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Dissolution sequestration mechanism of CO2 at the Shiqianfeng saline aquifer in the Ordos Basin, northwestern China

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This study focused on the target injection layers of deep saline aquifers in the Shiqianfeng Fm. in the Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Demonstration Projects in the Ordos Basin, northwestern China. The study employed a combination method of experiments and numerical simulation to investigate the dissolution mechanism and impact factors of CO2 in these saline aquifers. The results showed (1) CO2 solubility in different types of water chemistry were shown in ascending order: MgCl2-type water < CaCl2-type water < Na2SO4-type water < NaCl-type water < Na2CO3-type water < distilled water. These results were consistent with the calculated results undertaken by TOUGHREACT with about 5% margin of error. CO2 solubility of Shiqianfeng Fm. saline was 1.05 mol/L; (2) compared with distilled water, the more complex the water’s chemical composition, the greater the increase in HCO3 −concentration. While the water’s composition was relatively simple, the tested water’s HCO3 −concentrations were in close accord with the calculated value undertaken by the TOUGHREACT code, and the more complex the water’s composition, the poorer the agreement was, probably due to the complex and unstable HCO3 − complicating matters when in an aqueous solution system including both tested HCO3 −concentration and calculated HCO3 −concentration; (3) the CO2 solubility in the saline at the temperature conditions of 55 °C and 70 °C were 1.17 and 1.02 mol/L. When compared with the calculated value of 1.20 and 1.05 mol/L, they were almost the same with only 1 and 3% margin of error; concentrations of HCO3 − were 402.73 mg/L (0.007 mol/L) and 385.65 mg/L (0.006 mol/L), while the simulation results were 132.16 mg/L (0.002 mol/L) and 128.52 mg/L (0.002 mol/L). From the contrast between the tested data and the calculated data undertaken by the TOUGHREACT code, it was shown that TOUGHRACT code could better simulate the interaction between saline and CO2 in the dissolution sequestration capacity. Therefore, TOUGHREACT code could be used for the inter-process prediction of CO2 long-term geological storage of CO2; (4) The Ca2+ concentration and SO4 2−concentration in saline water had less effect on the solubility of CO2 and HCO3 −concentration. In addition, TDS and pH values of saline affected not only the solubility of CO2, but also the conversion of CO2 to HCO3 − due to that they can affect the activity and acid-base balance. So in fact, we just need to consider that the TDS and pH values are main impact factors in the dissolution sequestration capacity of CO2 geological sequestration in deep saline aquifers.

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This work was supported by the Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Plan (No. 20140520143JH) and the Multi-Subjects Research Program for Ph. D Student in Jilin University (2011 J012).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

    Yuyu Wan, Shanghai Du, Guangyu Lin, Fengjun Zhang & Tianfu Xu

  2. Colledge of Environment and Resources, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

    Yuyu Wan, Guangyu Lin, Fengjun Zhang & Tianfu Xu

  3. Colledge of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

    Shanghai Du

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Wan, Y., Du, S., Lin, G. et al. Dissolution sequestration mechanism of CO2 at the Shiqianfeng saline aquifer in the Ordos Basin, northwestern China. Arab J Geosci 10, 71 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-2858-7

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