CO₂ Storage in Shallow Underground and Surface Coal Mines: Challenges and Opportunities

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Environmental Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es801730v· OSTI ID:1014914

Romanov, Vyacheslav N. ^[1]; Ackman, Terry E. ^[1]; Soong, Yee ^[1]; Kleinman, Robert L. ^[1]

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

For coal to be a viable energy source, its excessive CO₂ emissions must be curtailed. Sequestration of CO₂ and other greenhouse gases is a possibility, but success therein is preceded by a significant number of challenges. Perhaps the most onerous is the tradeoff between using deep mines that would better trap CO₂ against using shallower options that are more economical to access. In confronting this issue, a group of U.S. Department of Energy researchers argue that recent advances in the understanding of materials afforded by nanoscale mechanistic models point in a promising direction to develop better sequestration technologies.

• 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: 1014914
• Report Number(s): NETL-TPR-2198
• Journal Information: Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 43, Issue 3; ISSN 0013-936X
• Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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