Facilities - Open Access
storage use

HydExp (FR7.4)

Hydrothermal Experimentation

Operated by
CNRS
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
GeoRessources lab – Faculté des Sciences et Technologies – Campus Aiguillettes – 54506, Vandoeuvres-lès-Nancy, France
CCUS Technologies
storage
Pressure/injection, Caprock/well integrity, Leakage mitigation/remediation, Leakage, Monitoring, Annex gases
use
CO2 Conversion to Solid Carbonates, Supercitical CO2 for metal extraction
Research Fields
Chemistry/Geochemistry, Geology/Geophysics, Material science, Thermodynamics
Scale of Facility
Lab Scale, TRL 1-3, TRL 4-6, Small pilot
Forms of Access
In Person, Contract Research, Cooperative Research
Contacts
Jérôme STERPENICH
DUPRAZ Sébastien
Factsheet Website
Other CCUS Projects
ANR

2006-2011

Gaz Annexes

2008-2011

Interface

IMHOTEP

2016-2017

Mineral Carbonation: A promising technique for mitigating the Global Warming.

ICEEL

2012-2013

Multigaz project

2013-2014

SOHS project

ANR

2013-2021

CO2-DISSOLVED

2014 -2016

SIGARRR

2007-2010

Proche-puits

Studying the reactivity and stability of phases in fluid-mineral-solution-gas-organic-matter systems requires the application of geochemical techniques. For this, GeoRessources provides a set of hot- and cold-joint autoclaves for sampling under controlled pressure and redox conditions. Experiments are performed in batch-type reactors of various sizes: welded gold cells and stainless-steel and titanium chambers (with or without sapphire windows) equipped for in situ Raman and pH measurement. A secure laboratory is available for experiments using hazardous gases (SOx, NOx, H2, H2S, CO). Specific autoclaves (IMAGES, MIRAGES, COTAGES) have been designed for gas-injection applications with flow and thermal-gradient controls. Miniaturisation has enabled us to develop microchemistry capillary techniques which allow us to control volumes, pressures and temperature for the measurement of chemical solubility, kinetics and reactivity at the micrometric scale.

Scientific Environment

SEM, EPMA, Raman and IR, LA-ICPMS, XRD, mirco-XRF, liquid and gas chromatography, lab for thin and polished sections, CT scan, cathodoluminescence, SIMS, mass spectrometry (stable and radiogenic isotopes)

State of the Art, Uniqueness & Specific Advantages

The devices IMAGES, MIRAGES (1 and 2), COTAGES and some specificities for silica capillaries were specifically designed for CO2 storage applications to answer to scientific questions on fluid/rock/materials system reactivity submitted to geological conditions of pressure and temperature. They allow to reach high pressure and high temperatures related to deep geological storage. The possibility to handle hazardous gases (SOx, NOx, H2S…) under such geological conditions is also to mention. Notice that the MIRAGES device mimics an injection well at a 1/20 scale. The possibility to follow chemical parameters such as pH or concentrations of molecular species by Raman spectrometer under high pressure and high temperature is given by MIRAGES and IMAGES devices. COTAGES allow to follow the influence of a thermal gradient under pressure on a 70 cm lengt horizontal column.

Quality Control / Quality Assurance (QA)

Activities / Tests / Data are

State of Quality: The quality concerns mainly the in-situ measurements (pH, Raman, pressure and temperature control). Thery are performed using calibration methods classically used in labs and extensively described in literature. The follow-up of the experiments is recorded in a laboratory notebook.

Facility Availability

Unit of Access (UA)

Day

Availability per Year (in UA)

from 10 to 100 days

Duration of a Typical Access (Average) and Number of External Users Expected for that Access

from 2 to 50 days

Operational or Other Constraints

Specific Risks

Handling hazardous gas if any

Legal Issues

n/a

Related Publications

Structural Control of a Dissolution Network in a Limestone Reservoir Forced by Radial Injection of CO2 Saturated Solution: Experimental Results Coupled with X-ray Computed Tomography.
Geosciences, 9, 33. (2019)
Privalov, V., Randi, A., Sterpenich, J., Pironon, J., and Morlot, C.
Experimental modelling of the caprock/cement interface behaviour under CO2 storage conditions: effect of water and supercritical CO2 from a cathodoluminescence study.
Geosciences, 8, 5. (2018)
Jobard E., Sterpenich J., Pironon J., Corvisier J., Randi A.
Geochemical implication of an oxycombustion stream containing SO2 and O2 on carbonate rocks in the context of CO2 storage.
Chemical Geology, 382, 140-152. (2014)
Renard, S., Sterpenich, J., Pironon, J., Chiquet, P., Randi, A.
Experimental study of CO2 injection in a simulated injection well: the MIRAGES experiment.
Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 4, 210-224. (2014)
Sterpenich, J., Jobard, E., El Hajj, H., Pironon, J., Randi, A. Caumon, M.-C.
Experimental ageing of oolitic limestones under CO2 storage conditions: Petrographical and chemical evidence.
Chemical Geology, 265(1-2): 99-112. (2009)
Sterpenich, J., Sausse, J., Pironon, J., Géhin, A., Hubert, G., Perfetti, E., Grgic, D.,
NO solubility in water and brine up to 60 MPa and 373 K by combining Raman spectroscopy and molecular simulation.
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (2021)
Sterpenich, J., Caumon, M., Lachet, V., Creton, B., El Jarmouni, M., Randi, A., Robert, P.
Mapping of natural CO2 emissions before NECCS
GHGT-16 Conference. Proceeding. Extended abstract. (2022)
Pironon, J., de Donato, P., Pélissier, N., Guermont, T., Barres, O., Caumon, MC., Piedevache, M., Randi, A., Sterpenich, J.
Demonstration of the impact of rock heterogeneities on the dynamics of wormhole propagation: An experimental multi-scale approach of CO2-rich brine injection in limestone reservoirs.
GHGT-16 Conference. Proceeding. Extended abstract. (2022)
Randi, A., Sterpenich, J., Morlot, M., Pironon, J., Carpentier, C., Kervévan, C.