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Geochemical Modeling on Water-caprock-gas Interactions within a CO2 Injected in the Yeongil Group, Pohang Basin, Korea

포항분지 영일층군 내 이산화탄소 주입에 의한 물-덮개암-가스 반응에 대한 지화학적 모델링

  • 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 : 2021.01.09
  • Accepted : 2021.01.12
  • Published : 2021.02.28
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Abstract

This study is to identify the mineralogical properties of caprock samples from drilling cores of the Pohang basin, which is the research area for the demonstration-scale CO2 storage project in Korea. The interaction of water-rock-gas that can occur due to CO2 injection was identified using geochemical modeling. Results of mineralogical studies, together with petrographic data of caprock and data on the physicochemical parameters of pore water were used for geochemical modeling. Modelling was carried out using the The Geochemist's Workbench 14.0.1 geochemical simulator. Two steps of modeling enabled prediction of immediate changes in the caprocks impacted by the first stage of CO2 injection and the assessment of long-term effects of sequestration. Results of minerlaogical analysis showed that the caprock samples are mainly composed of quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase and a small amount of pyrite, calcite, kaolinite and montmollonite. After the injection of carbon dioxide, the porosity of the caprock increased due to the dissolution of calcite, and dawsonite and chalcedony were precipitated as a result of the dissolution of albite and k-feldspar. In the second step after the injection was completed, the precipitation of dawsonite and chalcedony occurred as a result of dissolution of calcite and albite, and the pH was increased due to this reaction. Results of these studies are expected to be used as data to quantitatively evaluate the efficiency of mineral trapping capture in long-term storage of carbon dioxide.

이 연구에서는 포항분지 영일층군 덮개암 시료의 광물학적 특성을 파악하고, 이산화탄소 주입으로 인해 발생할 수 있는 물-암석-가스의 상호작용을 지화학 모델링을 이용하여 규명하였다. 이를 위하여 XRD, MICP, BET 분석을 실시하여 덮개암의 광물암석학적 및 공극 특성을 파악하였고, 광물학적 연구 결과와 공극수의 물리화학적 변수 자료들을 이용하여 이산화탄소 주입 후 단기간 변화와 장기간 영향을 파악하기 위하여 두 단계의 지화학 모델링(The Geochemist's Workbench 14.0.1)을 수행하였다. 연구 결과, 포항분지 영일층군의 덮개암은 석영, 알바이트, K-장석으로 주로 구성되어 있고, 소량의 백운모, 황철석, 방해석, 카올리나이트, 몬모릴로나이트로 이루어져 있다. 지화학 모델링 결과, 이산화탄소의 주입 후 덮개암은 방해석의 용해로 인해 공극률이 증가하고 알바이트와 K-장석의 용해 결과 도소나이트와 은미정질 실리카(칼세도니)가 침전되었다. 주입이 완료된 두 번째 단계에서는 방해석과 알바이트의 용해 결과 도소나이트와 은미정질 실리카(칼세도니)의 침전이 일어나며, 이 반응으로 인해 pH는 증가하였다. 또한 덮개암에서 이산화탄소를 포획할 수 있는 광물은 도소나이트 임을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 연구 결과는 장기간의 이산화탄소 지중 저장에 있어 광물 포획의 효율성을 정량적으로 평가하는 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

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