CO2- Rich Systems

Hydrafact has acquired extensive experience relating to phase behaviour and properties of CO2- Rich systems in the presence or absence of water and oil. Our experimental facilities include:

 

  • Chilled Mirror for determining dew point and dehydration requirements to avoid water condensation, ice and/or hydrate formation
  • Microview Compact Hygrometer for measuring the amount of water in CO2-rich systems
  • Tuneable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) for determining the amount of water in gas phase
  • Test facilities, including low temperature bath (-80°C) and Anton Paar densitometer, for bubble point and density measurements for CO2-rich systems (e.g., effect of impurities)
  • Anton Paar Rheometer and capillary tube for viscosity measurements
  • Pendant drop and capillary rise for interfacial tension measurements
  • Slim tube facilities for Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP) measurements
  • High pressure glass micro model and visual cells for simulating CO2 injection in depleted reservoirs or saline aquifers

 

In addition, our comprehensive thermodynamic model HydraFLASH has been tuning and validated using literature and in-house data for predicting phase behaviour and properties of CO2-rich systems.

Recent CO2 Projects

  • Risk of Hydrate Formation in Low Water Content CO2 and Rich CO2 Systems
  • Water Content Measurements of Different Gas Mixtures With Varying Carbon Dioxide Content in Equilibrium with Hydrates, Phases 1 and 2
  • Experimental and Modelling Study of Vapour Liquid Hydrate Equilibria of Carbon Dioxide Hydrates
  • Wytch Farm Slim Tube Displacement and PVT Tests
  • Water Content of CO2-Rich Fluids in Equilibrium with Hydrates
  • Equilibrium Experiments and Modelling of CO2 With CH4 and Low H2O Concentrations
  • Risk of Water Condensation and Hydrate Formation in Pipeline Transportation of CO2-Rich Systems
  • Bubble Point and Density Measurements For a CO2/H2 Binary Mixture, 5 Mole% H2
  • Bubble Point and Density Measurements For a CO2/N2 Binary Mixture, 5 Mole% N2
  • Salt Deposition Due to Injection of CO2 into a Highly Saturated Saline Aquifer
  • Measurement and Modelling of CO2 Frost Points in the CO2-Methane Systems
  • Role of CO2 Hydrates in Subsurface Storage of CO2
  • Monitoring CO2 Diffusion in Subsea Sediments
  • IFT Measurement in CO2-Oil Systems
  • CO2 Hydrate Formation in Subsea Sediments
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