The Equipment
5 x Core Flooding Rigs
- Gas storage (CO2, H2) seal characterisation (diffusion, breakthrough, capillary pressure)
- Gas storage (H2) reservoir characterisation
- relative permeability
- gas-mixing/core flooding
- Specs
- T range 30 to 150°C (varies with rig)
- P range VAC to 47.5 MPa (varies with rig)
- Sample size: Lmax = 140 mm, Dmax = 89 mm
- Multi-component (gas-water), multi-gas (in-line gas chromatograph)
13 x Batch Reactor Cells
- Microbial gas generation (anoxic experiments)
- Chemical degradation at reservoir conditions
- H2 microbial impacts at reservoir conditions
- Specs
- T range 30°C to 220°C (max in 1 x General Purpose Cell)
- P range 0 to 40 MPa (max in 1 x General Purpose Cell)
High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) Rig
- HPHT characterisation of adsorption and diffusion properties of heterogeneous material
- Specs
- T range 30 to 220°C
- P range 0 to 26 MPa
- Max sample – 2 x 110 cm3
Pendant Drop Cell
- Contact angle of gases / geological materials in pore fluid
- Specs
- T range 30 to 50°C
- P range VAC to 15 MPa
4 x Batch reactor cells (Batch Rig 4)
- Chemical degradation at reservoir conditions
- H2 microbial impacts at reservoir conditions
- Specs
- T range 30°C to 200°C
- P range 0 to 30 MPa
- Max sample – 4 x 500 ml
Gravimetric Isotherm Rig
- Characterisation of isothermal adsorption on heterogeneous material
- Specs
- T range – 30 to 150°C
- P range – 0 to 30 MPa
- Max sample – 4 x 110 cm3