4.3 Geochemical modelling codes for CO2 storage applications

A number of geochemical modelling codes have been used for CCS related work. TOUGHREACT is an enhancement of the multiphase fluid and heat flow code TOUGH2 to reactive transport (Xu and Pruess, 2001). The version developed by Xu et al., 2006 allows modelling of supercritical CO2 injection in a reservoir by considering hydraulic processes, thermal variations and chemical phenomena. Both dissolution and precipitation processes are integrated within this code, together with a feedback mechanism for porosity and permeability changes. Other modelling codes continue to be developed; SIMUSCOPP was introduced by Le Thiez et al., 1996, STOMP by White and Oostrom, 2006, HYTEC code by Lagneau et al., 2005. Johnson et al., 2001; Johnson et al., 2004) developed a software package based on the codes of NUFT. Audigane et al., 2006; Audigane et al., 2007 have presented a 2D axial model using TOUGHREACT and 3D model using TOUGHREACT and code TOUGH2/EOS7C (Audigane et al., 2009), White et al., 2001; White et al., 2005 have developed the reactive transport code CHEMTOUGH and Nghiem et al., 2004 have developed and used the commercial code GEM-GHG.