Near-surface monitoring for the ZERT shallow CO2 injection project

Journal Article · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2009 · INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2009.07.005· OSTI ID:1012927

BR, Strazisar; AW, Wells; JR, Diehl

As part of a collaborative effort operated by the Zero Emission Research and Technology Center (ZERT), a series of two shallow releases of CO2 was performed at a test site in Bozeman, MT. The purpose of the experiment was to simulate possible leakage scenarios from a carbon capture and storage operation in order to further develop and verify monitoring technologies used to characterize and quantify the release of CO2. The project included collaboration with several research groups and organizations. Presented here are the results of soil–gasmonitoring conducted by researchers from the National Energy Technology Laboratory, including CO2 flux measurement, soil–gas analysis, perfluorocarbon tracer monitoring, and soil resistivity measurements. Together, these methods proved to be effective in detecting and characterizing leakage in the near-surface.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory - In-house Research; National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy (FE)
• OSTI ID: 1012927
• Report Number(s): netltpr-2861
• Journal Information: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Carbon sequestration ZERT Soil–gas monitoring