Results and Publications

Research Areas & Activities Solar Energy Biomass Energy Hydrogen Advanced Combustion CO₂ Capture CO₂ Storage Collaborative Research on Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers in China Experimental Investigations of Multiphase Flow and Trapping of CO₂ in Saline Aquifers Geologic Storage of CO₂ in Coal Beds A Numerical Simulation Framework for CO₂ Sequestration Geophysical Monitoring of Geologic Sequestration Seal Capacity of Potential CO₂ Sequestration Sites Rapid Prediction of Subsurface CO₂ Movement Advanced Materials & Catalysts Advanced Coal Advanced Transportation Other Renewables Integrated Assessment Advanced Nuclear Energy Energy Distribution & Infrastructures Geoengineering All Activities Analysis Activities Technical Reports

Research

Experimental Investigations of Multiphase Flow and Trapping of CO₂ in Saline Aquifers

September 2007- August 2011

Investigators

Sally M. Benson, Professor (Research); Jean-Christophe Perrin, Post-doctoral Researcher; Ljuba Miljkovic, Research Associate; Chia-Wei Kuo, Michael Krause, Ethan Chabora, Graduate Researchers, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University

Annual Reports

2008 Progress Report (PDF)

Publications

Jean-Christophe Perrin, Michael Krause, Chia-Wei Kuo, Ljuba Miljkovic, Ethan Chabora and Sally M. Benson, 2009. Core-scale experimental study of relative permeability properties of CO2 and brine in reservoir rocks, Energy Procedia, Vol. 1, 1, February 2009, pp 3515-3522.
Jean-Christophe Perrin and Sally M. Benson. An Experimental Study on the Influence of Sub-Core Scale Heterogeneities on CO2 Distribution in Reservoir Rocks. Transport in Porous Media, accepted for publication (2009).
Michael Krause, Jean-Christophe Perrin, Chia-Wei Kuo and Sally M. Benson. Characterization of CO2 storage properties using core analysis techniques and thin section data. Energy Procedia, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2969-2974.
Ethan R. Chabora, S. M. Benson, 2009. Brine Displacement and Leakage Detection Using Pressure Measurements in Aquifers Overlying CO2 Storage Reservoirs. Energy Procedia, Volume 1, Issue 1, February 2009, Pages 2405-2412.
D. Silin, T. Patzek and S.M. Benson. A model of buoyancy-driven two-phase countercurrent fluid flow. Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 449–469, doi:10.1007/s11242-008-9257-1 (2009).
D. Silin, T. Patzek and S.M. Benson. A model of buoyant gas plume migration, Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, in press 2008
S. M. Benson and F. M. Orr, Jr., (2008), Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, MRS Bulletin, Vol. 33, pp. 303-305.
A. Cortis, C. M. Oldenburg, S. M. Benson (2008), The role of optimality in characterizing CO2 seepage from geologic carbon sequestration sites, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol.2, Issue 4, Pages 640-652, ISSN 1750-5836, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2008.04.008.
P. Jordan and S. M. Benson (2008), Well Blowout Rates and Consequences in California Oil and Gas District 4 from 1991 to 2005: Implications for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Environmental Geology, DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1403-0.
D. Silin, T. W. Patzek, S. M. Benson (2008), A one-dimensional model of vertical gas plume migration through a heterogeneous porous medium, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, November 2008, ISSN 1750-5836, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2008.09.003.
S. M. Benson and D. R. Cole (2008), CO2 Sequestration in Deep Sedimentary Formations, ELEMENTS, Vol, 4, pp. 325-331, DOI: 10.2113/gselements.4.5.325.

Updated October 2009