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Coupled Hydrological-mechanical Behavior Induced by CO2 Injection into the Saline Aquifer of CO2CRC Otway Project

호주 오트웨이 프로젝트 염수층 내 CO2 주입에 따른 수리-역학적 연계거동 분석

  • 박정욱 (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부) ;
  • 신영재 ;
  • ;
  • 천대성 (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경본부 지하공간연구실) ;
  • 박의섭 (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부)
  • Received : 2016.04.20
  • Accepted : 2016.05.12
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

The present study numerically simulated the CO2 injection into the saline aquifer of CO2CRC Otway pilot project and the resulting hydrological-mechanical coupled process in the storage site by TOUGH-FLAC simulator. A three-dimensional numerical model was generated using the stochastic geological model which was established based on well log and core data. It was estimated that the CO2 injection of 30,000t over a period of 200 days increased the pressure near the injection point by 0.5 MPa at the most. The pressure increased rapidly and tended to approach a certain value at an early stage of the injection. The hydrological and mechanical behavior observed from the CO2 flow, effective stress change and stress-strength ratio revealed that the CO2 injection into the saline aquifer under the given condition would not have significant effects on the mechanical safety of the storage site and the hydrological state around the adjacent fault.

본 연구에서는 TOUGH-FLAC 연동 해석기법을 이용하여 호주 오트웨이 실증프로젝트 염수층 내 이산화탄소 주입을 수치적으로 모델링하고 주변 지층에 야기되는 수리-역학적 거동 특성을 살펴보았다. 대상 부지의 물리검층, 시추코어 분석 및 지구통계기법을 통해 구현된 3차원 추계학적 지질모델을 바탕으로 해석모델을 작성하였으며, 이산화탄소의 주입과 이에 따른 수리-역학적 연계거동을 분석하였다. 총 30,000톤의 이산화탄소를 200일 동안 주입하는 경우, 주입공 주변의 압력 변화는 0.5 MPa 이하로 나타났으며, 주입 5일 경과 시 압력이 수렴하는 경향을 보였다. 지층 내 역학적 거동에는 큰 영향을 미치지 않을 것으로 판단되며, 주변 단층대로의 유동도 미미한 수준으로 나타났다.

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