4 REACTIVE FLOW MODELLING
During the site selection phase, modelling is an essential tool
for the design of an injection and long-term storage plan assisting
in the assessment of storage capacity, injectivity, plume
evolution, trapping phases and caprock integrity. Although
modelling parameters and modelling objectives are site specific and
dependent on the regulations in place, modelling results are and
will continue to be used by regulators and decision makers.
Modelling plays a major role in the injection and post injection
phases of a CO2 storage project.
This chapter presents reactive transport modelling which is
essential to predict spatial and temporal evolution of injected CO2
and related gas-fluid-rock interactions and assess well
integrity.