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Laboratory study of cyclic underground hydrogen storage in porous media with evidence of a dry near-well zone and evaporation induced salt precipitation
被引:6
|作者:
Bijay, K. C.
[1
]
Frash, Luke P.
[1
]
Creasy, Neala M.
[1
]
Neil, Chelsea W.
[1
]
Purswani, Prakash
[1
]
Li, Wenfeng
[1
]
Meng, Meng
[1
]
Iyare, Uwaila
[1
]
Gross, Michael R.
[1
]
机构:
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Earth & Environm Sci Div EES, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
关键词:
Hydrogen storage;
Injectivity;
Relative permeability;
Saturation;
Ultrasonic velocity;
Grid stability;
RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;
SANDSTONE APPLICATION;
CO2;
INJECTION;
NATURAL-GAS;
RESERVOIR;
FLOW;
D O I:
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.234
中图分类号:
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号:
070304 ;
081704 ;
摘要:
Large-scale storage of 'green' hydrogen is essential in our quest to transition to renewable energy sources and achieve the net-zero emission targets. As such, Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) in geological porous media, such as in depleted oil and gas fields or saline aquifers, provides a cost-effective solution to store such large volumes of hydrogen (H2) to buffer seasonal fluctuations in renewable energy supply and demand. Due to the novelty of the topic, many research gaps persist, but we focus on H2 transport characteristics in the subsurface, hydrogen recoverability during cyclic operations, chemical interactions, and acoustic velocity as an indicator of H2 saturation. In this study, we investigate UHS using a triaxial core-flooding experiment to address the above-mentioned research gaps by replicating field operations in the laboratory setup at representative subsurface conditions. Unstable displacement due to immiscible two-phase flow led to early H2 breakthrough at 18% of H2 saturation, ultimate H2 saturation of 36% and withdrawal efficiency of 78% during the first cycle. However, cyclic charging and discharging led to an eventual H2 withdrawal efficiency as high as 95%. Observed chemical interactions during our 3-day experiments were negligible, but our results also indicated a strong potential for evaporation-induced salt precipitation after injection of dry H2 gas, leading to decreased reservoir porosity and permeability over time. Our ultrasonic measurements confirmed the sensitivity of P-wave velocity to H2 saturation, which decreased by 3.5% when the H2 saturation increased to 36%. This indicates that H2 plume and leaks in UHS should be possible to monitor using 4D seismic surveys. Our results help to better understand H2 flow, storage, and transport during cyclic UHS. The results indicate that H2 withdrawal efficiency increases as the UHS reservoir matures and provides evidence of a dry near-well zone and evaporation induced salt precipitation in a UHS reservoir.
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页码:515 / 527
页数:13
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