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Geochemical Reactive Experimental and Modeling Studies on Caprock in the Pohang Basin

포항분지 덮개암에 대한 지화학적 반응 실험 및 모델링 연구

  • Kim, Seon-ok (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Wang, Sookyun (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Lee, Minhee (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
  • 김선옥 (부경대학교 에너지자원공학과) ;
  • 왕수균 (부경대학교 에너지자원공학과) ;
  • 이민희 (부경대학교 지구환경과학과)
  • Received : 2016.06.27
  • Accepted : 2016.10.31
  • Published : 2016.10.28
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Abstract

This study aims to identify the mineraloical and petrographical characteristics of caprock from drilling cores of Pohang basin as a potential $CO_2$ storage site. Experiments and modeling were conducted in order to investigate the geochemical and mineralogical caprock effects of carbon dioxide. A series of autoclave experiments were conducted to simulate the interaction in the $scCO_2$-caprock-brine using a high pressure and temperature cell at $50^{\circ}C$ and 100 bar. Geochemical and mineralogical alterations after 15 days of $scCO_2$-caprock-brine sample reactions were quantitatively examined by XRD, XRF, ICP-OES investigation. Results of mineralogical studies, together with petrographic data of caprock and data on the physicochemical parameters of brine were used for geochemical modeling. Modelling was carried out using the The Geochemist's Workbench 11.0.4 geochemical simulator. Results from XRD analysis for caprock sample showed that major compositional minerals are quartz, plagioclase, and K-feldspar, and muscovite, pyrite, siderite, calcite, kaolinite and montnorillonite were included on a small scale. Results from ICP-OES analysis for brine showed that concentration of $Ca^{2+}$, $Na^+$, $K^+$ and $Mg^{2+}$ increased due to dissolution of plagioclase, K-feldspar and muscovite. Results of modeling for the period of 100 years showed that the recrystallization of kaolinite, dawsonite and beidellite, at the expense of plagioclase and K-feldspar is characteristic. Volumes of newly precipitation minerals and minerals passing into brine were balanced, so the porosity remained nearly unchanged. Experimental and modeling results indicate the interaction between caprock and $scCO_2$ during geologic carbon sequestration can exert significant impacts in brine pH and solubility/stability of minerals.

이 연구는 이산화탄소 지중저장 후보지의 하나로 알려진 포항분지 덮개암의 광물학적 및 암석학적 특성을 파악하고, 실험과 지화학 모델링을 이용하여 이산화탄소 주입으로 인해 발생할 수 있는 덮개암의 지화학적 및 광물학적 영향을 규명하였다. 실험은 이산화탄소 지중저장 조건에 해당하는 $50^{\circ}C$와 100 bar의 고온고압조건에서 덮개암 6 g과 염수 60 ml를 고압셀에 넣어 15일 동안 반응시켰다. 반응 후 덮개암과 염수 시료의 지화학적 및 광물학적 변화를 확인하기 위해 XRD, XRF, ICP-OES 등의 분석을 통해 정량적으로 규명하였다. 또한 덮개암의 광물학적 연구 결과와 염수의 물리화학적 변수 자료들을 이용하여 지화학 모델링(The Geochemist's Workbench 11.0.4)을 수행하였다. 덮개암의 광물학적 분석 결과, 석영, 사장석, K-장석으로 주로 구성되어 있고, 소량의 운모, 황철석, 능철석, 방해석, 카올리나이트와 몬모릴로나이트로 이루어져 있었다. 덮개암과의 반응 후 염수의 이온 농도 분석 결과, 사장석, K-장석과 몬모릴로나이트 또는 운모와 같이 Mg를 포함하는 광물의 용해 반응에 의하여 $Ca^{2+}$, $Na^+$, $K^+$, $Mg^{2+}$ 이온들의 농도가 증가하였다. 100 년 동안 모델링한 결과, 사장석와 K-장석은 용해되고, 카올리나이트, 도소나이트, 베이덜라이트는 재결정화되어, 암석의 공극률 변화에는 큰 영향을 주지 않을 것으로 판단되었다. 실험 및 모델링 결과는 이산화탄소를 지중저장하는 동안 덮개암과 초임계 이산화탄소와의 상호반응에 의해 염수의 pH, 광물의 용해도과 안정성 등에 중요한 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 보여주었다.

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