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Laboratory study of $CO_2$ migration in water-saturated anisotropic sandstone, based on P-wave velocity imaging

P-파 속도 영상화에 근거한 물로 포화된 이방성 사암에서의 $CO_2$ 이동에 관한 실험 연구

  • Xue, Ziqiu (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth(RITE)) ;
  • Lei, Xinglin (Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST))
  • 설 자구 (지구환경산업기술연구기구) ;
  • 뢰 흥림 (산업기술종합연구소 지질정보연구부문)
  • Published : 2006.02.28
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Abstract

We measured the changes in P-wave velocity that occur when injecting $CO_2$ in gaseous, liquid, and supercritical phases into water-saturated anisotropic sandstones. P-wave velocities were measured in two cylindrical samples of Tako Sandstone, drilled along directions normal and parallel to the bedding plane, using a piezo-electric transducer array system. The velocity changes caused by $CO_2$ injection are typically -6% on average, with maximum values about -16% for the case of supercritical $CO_2$ injection. P-wave velocity tomograms obtained by the differential arrival-time method clearly show that $CO_2$ migration behaviour is more complex when $CO_2$ flows normal to the bedding plane than when it flows parallel to bedding. We also found that the differences in P-wave velocity images were associated both with the $CO_2$ phases and with heterogeneity of pore distribution in the rocks. Seismic images showed that the highest velocity reduction occurred for supercritical $CO_2$ injection, compared with gaseous or liquid $CO_$ injection. This result may justify the use of the seismic method for $CO_2$ monitoring in geological sequestration.

물로 포화된 이방성 사암에 기체상, 액체상, 그리고 초임계상의 $CO_2$를 주입하면서 P 파의 속도 변화를 측정하였다. 층리면에 수직한 방향과 수평 방향을 따라 시추한 2 개의 원통 모양의 Tako 사암들에 압전 송수신 배열 시스템을 이용하여 P 파 속도를 측정하였다. $CO_2$ 주입으로 인한 속도 변화는 일반적으로 -6%의 평균값을 보였으며 초임계상의 $CO_2$를 주입하는 경우에 약 -16%의 최대값을 나타냈다. 차분도착주시법(differential arrival-time)으로부터 얻은 P 파 속도 토모그램은 $CO_2$의 유동이 층리면에 평행할 때보다 수직한 경우 $CO_2$의 이동 양상이 더 복잡하다는 것을 명백히 보여주고 있다. 또한 P 파 속도 영상의 차이가 $CO_2$의 상과 암석내 공극분포의 불균질성과 관련되었음을 발견하였다. 초임계상의 $CO_2$를 주입한 경우, 탄성파 영상은 기체상과 액체상의 $CO_2$를 주입한 경우에 비해 가장 큰 속도 감소를 보였다 이 결과는 지중 격리시 $CO_2$ 모니터링에 대한 탄성파 방법의 효용을 확신시켜 줄 것이다.

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