Cuticular properties affect the gas exchange of leaves, but little is known about how much CO2 and water vapor cross the cuticular barrier or whether low water potentials affect the process. Therefore, we measured the cuticular conductances for CO2 and water vapor in grape (Vitis vinifera L.) leaves having various water potentials. The lower leaf surface was sealed to force all gas exchange thr...

in many reservoirs, after water flooding, a large volume of oil is still left behind. hot water injection is the most basic type of thermal recovery which increase recovery by improved sweep efficiency and thermal expansion of crude.in the present work, the effects of injection rate and the temperature of the injected water were surveyed by using core flooding apparatus. water flooding was perf...

T he thought of liquid CO2 conjures up different things to different folks: perhaps the decaffeination of coffee beans, perhaps the recently popularized ‘‘green’’ method for dry cleaning, or even phase diagrams that occupied a part of one’s life in past chemistry classes. What it does not conjure up is a subsurface lake at the bottom of the ocean, a lake with abundant living microbes, as report...

The storage of carbon dioxide by injecting into gas reservoirs has become an important technique for achieving capture, utilization, and storage. However, most studies have focused on tight reservoirs, there are still few the injection water-bearing reservoirs. This paper analyzes variation reservoir pressure during CO2 points out optimal amount in reservoir, which can provide theoretical guida...

The need to improve the understanding of properties cement-based materials calls for development tools visualizing and quantifying chemical reactions flows fluids within them. In this paper, we report results an experimental study where a sample fractured cement-paste was subjected injection (krypton, CO2 water) imaged simultaneously by X-ray computed tomography (CT). Initial porosity estimated...

a typical iranian carbonate matrix block surrounded by an open fracture was modeled in order to understand the fracture-matrix interaction and realize how to model the interaction best. the modeling was carried out by using a fine-scaled eclipse model in the single porosity mode (the fractures were explicitly modeled). the model was extended to a stack of 6 matrix blocks to understand block-to-...

prior to the implementation of co2 injection eor projects, the screening evaluation of candidate reservoirs will promote the economic benefits of co2 injection. currently, a uniform screening method for co2 miscible flooding does not exist. based on more than 112 successfully implemented co2 miscible flooding reservoirs, which was referred in 2010 worldwide eor survey, and co2 miscible flooding...

Reservoir depletion and subsequent CO2 injection into the depleted geological reservoir induce stress changes that may mechanically damage top seal and wells, or trigger existing faults, creating the leakage pathways for CO2 escape from the reservoir. The role of geomechanics is to assess the mechanical impact of stress changes on seals, wells and faults. Since many hydrocarbon fields are geome...

The injection of supercritical CO2 in deep saline aquifers leads to the formation of a CO2 plume that tends to float above the formation brine. As pressure builds up, CO2 properties, i.e. density and viscosity, can vary significantly. Current analytical solutions do not account for CO2 compressibility. In this article, we investigate numerically and analytically the effect of this variability o...