Assessing model parameter uncertainties for rising velocity of CO2 droplets through experimental design.

Hvidevold, Hilde Kristine, Alendal, Guttorm, Johannessen, Truls and Mannseth, Trond (2012) Assessing model parameter uncertainties for rising velocity of CO2 droplets through experimental design. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 11 . pp. 283-289. DOI 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.09.008.

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Abstract

The risk and environmental impact assessments required for geological CO2 storage projects will have to rely on different types of numerical models, which will have to be calibrated and validated against measurements. Available measurements from ongoing demonstration projects are limited, hence it is necessary to turn to analog processes or laboratory experiments to estimate model parameters. In any case, parameter estimates will have uncertainties that will be important to assess when predicting future scenarios.

We study a model for the rise velocity of droplets in the ocean, an important process sub-model for simulating gas seeps into marine waters. As the origin we use the parameters estimation study by Bigalke et al. (2010) based on a tank experiment. We illustrate how Linearized Covariance Analysis (LCA) can be used to assess the parameter uncertainties, and how to design a similar experiment that reduces these uncertainties. The linearity assumption underlying LCA is assessed using curvature measures. It is shown that up to ∼63% reduction in uncertainties is achieved by choosing the right droplet size distribution; by extending the range of droplet sizes to include larger droplets the uncertainties are reduced by another ∼88%.

Document Type: Article
Funder compliance: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/265847
Keywords: Geological storage; Leakage to marine environment; CO2 droplets; Parameter uncertainties; Experimental design
Refereed: Yes
Publisher: Elsevier
Projects: ECO2
Date Deposited: 25 Feb 2013 11:21
Last Modified: 26 Jun 2013 13:01
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/20599

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