Abstract:
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is an important option to improve the climate, for which safe transport is a prerequisite. Pipeline transportation is considered as the optimal form to transport carbon dioxide (CO
2) on land. However, impurities contained in CO
2 pipeline have impact on phase equilibrium and variation of physical parameters of CO
2, thereby the operation of the pipeline. Compared with the known experimental methods, state equations are selected to calculate the phase equilibrium line and physical parameters of multicomponent CO
2 containing impurities and water vapor. A comparative analysis of pure component and multicomponent CO
2 reveals that PR equation is better than other state equations in the aspects of the vapor-liquid phase equilibrium and physical properties of CO
2 and other polar systems. Nonpolar and weakly polar impurities that affect the bubble-point line expand the two-phase region while strongly polar impurities that affect the dew-point line expand the two-phase region. During pipeline transportation, density and viscosity of CO
2 have mutations at a certain temperature and pressure and heat capacity takes on extreme point, while the impurities will change the mutations and the corresponding extreme temperature and pressure. Supercritical state transportation under high-temperature and high-pressure can make it more stable of pipe flow.