Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Trapping Mechanism of CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers: Brief Review

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Geologic Carbon Sequestration

Abstract

Global CO2 storage capacity of saline aquifers is much greater than other alternative reservoirs, but suitability of a potential site must be investigated carefully. Saline aquifers that have sandstone as reservoir rock at a depth greater than 800 m below the ground surface are ideal reservoirs for injection and storage of CO2, provided a good cap-rock exists to act as the seal. The geochemical maturity and geomechanical characteristics of the reservoirs are of prime importance. Highly mineralized brine present in a typical saline aquifer has been found to enhance the process of mineral trapping of CO2 through rock-brine-CO2 interaction. The challenge though is that CO2 thus stored, should not escape or leak from the reservoir under any circumstance. In this chapter, a comprehensive study of various CO2 trapping mechanisms in a saline aquifer is presented. A brief review of previous works is also presented to highlight the immense storage potential of the suitable aquifers. Injected CO2 in such a reservoir may be stored as structural/stratigraphic trapping, diffusion/solubility trapping, residual trapping, and mineral trapping/ mineralization.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Houghton JT, Ding Y, Griggs DJ, Noguer M, van der Linden PJ, Dai X, Maskell K, Johnson CA (2001) IPCC 2001: the scientific basis. Contribution of working group I in the third assessment report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Accessed online (on 12/01/2016) at: http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_tar/?src=/climate/ipcc_tar/

  2. Shukla R, Ranjith PG, Haque A, Choi X (2010) A review of studies on CO2 sequestration and caprock integrity. Fuel 98(10):2651–2664

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Shukla R, Ranjith PG, Choi SK, Haque A (2010) Study of caprock integrity in geosequestration of carbon dioxide. Int J Geomechanics 11(4):294–301

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Shukla R, Ranjith PG, Choi SK, Haque A (2012) A novel testing apparatus for hydromechanical investigation of rocks: geo-sequestration of carbon dioxide. Rock Mech Rock Eng 45(6):1073–1085

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Vishal V, Ranjith PG, Singh TN (2015) An experimental investigation on behaviour of coal under fluid saturation, using acoustic emission. J Nat Gas Sci Eng 22:428–436

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Vishal V, Singh TN (2015) A laboratory investigation of permeability of coal to supercritical CO2. Geotech Geol Eng 33(4):1009–1016

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Vishal V, Singh TN, Ranjith PG (2015) Influence of sorption time in CO2-ECBM process in Indian coals using coupled numerical simulation. Fuel 139:51–58

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Dimri V P (2008) (National Geophysical Research Institute, India) Reducing global warming by CO2 injection in suitable geological formations. Source: International Geological Congress, Abstracts, Congres Geologique International, Resumes, 33, 33rd

    Google Scholar 

  9. Bachu S (2000) Sequestration of CO2 in geological media: criteria and approach for site selection in response to climate change. Energy Convers Manag 41:953–970

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Bachu S, Adams JJ (2003) Sequestration of CO2 in geological media in response to climate change: capacity of deep saline aquifers to sequester CO2 in solution. Energy Convers Manag 44:3151–3175

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Shukla R, Ranjith PG, Choi SK, Haque A, Yellishetty M, Hong L (2013) Mechanical behaviour of reservoir rock under brine saturation. Rock Mech Rock Eng 46(1):83–93

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Bachu S, Gunter WD, Perkins EH (1994) Aquifer disposal of CO2: hydrodynamic and mineral trapping. Energy Convers Manag 35(4):269–279

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Gunter WD, Perking HP, McCann TJ (1992) Aquifer disposal of CO2-rich gases: reaction design for added capacity. Energy Conserv Manag 34(9–1):941–948

    Google Scholar 

  14. Kumar A, Noh M, Pope GA, Sepehrnoori K, Bryant S, Lake LW (2004) Reservoir simulation of CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers. Soc Pet Eng J 10(3):336–348

    Google Scholar 

  15. Rosenbauer RJ, Koksalan T, Palandri JL (2005) Experimental investigation of CO2-brine–rock interactions at elevated temperature and pressure: implications for CO2 sequestration in deep-saline aquifers. Fuel Process Technol 86:1581–1597

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Rutqvist J, Tsang CF (2002) A study of caprock hydromechanical changes associated with CO2-injection into a brine formation. Environ Geol 42:296–305

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Koide H, Tazaki Y, Noguchi Y, Nakayama S, Iijima M, Ito K, Shindo Y (1992) Subterranean containment and long-term storage of carbon dioxide in unused aquifers and in depleted natural gas reservoirs. Energy Convers Manag 33(5–80):619–626

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Torp TA, Gale J (2004) Demonstrating storage of CO2 in geological reservoirs: the Sleipner and SACS projects. Energy 29:1361–1369

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. van der Meer LGH (1995) The CO2 storage efficiency of aquifers. Energy Conserv Manag 36(6–9):513–518

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Koide HG, Tazaki Y, Noguchi Y, Iijirna M, Ito K, Shindo Y (1993) Carbon dioxide injection into useless aquifers and recovery of natural gas dissolved in fossil water. Energy Convers Manag 34(9–11):921–924

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Holloway S (1997) An overview of the underground disposal of carbon dioxide. Energy Convers Manag 38(1):S193–S198

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Petrusak R, Riestenberg D, Goad P, Schepers K, Pashin J, Esposito R, Trautz R (2009) World class CO2 sequestration potential in saline formations, oil and gas fields, coal, and shale: the US southeast regional carbon sequestration partnership has it all. Source: SPE International Conference on CO2 Capture, Storage, and Utilization, pp 136–153

    Google Scholar 

  23. Labus K, Bujok P (2011) CO2 mineral sequestration mechanisms and capacity of saline aquifers of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Central Europe) – modeling and experimental verification. Energy 36(8):4974–4982

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Johnson JW, Nitao JJ, Steefel CI, Knauss KG (2001) Reactive transport modelling of geologic CO2 sequestration in saline aquifers: the influence of intra-aquifer shales and the relative effectiveness of structural, solubility, and mineral trapping during prograde and retrograde sequestration. In: Proceedings of the 1st national conference on Carbon sequestration, Washington, DC, pp 60

    Google Scholar 

  25. Hildenbrand SS, Krooss BM, Littke R (2004) Gas breakthrough experiments on pelitic rocks: comparative study with N2, CO2 and CH4. Geofluids 4:61–80

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. van der Meer LGH, Cor H, Bogdan O (2009) The fluid flow consequences of CO2 migration from 1000 to 600 metres upon passing the critical conditions of CO2. Energy Procedia 1:3213–3220

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Saripalli P, McGrail P (2002) Semi-analytical approaches to modeling deep well injection of CO2 for geological sequestration. Energy Convers Manag 43(2):185–198

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Xu T, Apps JA, Pruess K (2004) Numerical simulation of CO2 disposal by mineral trapping in deep aquifers. Appl Geochem 19(6):917–936

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. Ortoleva PJ, Dove P, Richter F (1998) Geochemical perspectives on CO2 sequestration. In: US Department of Energy Workshop on Terrestrial sequestration of CO2-an assessment of research needs. Gaithersburg

    Google Scholar 

  30. Kaszuba JP, Janecky DR, Marjorie GS (2003) Carbon dioxide reaction processes in a model brine aquifer at 200 °C and 200 bars: implications for geologic sequestration of carbon. Appl Geochem 18(7):1065–1080

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Cole D R, Kharaka Y, Bullen TD, Hovorka SD (2010) Environmental impacts of CO2 sequestration in sedimentary basins. Source: Abstracts: Annual Meeting – American Association of Petroleum Geologists

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. GHD Consultants, 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3000

    Richa Shukla Potdar

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

    V. Vishal

Authors
  1. Richa Shukla Potdar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. V. Vishal
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Richa Shukla Potdar .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    V. Vishal

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

    T.N. Singh

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Shukla Potdar, R., Vishal, V. (2016). Trapping Mechanism of CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers: Brief Review. In: Vishal, V., Singh, T. (eds) Geologic Carbon Sequestration. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27019-7_3

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation