Developments in

carbon dioxide storage

DONE BY
B.DHARANIDHARAN
RA1511007010050
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
FOURTH YEAR
AIM
• To reduce anthropogenic CO2 emissions, and mitigate the severe
consequences of climate change.
OBJECTIVE
• Capturing waste carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources, such
as fossil fuel power plants, transporting it to a storage site, and
depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere.
• Global greenhouse gas (GHG) like co2 emissions must be reduced by
50 to 80 percent by 2050 to avoid dramatic consequences of global
warming.
• Deploying many methods(underground geological storage, deep
ocean storage) to store carbon dioxide from entering into the
atmosphere.
INTRODUCTION
• Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is considered as the key strategy for
decarbonisation of the power and industrial sectors .
• It is estimated that CCS alone can contribute almost 20% reduction in
emissions by 2050, and the exclusion of CCS can cause up to 70%
increase in global cost of achieving emission reduction targets.
• In addition, CO2 storage is a fast-developing field and recent progress
and development need to be reviewed and discussed.
• Properly monitoring the co2 levels which is stored.
METHODS INVOLVED
• Underground geological CO2 storage
• Saline aquifers
• Depleted oil and gas reservoirs
• CO2 in the reservoir
• Deep ocean storage
• CO2 storage site evaluation criteria ;
• Geological factors
• Geohazards
• Hydrodynamic factors
Underground geological CO2 storage
Underground geological storage has been considered as the most viable
sequestration approach.
Saline aquifers
• CO2 storage in saline aquifers is considered as one of the most
feasible technology deployment options probably because it provides
the largest potential storage volume.
• It is revealed that all deep-seated (>1 km) saline aquifers of the world
are located within sedimentary basins.
• Such basins can host enormous quantities of CO2 due to their large
pore volume and high permeability that minimize the number of
necessary injectors, and ease pressure dissipation .
Depleted oil and gas reservoirs
• CO2 storage in depleted oil and gas reservoirs is considered as one of
the most effective storage options because of several advantages
including:
• (i) depleted oil and gas reservoirs have been extensively studied
before and during the hydrocarbon exploration stage, including the
storage capacity,
• (ii) surface and underground infrastructure, e.g., injection wells and
pipelines, already exist and can be utilized for the storage process
either without or with only minor modifications.
Depleted oil and gas reservoirs
Deep ocean storage
• Oceans cover 70% of the earth’s surface with an average depth of
3.8km and have absorbed almost a third of cumulative anthropogenic
CO2 emission from the atmosphere.
• Mathematical models have shown that injected CO2 could remain in
the ocean for several hundred years .
• These cold (ca. 1 °C) and deep (ca. 4–5 km) waters move slowly, and
can remain isolated from the atmosphere for millennial timescales.
Deep ocean storage
Potential monitoring
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