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Vol. 15, EGU2013-11843, 2013
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CO2 injection along a pipeline with transient approach

Vctor Bezos (1), Jess Carrera (1), Luit Jan Slooten (1), Orlando Silva (2), Jacob Bear (3), and Myra
Kitro-Belinkov (3)
(1) Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain. (victorbezos@gmail.com),
(2) Fundacin Ciudad de la Energa (CIUDEN), Programa de Almacenamiento Geolgico de CO2 , Ponferrada, Len, Spain,
(3) Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Departament of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Haifa, Spain

CO2 geological sequestration involves several processes. One of the more relevant of these processes is the CO2
injection along a pipeline, because it links the capture and transport of CO2 with its deep geological storage.

The knowledge of the CO2 behavior within injection and monitoring wells is essential for designing effi-
cient CO2 storage strategies. In particular, a thorough modeling and simulation of CO2 flow through the injection
pipe is required to define operational protocols and to design the surface CO2 conditioning facilities.

Much work has been performed on modeling the steady state multiphase flow in wellbores during CO2 in-
jection. However, relevant problems, including the displacement of the initial brine in the injection well, or the
upwards flow of CO2 during a push-pull test, require the modeling of transient conditions, which is the goal of the
present work.

Here, we present the governing equations and preliminary results for the modeling of dynamic non isother-
mal CO2 flow through an injection well, including displacement of the initial brine. The model considers
continuity, momentum and energy equations, together with equations of state and some thermodynamic relations.
These equations are solved using the simulation framework Proost, which implements the finite element method.
The code is verified by comparison with a steady-state solver for a range of surface injection conditions. The
results obtained show pressure, velocity and temperature evolution, which allows quantifying the phase changes
that gradually experiment the CO2 through the injection pipe. We find the surface pressure required initially is
much higher than steady-state because heat exchange with the formation reduces significantly the density of CO2
at the borehole.

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