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CO2 geological storage in olivine rich basaltic aquifers: New insights from reactive-percolation experiments

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To test the impact of fluid flow on the reactivity of porous (ultra-)mafic rocks, reactive percolation experiments were realized during which CO2-enriched water was injected at two different injection rates (Q = 0.1 and 1 mL h−1) through sintered analogues of olivine-accumulation zones in basaltic flows at temperature and fluid composition conditions (T = 180 °C; NaHCO3 buffered solution) favorable for CO2-mineralization (carbonation).All experiments resulted in silicate dissolution, carbonate precipitation upstream and (proto-)serpentine formation downstream indicating a decrease in the fluid reactivity along flow paths. The measured bulk carbonation rates ranged from 4 to 7 × 10−8 s−1; these values were significantly lower than previously published values of olivine carbonation rate obtained on powders in closed batch and flow-through reactors. Our study show complex couplings, at pore scale, between fluid flow, localization of reaction zones, and chemical reaction kinetics which in turn control hydrodynamic properties, carbonation rate and efficiency and fluid reactivity. This results in carbonation rates being higher when injection rates are high and permeability ultimately controlling carbonation reactions by limiting fluid input. During experiments, notable changes in permeability occurred for only minor changes in porosity indicating a control by the geometry of the porous network: heterogeneities in the distribution of flow paths favored the localization of precipitated minerals which in turn resulted in the closure of flow paths. This mechanism was particularly efficient at low injection rates. These results imply that controlling the injection rate could allow enhancing/limiting the efficiency of in situ carbonation.

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hal-01115284 , version 1 (10-02-2015)

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Steve Peuble, Marguerite Godard, Linda Luquot, Muriel Andreani, Isabelle Martinez, et al.. CO2 geological storage in olivine rich basaltic aquifers: New insights from reactive-percolation experiments. Applied Geochemistry, 2015, 52, pp.174-190. ⟨10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.11.024⟩. ⟨hal-01115284⟩
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