1. www.co2-cato.org/youngnorthsea 1 st Young North Sea CCS Researchers meeting, 18 June 2014, Rotterdam 1Mahdi Kapateh Mahdi.Kapateh@pet.hw.ac.uk Thermodynamic Measurement and Modelling of Reservoir Fluids and Sour Gases Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University –Project duration: 3.5 Years –Supervisors: Antonin Chapoy, Bahman Tohidi –Main research question: Develop accurate EoS models to be used in the engineering design of impure sour gas systems in the petroleum Industry. –Relevance for implementation of CCS: Thermodynamics required for the engineering design of CO 2 -rich stream transport system

2. www.co2-cato.org/youngnorthsea 1 st Young North Sea CCS Researchers meeting, 18 June 2014, Rotterdam 2Mahdi Kapateh My Research Work on 2 Project –Gas Hydrate Flow Assurance –Effect of impurities on thermophysical properties and phase behaviour of a CO 2 - rich system in CCS Phase Equilibria –Between CO 2 and Contaminants –Between Contaminants –The Data – Needed for Equation of State (EoS) Models  Engineering Calculations –Saturation Pressure of “typical” CCS streams for validation

3. www.co2-cato.org/youngnorthsea 1 st Young North Sea CCS Researchers meeting, 18 June 2014, Rotterdam 3Mahdi Kapateh Project Background 3 Year Project in collaboration with Ecole de Mines, Paris Main objective: Developing a reliable thermodynamic package for CCS fluids CO 2 originating from capture processes is generally not pure and can contain impurities such as: –H 2 O, CH 4, C 2 H 6,C 3 H 8, N 2, H 2, O 2, Ar, CO, N y O x, H 2 S, SO 2 … The main aim of the proposed project is to investigate the phase behaviour and properties of CO 2 -rich stream containing impurities Phase behaviour of saline water and CO 2 -rich streams

4. www.co2-cato.org/youngnorthsea 1 st Young North Sea CCS Researchers meeting, 18 June 2014, Rotterdam 4Mahdi Kapateh Typical Fluids Investigated

5. www.co2-cato.org/youngnorthsea 1 st Young North Sea CCS Researchers meeting, 18 June 2014, Rotterdam 5Mahdi Kapateh Inhibitor Distribution – Pure CO 2 Solubility of Pure CO 2 in Glycols and Glycol Solutions Saturation Pressure measurements for MIX 1 – 6 Operating Conditions Pneumatic Piston Rocking Cell 15 L/min P Transducer T Probe Cooling Jacket 2-way valve 2- Equilibrium Cell Mixing Ball Piston Pivot Cooling Fluid in/out P Transducer T Probe Cooling Jacket 2-way valve 2- Equilibrium Cell Mixing Ball Piston Pivot Cooling Fluid in/out

6. www.co2-cato.org/youngnorthsea 1 st Young North Sea CCS Researchers meeting, 18 June 2014, Rotterdam 6Mahdi Kapateh Discussion – Phase Envelope Exp. and predicted Phase Envelope (Blue and Red Lines: PR-EoS with tuned kij; Dotted lines: PR- EoS with kij=0).

7. www.co2-cato.org/youngnorthsea 1 st Young North Sea CCS Researchers meeting, 18 June 2014, Rotterdam 7Mahdi Kapateh Discussion – Hydrate Dissociation Exp. and predicted hydrate (sI) dissociation conditions for MIX 2

8. www.co2-cato.org/youngnorthsea 1 st Young North Sea CCS Researchers meeting, 18 June 2014, Rotterdam 8Mahdi Kapateh Discussion - Conclusion Filling the knowledge gaps Practical implementations of results (parameters, tuned EoS)/models in a modelling package New/unique range of experimental data Phase II of the project starting in October 2014