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Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage

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Al-Mansoori, S.
Iglauer, Stefan
Pentland, C.
Bijeljic, B.
Blunt, M.
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2009
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Conference Paper

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Al Mansoori, S. and Iglauer, S. and Pentland, C.H. and Bijeljic, B. and Blunt, M.J. 2009. Measurements of Non-Wetting Phase Trapping Applied to Carbon Dioxide Storage, International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Energy Procedia. 1 (1): pp. 3173-3180.
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Energy Procedia
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International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies
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We measure the trapped non-wetting phase saturation as a function of the initial saturation in sand packs. The application of the work is for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in aquifers where capillary trapping is a rapid and effective mechanism to render injected CO2 immobile. We used analogue fluids at ambient conditions. The trapped saturation initially rises linearly with initial saturation to a value of 0.11 for oil/water systems and 0.14 for gas/water systems. There then follows a region where the residual saturation is constant with further increases in initial saturation.

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