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[HSC06-02] Effects of geochemical reactions on a relationship between geomechanical and hydrological properties of caprocks in storing CO2 geological processes
キーワード:CO2地中貯留、地化学、岩石力学、浸透率
In the course of CO2 injection, a fluid pressure build up will occur mechanical stresses and deformations with seismic events within storing CO2 reservoir system. Majority of mineral component in caprocks (mudstone and shale) is clay minerals, which could react under conditions of CO2 storage reservoir and play an essential role in connecting other minerals, e.g., quartz, feldspar groups. It is well-known that the occurrences of mineral dissolution and precipitation should require to a geological time scale (i.e., millions of years). Batch experiments of sandstone, shale, and dolomite for short terms in several weeks under supercritical CO2 (scCO2) conditions have been conducted so far. Their results indicated that K-feldspar, albite, dolomite, and cement were dissolved and then precipitated montmorillonite as the secondary minerals. It is further indicated that resulting mineral dissolution and precipitation phenomena with scCO2-saturated brine aging led to reducing strength induced by changes of effective porosity of rock matrix in comparison to untreated materials. It can therefore, be said that, even though terms of geological CO2 storage were very short such as several weeks, clay minerals and feldspars could dissolve through mineral trapping process, except for the precipitation of secondary minerals (e.g., carbonates). Up to now, it has been identified that geochemical (GC) reactions had effects on each geomechanical (GM) and hydrological (HY) properties of the rock matrix, but interactions among GC, GM, and HY have rarely been investigated. The purpose of this study is to examine experimentally geochemical reactions (i.e., mineral dissolution, secondary mineral precipitation) of caprocks under conditions of geological storage of CO2 (40°C, 10MPa) and to determine how such reactions provide impacts on both geomechanical and hydrological behaviors of rocks.