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Measurements and predictive models of high- pressure H2 solubility in brine (H2O+NaCl) for underground hydrogen storage application

Journal

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 45, Issue 56, Pages 32206-32220

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.08.192

Keywords

Underground hydrogen storage; H-2 solubility in brine; Water content; Electrolyte CPA EoS; Soreide and Whitson EoS; Geochemical model

Funding

  1. GIS Geodenergies through the project Rostock H

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In the context of Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS), the stored gas is in direct contact with brine (residual brine from the cavern or formation water of deep aquifers). Therefore, knowledge of the phase equilibria (solubility of hydrogen in brine and water content in the hydrogen-rich phase) in the geological reservoir is necessary for the study of hydrogen mobility and reactivity, as well as the control, monitoring and optimization of the storage. The absence of measured data of high-pressure H-2 solubility in brine has recently led scientists to develop predictive models or to generate pseudo-data using molecular simulation. However, experimental measurements are needed for model evaluation and validation. In this work, an experimental apparatus based on the static-analytic method developed and used in our previous work for the measurement of gas solubility in brine was used. New solubility data of H-2 in H2O+NaCl were measured more or less under the geological conditions of the storage, at temperatures between 323 and 373 K, NaCl molalities between 0 and 5m, and pressures up to 230 bar. These data were used to parameterize and evaluate three models (Geochemical, SW, and e-PR-CPA models) tested in this work. Solubility and water content tables were generated by the e-PR-CPA model, as well as a simple formulation (Setschenow-type relationship) for quick and accurate calculations (in the fitting range) of H-2 solubility in water and brine was proposed. Finally, the developed models estimate very well the water content in hydrogen-rich phase and capture and calculate precisely the salting-out effect on H-2 solubility. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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