A controlled field pilot for testing near surface CO2 detection techniques and transport models

Spangler, Lee H.; Dobeck, L.; Repasky, Kevin S.; Nehrir, A. R.; Humphries, S. D.; Barr, J. L.; Keith, Charlie J.; Shaw, Joseph A.; Rouse, J. H.; Cunningham, A. B.; Benson, Sally M.; Oldenburg, Curtis M.; Lewicki, Jennifer L.; Wells, Arthur W.; Diehl, R.; Strazisar, Brian R.; Fessenden, J. E.; Rahn, T.; Amonette, James E.; Barr, Jon; Pickles, W.L.; Jacobson, James; Silver, Eli A.; Male, E.; Rauch, Henry W.; Gullickson, Kadie; Trautz, Robert; Kharaka, Y. K.; Birkhölzer, Jens; Wielopolski, Lucian

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2009.01.279

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“…Depending on atmospheric conditions, leak detection may be delayed or misidentified, and its effect is strictly local. This general result was duplicated at a controlled release test site in Montana [Spengler et al, 2009]. The Montana tests show encouraging results for laser-based instruments as well, although these and eddy flux instruments are similarly limited to strictly local measurement, making them best suited for detection of leakage at the injection point itself.…”

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Evaluating Use of Satellite Observations for Detecting Large CO2 Leaks and Carbon Sequestration Monitoring

Hoffman¹,

Silver²,

Henderson³

et al. 2012

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We tested the feasibility of orbital CO2 sensors as detectors of leaks from sequestration sites using the SCIAMACHY and GOSAT instruments. From the footprint size of each instrument we calculated the atmospheric volume sampled by SCIAMACHY and GOSAT readings, and from this data the amount of CO2 leakage necessary to measurably impact readings from the instruments. We used a high-emission coal electric plant as a baseline leak quantity, which is a substantially larger amount of CO2 than would be expected from a sequestration leak. Nonetheless, the plant's output is not detectable by either instrument. Geospatial and geostatistical analysis of collected data supports this conclusion. SCIAMACHY data from the summer of 2005 over the contiguous US showed broad topographic patterns in CO2 distribution, with the eastern flanks of mountain ranges hosting anomalously high levels of CO2, and basin regions hosting lows. The cause of these tendencies has not been determined. Calculations applied to the OCO-2 instrument, scheduled for a 2013 launch, found that it will be capable of detecting the coal plant's emission and may be a viable tool for detecting large carbon leaks from sequestration sites.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 89%

Evaluating Use of Satellite Observations for Detecting Large CO2 Leaks and Carbon Sequestration Monitoring

Hoffman¹,

Silver²,

Henderson³

et al. 2012

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“…Spangler et al (2009) report a variation of about 1 m in the depth of the water table over the last two and a half years. In the summers of 2007 and 2008, the depth of the water table measured in the water monitoring wells in zone 6 ranged from approximately 1.35 m to slightly more than 1.5 below ground surface, indicating that the shallow wells were just deep enough to collect water samples.…”

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“…This report focuses primarily on the geochemical and hydrological results of shallow CO 2 injection into the groundwater at the ZERT site, based on the groundwater samples and other relevant data obtained in the 2008 release experiment (Kharaka et al, 2009a). Details on other aspects of the project can be found in Spangler et al (2009).…”

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“…The ZERT field site is located on a relatively flat 12 hectare agricultural plot at the western edge of the MSU-Bozeman campus in Bozeman, Montana, USA (see Spangler et al, 2009, for description of regional setting, and the various investigations completed or currently ongoing at this site). Plant coverage is about 70% grasses with the remainder being alfalfa, clover, dandelion, and thistle.…”

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Groundwater Chemistry Changes as a Result of CO2 Injection at the ZERT Field Site in Bozeman, Montana

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Birkhölzer²,

Spycher³

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“…Release Site in the USA [25], and the Ginninderra Greenhouse Gas Controlled Release Facility in Australia [9]. This paper is structured as follows, we first review in Section 2 existing monitoring technologies applicable for CCS.…”

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Setup of a large-scale test field for distributed soil gas sensors and testing of a monitoring method based on tomography

Neumann

Werner

Petrov

et al. 2016

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Abstract:A 400 m 2 soil test field with gas injection system was built up for the purpose of large-scale validation, optimization, and characterization of a novel comprehensive monitoring method for underground gas storage areas. The method combines gas sensing technology with linear form factor for in-situ monitoring of gases in soil with the mapping capabilities of Computed Tomography (CT) to reconstruct time-series of gas distribution maps based on samples of orthogonally-aligned linear gas sensors. Several injection experiments with carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) at different days with varying boundary conditions indicates the potential of the method for, e.g., rapid leakage detection with respect to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) issues.

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A controlled field pilot for testing near surface CO2 detection techniques and transport models

Cited by 38 publications

References 15 publications

Evaluating Use of Satellite Observations for Detecting Large CO2 Leaks and Carbon Sequestration Monitoring

Evaluating Use of Satellite Observations for Detecting Large CO2 Leaks and Carbon Sequestration Monitoring

Groundwater Chemistry Changes as a Result of CO2 Injection at the ZERT Field Site in Bozeman, Montana

Setup of a large-scale test field for distributed soil gas sensors and testing of a monitoring method based on tomography

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