한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지 (Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy)

  • 제18권2호
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  • Pages.94-101
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  • 2015
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  • 2288-0089(pISSN)
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  • 2288-081X(eISSN)
한국해양환경•에너지학회 (The Korean Society for Marine Environment and Energy)
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해양지중에 저장된 이산화탄소의 단층을 통한 누출 위험 평가에 관한 수치해석 연구

A Numerical Study on the CO2 Leakage Through the Fault During Offshore Carbon Sequestration

  • 강관구 (선박해양플랜트연구소 해양 CCS연구단) ;
  • 허철 (한국해양대학교 해양과학기술융합학과) ;
  • 강성길 (선박해양플랜트연구소 해양안전연구부)
  • Kang, Kwangu (Offshore CCS Unit, Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering) ;
  • Huh, Cheol (Ocean Science & Technology School, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) ;
  • Kang, Seong-Gil (Offshore Safety Research Division, Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering)
  • 투고 : 2014.12.17
  • 심사 : 2015.05.07
  • 발행 : 2015.05.25
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$CO_2$ 배출을 줄이기 위해서 최근 $CO_2$ 포집 및 저장 기술에 관한 연구가 전세계적으로 활발히 진행되고 있다. 국내에서는 해양퇴적층을 대상으로 한 $CO_2$ 저장 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이러한 $CO_2$ 저장 연구에서 가장 중요한 요소 중 하나는 안전성 확보이다. 지중저장의 안전성 확보를 위해서 저장 $CO_2$의 누출 가능성과 누출 특성을 예측하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 해양지중에 저장된 $CO_2$가 단층을 통하여 누출될 수 있는 시나리오를 가정한 후, 지중공간 내 $CO_2$ 확산 및 누출 거동을 TOUGH2-MP ECO2N을 사용하여 시뮬레이션 하였다. 대상 저장지는 150 m 수심의 대륙붕 해저 825 m 지점에 있는 두께 150 m의 대염수층이고, 누출이 진행되는 경로는 주입정에서 1,000 m 떨어진 단층이다. 저장된 $CO_2$는 주입 압력과 밀도차에 의한 부력에 의해서 이동하게 된다. $CO_2$가 해수면으로 누출되기 위해서는 주입정에서 인가된 압력차가 $CO_2$를 단층 하단에 도달할 수 있게 할 만큼 충분히 커야 한다. 단층 하단에 도달한 $CO_2$는 추가적인 압력 구배가 없어도 부력에 의해서 누출된다. $CO_2$ 주입과 동시에 공극수는 $CO_2$가 누출되기 전까지 지속적으로 해저면으로 누출된다. $CO_2$가 해저면에 도착하면 공극수의 누출은 중단되고, 누출되는 $CO_2$질량에 상응하는 해수가 부력의 반대 작용으로 인해 단층으로 유입되는 것으로 계산되었다. 주입량이 누출에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여 연간 $CO_2$ 주입량 100만 톤, 75만 톤, 50만 톤 에 대한 민감도분석을 수행하였으며, 누출이 일어난 시점은 주입 후 각각 11.3 년, 15.6년, 23.2년으로 계산되었다. 또한, 주입이 종료 된 이후에도 누출은 특정 기간 동안 지속되는 것으로 계산되었다. 누적 주입량 대비 누적 누출량은 연간 $CO_2$ 주입량이 100만 톤, 75만 톤, 50만 톤인 경우, 각각 19.5%, 11.5%, 2.8% 이다.

To mitigate the greenhouse gas emission, many carbon capture and storage projects are underway all over the world. In Korea, many studies focus on the storage of $CO_2$ in the offshore sediment. Assurance of safety is one of the most important issues in the geological storage of $CO_2$. Especially, the assessment of possibility of leakage and amount of leaked $CO_2$ is very crucial to analyze the safety of marine geological storage of $CO_2$. In this study, the leakage of injected $CO_2$ through fault was numerically studied. TOUGH2-MP ECO2N was used to simulate the subsurface behavior of injected $CO_2$. The storage site was 150 m thick saline aquifer located 825 m under the continental shelf. It was assumed that $CO_2$ leak was happened through the fault located 1,000 m away from the injection well. The injected $CO_2$ could migrate through the aquifer by both pressure difference driven by injection and buoyancy force. The enough pressure differences made it possible the $CO_2$ to migrate to the bottom of the fault. The $CO_2$ could be leaked to seabed through the fault due to the buoyancy force. Prior to leakage of the injected $CO_2$, the formation water leaked to seabed. When $CO_2$ reached the seabed, leakage of formation water stopped but the same amount of sea water starts to flow into the underground as the amount of leaked $CO_2$. To analyze the effect of injection rate on the leakage behavior, the injection rate of $CO_2$ was varied as 0.5, 0.75, and $1MtCO_2/year$. The starting times of leakage at 1, 0.75 and $0.5MtCO_2/year$ injection rates are 11.3, 15.6 and 23.2 years after the injection, respectively. The leakage of $CO_2$ to the seabed continued for a period time after the end of $CO_2$ injection. The ratios of total leaked $CO_2$ to total injected $CO_2$ at 1, 0.75 and $0.5MtCO_2/year$ injection rates are 19.5%, 11.5% and 2.8%, respectively.

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