Subsurface injection of combustion power plant effluent as a solid-phase carbon dioxide storage strategy

Darnell, K. N.; Flemings, P. B.; DiCarlo, D.

doi:10.1002/2017GL073663

Title: Subsurface injection of combustion power plant effluent as a solid-phase carbon dioxide storage strategy

Journal Article · Tue May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073663· OSTI ID:1473893

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Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Dept. of Geological Sciences, Inst. for Geophysics and Jackson School of Geosciences
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Dept. of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering

Long-term geological storage of CO₂ may be essential for greenhouse gas mitigation, so a number of storage strategies have been developed that utilize a variety of physical processes. Recent work shows that injection of combustion power plant effluent, a mixture of CO₂ and N₂, into CH₄ hydrate-bearing reservoirs blends CO₂ storage with simultaneous CH₄ production where the CO₂ is stored in hydrate, an immobile, solid compound. This strategy creates economic value from the CH₄ production, reduces the preinjection complexity since costly CO₂ distillation is circumvented, and limits leakage since hydrate is immobile. In this work, we explore the phase behavior of these types of injections and describe the individual roles of H₂O, CO₂, CH₄, and N₂ as these components partition into aqueous, vapor, hydrate, and liquid CO₂ phases. Our results show that CO₂ storage in subpermafrost or submarine hydrate-forming reservoirs requires coinjection of N₂ to maintain two-phase flow and limit plugging.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

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OSTI ID:: 1473893

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Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 44, Issue 11; ISSN 0094-8276

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