calculated with zero inlet velocity within a short time to make
model. The modified geometric model is shown in Fig. 2. the assumed phase distribution to reach a reasonable pattern. The
calculated initial phase distribution is shown in Fig. 4.
At the beginning of the injection, the injected CO2 displaces the
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pores does not show obvious flow. When the CO2 in the relatively large
channel reaches a narrow pore throat as shown by the arrow in Fig. 6a,
the CO2 will stop displacing through this channel, and the CO2 in
relatively narrow pores begins to displace the water as shown by the
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Fig. 3. Pore geometry discretized with unstructured 2D meshes.
porous media where although the CO2 is not seen at a certain time, such
as the positions shown with pink arrows in Fig. 6d. This push-pull
movement of interfaces may improve the dissolution and reaction of
CO2 in porous media (Li, 2011).
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Fig. 6. Variations of two-phase interface during displacement.
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Fig. 7 shows the variation of injection pressure during the Fig. 8 shows the finally simulated results of two-phase distribution.
displacement process. The pressure variation indicates that injection This result shows that 47.71% of the water is displaced. Therefore,
pressure fluctuates throughout the displacement process. The variations more than half of the water remains in the porous media.
of two-phase distribution and injection pressure reveal that, when CO2
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reaches a pore throat and needs to break through it, the injection
pressure needs to increase high enough. Once the CO2 breaks through
the pore throat under effect of the increased injection pressure, the
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injection pressure will release quickly, and the stored pressure by the
capillary pressure of meniscus will release with the meniscuses
retreating. Subsequently, the injection pressure gradually increases to
prepare for breaking through the next pore throat.
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4. Conclusions
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Qianlin Zhu obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in geotechnical engineering from Hohai University in 2008 and Institute of Rock and
Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011, respectively. He is a research assistant at Institute of Low Carbon Energy, China
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University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou). His research interests include CO2 geological storage, permeability theory in
geotechnical engineering and isotopic hydrology. In recent years, he is striving to study two-phase displacement flow in porous media
and coupled fluid flow-geomechanics characteristics in CO2 saline aquifer storage.
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