GeoEnergy research Modelling
Modelling and simulation
This work package includes different aspects of process modeling which are relevant for processes during CO2 capture, transport and utilization and to evaluate the potential use of reservoir. Numerical simulations of the coupled processes from regional scale over reservoir scale to scales of fluid flow processes in the CCS process chain are necessary. The models are validated with basic data. The knowledge of the physical properties and condition of the underground and its behaviour is essential for the exploration of suitable areas for CO2 storage, shale gas or geothermal resources as well as for the implementation of the CO2 process chain. It’s necessary to have a process understanding how fluid flow, heat propagation, mass transport, chemical reactions and mechanical deformation influence the CO2 process chain and the reservoir. In terms of the validation and optimization of the operating sequences, the results of the numerical simulations of CO2 transport are implemented into the design of the process chain. An important factor in this case is the time frame of the on-going processes. The economic and ecological reasonable use of reservoirs cannot be based on real-time experiments only, because they cover to long periods. The three-dimensional simulation of those natural processes still illustrates the great challenge on the methodical development. Accordingly this research field focuses all the work on the development of numerical simulation methods and the creation of 3D models of the Brandenburg region and its use for the prediction in exploration and exploitation of reservoirs.
The research field "modelling and simulation" is divided into the work packages:
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