Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO2 Injection

Abstract The objective of this study is to develop an analytical model for 1D gas‐water flow with evaporation of water into the mobile gas phase. The evaporation rate is proportional to the fluid‐fluid interfacial area, which is a function of the water saturation. Introduction of saturation‐dependen...

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Main Authors: T. Russell, P. Bedrikovetsky
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-06-01
Series:Water Resources Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036600
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description Abstract The objective of this study is to develop an analytical model for 1D gas‐water flow with evaporation of water into the mobile gas phase. The evaporation rate is proportional to the fluid‐fluid interfacial area, which is a function of the water saturation. Introduction of saturation‐dependent potential allows reducing the 2 × 2 non‐linear system of PDEs to one hyperbolic equation. The saturation distribution is obtained by non‐linear method of characteristics. The first integral allows for explicit expression of the vapor concentration versus saturation. It was shown that typical properties of rock‐CO2‐water system, the evaporation time has order of magnitude of millions of pore volumes injected. Close match was observed between a series of three corefloods and the analytical model, and the tuned model coefficients belong to their common intervals. This validates the developed model for 1D gas‐water flow with water evaporation into the injected gas.
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spelling doaj-art-c3ccfebbcec440928b9db6265e0a67b32025-08-20T03:22:18ZengWileyWater Resources Research0043-13971944-79732024-06-01606n/an/a10.1029/2023WR036600Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO2 InjectionT. Russell0P. Bedrikovetsky1School of Chemical Engineering The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA AustraliaSchool of Chemical Engineering The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA AustraliaAbstract The objective of this study is to develop an analytical model for 1D gas‐water flow with evaporation of water into the mobile gas phase. The evaporation rate is proportional to the fluid‐fluid interfacial area, which is a function of the water saturation. Introduction of saturation‐dependent potential allows reducing the 2 × 2 non‐linear system of PDEs to one hyperbolic equation. The saturation distribution is obtained by non‐linear method of characteristics. The first integral allows for explicit expression of the vapor concentration versus saturation. It was shown that typical properties of rock‐CO2‐water system, the evaporation time has order of magnitude of millions of pore volumes injected. Close match was observed between a series of three corefloods and the analytical model, and the tuned model coefficients belong to their common intervals. This validates the developed model for 1D gas‐water flow with water evaporation into the injected gas.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036600evaporationexact solutionnon‐equilibriumnon‐linear equationsCO2 injectionporous media
spellingShingle T. Russell
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Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO2 Injection
Water Resources Research
evaporation
exact solution
non‐equilibrium
non‐linear equations
CO2 injection
porous media
title Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO2 Injection
title_full Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO2 Injection
title_fullStr Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO2 Injection
title_full_unstemmed Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO2 Injection
title_short Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO2 Injection
title_sort exact solution for water evaporation during co2 injection
topic evaporation
exact solution
non‐equilibrium
non‐linear equations
CO2 injection
porous media
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036600
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