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    Carbon Dioxide/Brine, Nitrogen/Brine, and Oil/Brine Wettability of Montmorillonite, Illite, and Kaolinite at Elevated Pressure and Temperature

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    Fauziah, C.
    Al-Yaseri, A.
    Beloborodov, R.
    Siddiqui, M.
    Lebedev, Maxim
    Parsons, D.
    Roshan, H.
    Barifcani, Ahmed
    Iglauer, Stefan
    Date
    2019
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Fauziah, C. and Al-Yaseri, A. and Beloborodov, R. and Siddiqui, M. and Lebedev, M. and Parsons, D. and Roshan, H. et al. 2019. Carbon Dioxide/Brine, Nitrogen/Brine, and Oil/Brine Wettability of Montmorillonite, Illite, and Kaolinite at Elevated Pressure and Temperature. Energy and Fuels. 33 (1): pp. 441-448.
    Source Title
    Energy and Fuels
    DOI
    10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02845
    ISSN
    0887-0624
    School
    WASM: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM-MECE)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74098
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Wettability of CO2/brine/clay is one of the most important parameters in assessing CO2 storage capacities and containment security. Despite its importance, the literature data in this context are very limited. We thus systematically measured montmorillonite, illite, and kaolinite wettability for CO2/brine, nitrogen/brine, and nitrogen/oil systems at various pressures (5, 10, 15, and 20 MPa) and temperatures (305 and 333 K). The zeta potential of each clay mineral was also measured to investigate its link to the macroscopic contact angle. The results show that both advancing and receding water contact angles for CO2/brine, nitrogen/brine, and nitrogen/oil systems increase with an increase in pressure. However, they are only slightly reduced by increasing temperature. It was also shown that montmorillonite has a higher water contact angle in the presence of CO2, followed by illite and kaolinite. The same trend was measured for nitrogen/brine and brine/oil systems. Consequently, montmorillonite is strongly oil-wet; kaolinite and illite, however, are strongly water-wet at typical storage conditions (high pressure and elevated temperature). This has important implications for CO2 geostorage in determining the flow of CO2 and its entrapment, fluid spreading, and dynamics in the reservoir.

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