H24A:
Coupled Hydraulic, Geochemical, and Geomechanical Processes in Carbon Storage V

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Shibo Wang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Megan M Smith, Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab, Livermore, CA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Stuart D Walsh, LLNL, Livermore, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Susan Carroll, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Shibo Wang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4:00 PM
 
Improved Understanding of Carbon Storage Risk Via Controlled-Release Experiments
Jens T Birkholzer1, Yves Guglielmi2, Jonny Rutqvist1, Liange Zheng1 and Nicolas Spycher1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Aix Marseille University, Marseille Cedex 03, France
4:15 PM
 
Analysis of Pressure Data As CO2/Brine Leak Diagnostic in Shallow Aquifers
Whitney Trainor Guitton1, Kayyum Mansoor2, Yunwei Sun3 and Susan Carroll3, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA, United States
4:30 PM
 
Role of the Capillary Transition Zone on the Dissolution of CO2 into Brine in Saline Reservoirs
Mario J Martinez, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Marc A Hesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
4:45 PM
 
Experimental Investigation of CO2 Trapping and Leakage Mechanisms in Deep Geologic Formations for Model Improvement
Tissa H Illangasekare1, Luca Trevisan1, Elif Agartan1, Javier Vargas-Johnson1, Michael R Plampin1, Ronny Pini2, Rajesh Pawar3, Abdullah Cihan4, Jens T Birkholzer4 and Quanlin Zhou4, (1)Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and & Environmental Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, (2)Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences, Berkeley, CA, United States
5:00 PM
 
Application of Harmonic Pulse Testing for Leakage Detection in Carbon Storage Formations
Alexander Y Sun, Jiemin Lu, Susan D Hovorka and Amir Kianinejad, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
5:15 PM
 
Reactive transport modeling to quantify trace element release into fresh groundwater in case of CO2 leak from deep geological storage.
Julie Lions1, Clement Jakymiw1, Nicolas Devau1, Vanessa Barsotti2 and Pauline Humez3, (1)BRGM - French Geological Survey, Water Environment & Ecotechnologies Division, Orleans, France, (2)ISTO Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, France, (3)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
5:30 PM
 
Geochemical Impacts of Leaking CO2 from Subsurface Storage Reservoirs on the Fate of Metal Contaminants in an Overlaying Groundwater Aquifer
Hongbo Shao1, Nikolla P Qafoku1, Amanda Lawter1, Mark Bowden2 and Christopher F Brown3, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, William R. Wiley Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States
5:45 PM
 
Capillary pressure - saturation relations for supercritical CO2 and brine: Implications for capillary/residual trapping in carbonate reservoirs during geologic carbon sequestration
Shibo Wang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Tetsu K Tokunaga, Lawrence Berkely Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
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