Biological sequestration of carbon dioxide in geological formations

Mahinpey, Nader; Asghari, Koorosh; Mirjafari, Parissa

doi:10.1016/j.cherd.2010.10.016

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“…Even if no viable microorganism survives the CO 2 injection, there would be biological residues such as endospores, organic clusters, enzymes, or lysed cells that can have an influence on the CO 2 storage performance [62,64]. There are many biogeochemical processes in the deep subsurface that are not yet understood or have even been subjected to investigation.…”

Section: Microbial Populations In Potential Co 2 Storage Sitesmentioning

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Relevance of Deep-Subsurface Microbiology for Underground Gas Storage and Geothermal Energy Production

Gniese

Bombach

Rakoczy

et al. 2013

Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology

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This chapter gives the reader an introduction into the microbiology of deep geological systems with a special focus on potential geobiotechnological applications and respective risk assessments. It has been known for decades that microbial activity is responsible for the degradation or conversion of hydrocarbons in oil, gas, and coal reservoirs. These processes occur in the absence of oxygen, a typical characteristic of such deep ecosystems. The understanding of the responsible microbial processes and their environmental regulation is not only of great scientific interest. It also has substantial economic and social relevance, inasmuch as these processes directly or indirectly affect the quantity and quality of the stored oil or gas. As outlined in the following chapter, in addition to the conventional hydrocarbons, new interest in such deep subsurface systems is rising for different technological developments. These are introduced together with related geomicrobiological topics. The capture and long-termed storage of large amounts of carbon dioxide, carbon capture and storage (CCS), for example, in depleted oil and gas reservoirs, is considered to be an important options to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. On the other hand, the increasing contribution of energy from natural and renewable sources, such as wind, solar, geothermal energy, or biogas production leads to an increasing interest in underground storage of renewable energies. Energy carriers, that is, biogas, methane, or hydrogen, are often produced in a nonconstant manner and renewable energy may be produced at some distance from the place where it is needed. Therefore, storing the energy after its conversion to methane or hydrogen in porous reservoirs or salt caverns is extensively discussed. All these developments create new research fields and challenges for microbiologists and geobiotechnologists. As a basis for respective future work, we introduce the three major topics, that is, CCS, underground storage of gases from renewable energy production, and the production of geothermal energy, and summarize the current stat of knowledge about related geomicrobiological and geobiotechnological aspects in this chapter. Finally, recommendations are made for future research.

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Section: Microbial Populations In Potential Co 2 Storage Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relevance of Deep-Subsurface Microbiology for Underground Gas Storage and Geothermal Energy Production

Gniese

Bombach

Rakoczy

et al. 2013

Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology

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“…Since the identification of carbon dioxide as an anthropogenic green house gas, there has been extensive research devoted to carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) which has been extensively reviewed. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Of the various propositions for storage of carbon dioxide, that which has gained the greatest interest of governments and industries is storage of carbon dioxide in geological form. 2,4,5,10 CCS is generally divided into two different forms: (a) geological storage in saline aquifers or enhanced oil recovery (terrestrial or oceanic); 10 or (b) mineral sequestration 4,11 either as an in situ 12 or ex situ 13 process.…”

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Nickel nanoparticles catalyse reversible hydration of carbon dioxide for mineralization carbon capture and storage

Bhaduri

Šiller

2013

Catal. Sci. Technol.

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The separation and storage of CO 2 in geological form as mineral carbonates has been seen as a viable method to reduce the concentration of CO 2 from the atmosphere. Mineralization of CO 2 to mineral salts like calcium carbonate provides a stable storage of CO 2 . Reversible hydration of CO 2 to carbonic acid is the rate limiting step in the mineralization process. We report catalysis of the reversible hydration of CO 2 using nickel nanoparticles (NiNPs) at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The catalytic activity of the NiNPs is pH independent and as they are water insoluble and magnetic they can be magnetically separated for reuse. The reaction steps were characterized using X-ray photoemission spectroscopy and a possible reaction mechanism is described.

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“…The model described by Equations (4)–(6) can be simplified according to the following considerations and assumptions. The reaction rate constants k f1 and k b1 magnitude order is 10 −2 s −1 and 10 0 s −1 , respectively, whereas k f2 and k b2 results in general much larger 20 , 21 . Therefore, the first two reactions, Equations (4) and (5) , are the rate limiting steps, and the kinetics of these two reactions can be used to derive the dynamical model of the solution of carbon dioxide in water, and to simulate the behaviour of the dissolved CO 2 concentration, [ CO 2 ].…”

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“…In the presence of the carbonic anhydrase enzyme, the mechanism of hydration of CO 2 changes completely, and reactions (2) and (3) are replaced by a different reaction route 21 : where EZn indicates the carbonic anhydrase enzyme.…”

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Evaluating the efficiency of enzyme accelerated CO₂ capture: chemical kinetics modelling for interpreting measurement results

Parri

Fort

Grasso

et al. 2021

Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry

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In this paper, the efficiency of the carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzyme in accelerating the hydration of CO 2 is evaluated using a measurement system which consists of a vessel in which a gaseous flow of mixtures of nitrogen and CO 2 is bubbled into water or water solutions containing a known quantity of CA enzyme. The pH value of the solution and the CO 2 concentration at the measurement system gas exhaust are continuously monitored. The measured CO 2 level allows for assessing the quantity of CO 2 , which, subtracted from the gaseous phase, is dissolved into the liquid phase and/or hydrated to bicarbonate. The measurement procedure consists of inducing a transient and observing and modelling the different kinetics involved in the steady-state recovery with and without CA. The main contribution of this work is exploiting dynamical system theory and chemical kinetics modelling for interpreting measurement results for characterising the activity of CA enzymes. The data for model fitting are obtained from a standard bioreactor, in principle equal to standard two-phase bioreactors described in the literature, in which two different techniques can be used to move the process itself away from the steady-state, inducing transients.

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Biological sequestration of carbon dioxide in geological formations

Cited by 12 publications

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Relevance of Deep-Subsurface Microbiology for Underground Gas Storage and Geothermal Energy Production

Relevance of Deep-Subsurface Microbiology for Underground Gas Storage and Geothermal Energy Production

Nickel nanoparticles catalyse reversible hydration of carbon dioxide for mineralization carbon capture and storage

Evaluating the efficiency of enzyme accelerated CO₂ capture: chemical kinetics modelling for interpreting measurement results

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Cited by 12 publications

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Relevance of Deep-Subsurface Microbiology for Underground Gas Storage and Geothermal Energy Production

Relevance of Deep-Subsurface Microbiology for Underground Gas Storage and Geothermal Energy Production

Nickel nanoparticles catalyse reversible hydration of carbon dioxide for mineralization carbon capture and storage

Evaluating the efficiency of enzyme accelerated CO2 capture: chemical kinetics modelling for interpreting measurement results

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