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:1014762

Strazisar, Brian R. ^[1]; Wells, Arthur W. ^[1]; Diehl, J. Rodney ^[1]; Hammack, Richard W. ^[1]; Veloski, Garret A. ^[1]

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1. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)

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-gas monitoring 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 (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy (FE)
• OSTI ID: 1014762
• Report Number(s): NETL-TPR--2861
• Journal Information: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Journal Name: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 3; ISSN 1750-5836
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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