I want to use reactive transport for simulation of CO2 storage. We have not selected geological formation yet, but most probably it will be CO2 with Enhanced Oil Recovery or depleted oil reservoir. I am considering two options at the moment: PHREEQC and TOUGHREACT. Which one is better for my case? Could you describe pros and cons of softs mentioned?
Well,
PHREEQC , with geological formation, where the storage of CO2 surely deals with rocks not with other things.
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Toughreact is a good software to simulate CO2 sequestration as well as study of the possible reaction, however I am not quite sure about using it for EOR.
Toughreact is a very good software for mumtiphase reacgive flow, so for CO2 storage it is a good option. However, it is not user friendly and requires a lot of time of pre- and post-processing.
Phreeqc is perhaps the most well known geochemical simulator, but to use ut in your field would require the coupling with a multiphase flow model. There are some options for that, for example the iCP framework, which couples Phreeqc and Comsol Multiphysics. This tool is being used for CO2 storage simulations and is potentially able to include thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical couplings.