Title: |
A Fluid Property Module for the TOUGH2 Simulator for Saline Brines with Non-Condensible Gas |
Authors: |
A. Battistelli, C. Calore, and K. Pruess |
Conference: |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
Year: |
1993 |
Session: |
Well Test and Wellbore |
Language: |
English |
File Size: |
861KB |
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A new equation-of-state module has been developed for the TOUGH2 simulator, belonging to the MULKOM family of computer codes developed at LBL. This EOS module is able to handle three-component mixtures of water, sodium chloride, and a non-condensible gas. It can describe liquid and gas phases, and ķincludes precipitation and dissolution of solid salt. The dependence of density, viscosity, enthalpy, and vapor pressure of brine on salt concentration is taken into account, as well as the effects of salinity on gas solubility in the liquid phase and related heat of solution. The main assumptions made in developing this EOS module are discussed, together with the correlations employed to calculate the thermophysical properties of multiphase multicomponent mixtures. At present the non-condensible gas can be chosen to be air, C02, CH4, H2, or N2. This paper focuses on H20-NaCI-CO mixtures and describes new correlations oztained from fitting of published experimental data. Illustrative results for geothermal reservoir depletion in the presence of salinity and non-condensible gas are presented. We demonstrate and analyze effects of vapor pressure lowering and gas solubility decrease from salinity, and loss of reservoir porosity and permeability from salt precipitation during boiling of brines.
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