New and accurate thermodynamic property data of CO2-EGS relevant working fluids with data fitted to existing thermodynamic models

Abstract

The article presents a new setup for the accurate measurements of the phase behaviour of CO₂ mixtures relevant to CCS as well as a CO₂-H₂O working fluid for EGS, designed to cover the temperature range from -60 to 200 °C and up to 100 MPa in pressure. Included in the article are a description of the experimental setup, methodology, and results of the experimental campaign conducted in the SINTEF Energy Research labs for the EnerGizerS project. Phase equilibrium of the CO₂-water system has been investigated at the temperature of 50 °C and pressures between 1 and 17.5 MPa, using the analytical isothermal technique. These measurements are compared and verified against the existing data, followed by a presentation of the fit of GERG-2008/EOS-CG for CO₂ and H₂O. The maximum mole fraction of water in the CO₂H₂O mixture at measured conditions should not exceed 0.35 % and even less than 0.3481 % at 7.8 MPa to maintain the vapour phase of the mixture. The accuracy with respect to GERG-2008/EOS-CG varies from 1.044 % to 10.683 % near the critical values of sCO₂. The estimated uncertainty of the setup is 31 mK for temperature measurements, from 0.4 to 2.5 kPa for pressure measurements and from 0.2 to 2.1 % of total combined relative uncertainty as regards the mole fraction. Despite the fact that the EGS reservoir could reach conditions above 150 °C and 50 MPa, lower values were adopted to validate the setup at 50 °C. Knowledge gaps at higher pressure and temperature values are still in dire need of filling.