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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2011.44.2.123

Study for the Geochemical Reaction of Ca-feldspar, Amphibole and Olivine with Supercritical $CO_2$ and Brine on the $CO_2$ Sequestration Condition  

Kang, Hyun-Min (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
Park, Min-Ho (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
Park, Sang-Hee (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
Lee, Min-Hee (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
Wang, Soo-Kyun (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.44, no.2, 2011 , pp. 123-133 More about this Journal
Abstract
The lab scale experiments to investigate the geochemical reaction among supercritical $CO_2$-mineral-brine which occurs at $CO_2$ sequestration sites were performed. High pressurized cell system (l00 bar and $50^{\circ}C$) was designed to create supercritical $CO_2$ in the cell, simulating the sub-surface $CO_2$ storage site. From the high pressurized cell experiment, the surface changes of Ca-feldspar, amphibole (tremolite) and olivine, resulted from the supercritical $CO_2$-mineral-brine reaction, were observed and the dissolution of minerals into the brine was also investigated. The mineral slabs were polished and three locations on the surface were randomly selected for the image analysis of SPM and the surface roughness value (SRV) of those locations were calculated to quantify the change of mineral surface for 30 days. At a certain time interval, SPM images and SRVs of the same mineral surface were acquired. The secondary minerals precipitated on the mineral surfaces were also analyzed on SEM/EDS after the experiment. From the experiments, the average SRV of Ca-feldspar increased from 2.77 nm to 20.87 nm for 30 days, suggesting that the dissolution of Ca-feldspar occurs in active when the feldspars contact with supercritical $CO_2$ and brine. For the amphibole, the average SRV increased from 2.54 nm to 8.31 nm and for the olivine from 0.77 nm to 11.03 run. For the Ca-feldspar, $Ca^{2+}$, $Na^+$, $Fe^{2+}$, $Si^{4+}$, $K^+$ and $Mg^{2+}$ were dissolved in the highest order and $Si^{4+}$, $Ca^{2+}$, $Fe^{2+}$ and $Mg^{2+}$ for the amphibole. Fe (or Mg) - oxides were precipitated as the secondary minerals on the surfaces of amphibole and olivine after 30 days reaction. Results suggested that $Ca^{2+}$, $Fe^{2+}$ and $Mg^{2+}$ rich minerals would be significantly weathered when it contacts with the supercritical $CO_2$ and brine at $CO_2$ sequestration sites.
Keywords
$CO_2$ sequestration; supercritical $CO_2$; geochemical reaction; mineral weathering;
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