Modeling Transient Flow in CO2 Injection Wells by Considering the Phase Change

A transient model to simulate the temperature and pressure in CO2 injection wells is proposed and solved using the finite difference method. The model couples the variability of CO2 properties and conservation laws. The maximum error between the simulated and measured results is 5.04%. The case study shows that the phase state is primarily controlled by the wellbore temperature. Increasing the injection temperature or decreasing the injection rate contributes to obtaining the supercritical state. The variability of density can be ignored when the injection rate is low, but for a high injection rate, ignoring this may cause considerable errors in pressure profiles.

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A transient model using the finite difference method to simulate temperature and pressure in CO2 injection wells is proposed. The maximum error between simulated and measured results is 5.04%. The phase state is primarily controlled by the wellbore temperature, and increasing injection temperature or decreasing injection rate can help achieve the supercritical state.