Near-term deployment of carbon capture and sequestration from biorefineries in the United States

Sanchez, Daniel L.; Johnson, Nils; McCoy, Sean; Turner, Peter A.; Mach, Katharine J.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1719695115

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“…The deformations may be sufficient to induce seismicity (Gan & Frohlich, 2013;Hincks et al, 2018;Zoback & Gorelick, 2012) or observable uplift or subsidence of the ground (Rutqvist, 2012;Shirzaei et al, 2016). CO 2 sequestration into underground geological reservoirs is considered as a near-term solution to global warming effects (Benson et al, 2005;Celia, 2017;Sanchez et al, 2018). CO 2 injected into rocks can be retained by capillary, solubility, structure, and mineral trapping mechanisms.…”

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Tracking CO₂ Plumes in Clay‐Rich Rock by Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensing (DFOSS): A Laboratory Demonstration

Zhang¹,

Xue²,

Park³

et al. 2019

Water Resources Research

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Monitoring the migration of pore pressure, deformation, and saturation plumes with effective tools is important for the storage and utilization of fluids in underground reservoirs, such as geological stores of carbon dioxide (CO2) and natural gas. Such tools would also verify the security of the fluid contained reservoir‐caprock system. Utilizing the swelling strain attributed to pressure buildup and the adsorption of supercritical CO2 on clay minerals, we tracked the fluid plume in a natural clay‐rich Tako sandstone at the laboratory core scale. The strain was measured by a high‐resolution distributed fiber optic strain sensing (DFOSS) tool. The strain changes induced by CO2 adsorptions on clay minerals were significantly greater than those caused by pore pressure alone. The distribution of the swelling strain signals effectively captured the dynamic breakthrough of the CO2 plume from the high‐ to low‐permeability regions in the Tako sandstone. Besides revealing the in situ deformation state, the measured strain changes can track the movement of the CO2 plume as it enters the clay‐rich critical regions in the reservoir‐caprock system. The present findings and potential future applications of DFOSS in the field are expected to enhance the monitoring and management of underground fluid reservoirs.

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Tracking CO₂ Plumes in Clay‐Rich Rock by Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensing (DFOSS): A Laboratory Demonstration

Zhang¹,

Xue²,

Park³

et al. 2019

Water Resources Research

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“…The EU for example, has promoted a funding programme to support the advances and application of such new technologies (ec.europa.eu, 2018a). The indications are from the data that professional individuals in the community want to develop and use CO 2 sequestration -not just recycle their waste -leading to a CO 2 sequestration credit (Sanchez et al, 2018) in order to offset CO 2 emissions. However, the question of how to engage the ordinary user within a polluted environment using social norms (Huber, Viscussi, & Bell, 2018) as CCS is not as yet, very well understood (Braun et al, 2018), and differs very little from its 2004 position (Shackley, McLachlan, & Gough, 2004).…”

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Climate Change and CCS Technologies: Managerial and Political Issues

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2020

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Emissions of carbon dioxide appears to have risen to levels that have negative effects on the climate. These levels will continue to rise, taking the world’s average temperature over the Kyoto 1997 agreed 1.5oC temperature. To date, only 20Mn tonnes of CO2 has been permanently sequestered. This is a research paper that is focused on assessing issues relating to CO2 sequestration through Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies and its impacts on managerial developments.An interpretive methodology was utilised in order to help understand the senior research management perceptions of leading research groups underpinning CCS developments and climate change implications. The scope for this research was CO2 sequestration leading research teams/groups articulated across the spectrum of major Western and Eastern countries. Consequently, the population of interest was made up of 17 leading global, climate change research group principal scientist/engineers as managers, located at multiple research sites within Europe, US and Asia, with a mandated research directive to assess/investigate climate change impacts of CO2 and other gas emissions for governments.The research outcomes consisted of Four (4) main themes: Emissions, Socio-Political Will/Government Strategy, Technical Development and Underground Strategies, Marketing and Costs; and Fifteen (15) sub-themes underpinned by 309 conversation targets. The paper addresses raised issues and determines outcomes and implications for managing the scope and application of CCS technologies. These indications are synthesised from major research actors in the field that show that socio-political strategies, economics and market development should be made clearer and a paradigm shift made to strengthen strategies to engage wider utilisation of CCS technologies.

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“…These include tax credits for carbon sequestration (Section 45Q), the federal Renewable Fuels Standard, agriculture policies set in the Farm Bill, and research, development and demonstration (RD&D) programs for agriculture and energy projects. For instance, operators of biorefineries and anaerobic digesters that capture and sequester their CO 2 emissions can qualify both for federal tax credits and the LCFS, should they sell their low-carbon fuels in California (Sanchez, Johnson, et al 2018).…”

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UC experts can lead on carbon dioxide removal

Sanchez¹,

Houlton²,

Silver³

2019

Calif Agr

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arbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, also known as negative emissions technologies, appear critical to achieving California's ambitious climate change mitigation goals (Cameron et al. 2017). Negative carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions cannot be achieved by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions alone; rather, both emissions reductions and pathways to atmospheric CO 2 extraction are needed to achieve this desired outcome. Yet CDR technologies lack both technical and commercial maturity, and are not yet deployed at industrial scales. In response, numerous state government and nongovernmental organizations in California have taken early steps to support research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of carbon removal (California Air Resources Board et al. 2018; Forest Climate Action Team 2018). There are two general approaches to CDR, biological and engineered (fig. 1). Biological approaches enhance or manipulate natural sinks for CO 2 to store more carbon, typically on land. Engineered approaches apply chemical and physical processes to capture and reliably convert or store CO 2 (Sanchez, Amador, et al. 2018). OUTLOOK UC experts can lead on carbon dioxide removal Through technology demonstration and policy engagement, UC ANR specialists, advisors and AES faculty can support California's ambitions to remove CO 2 from the atmosphere.

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Near-term deployment of carbon capture and sequestration from biorefineries in the United States

Cited by 133 publications

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Tracking CO₂ Plumes in Clay‐Rich Rock by Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensing (DFOSS): A Laboratory Demonstration

Tracking CO₂ Plumes in Clay‐Rich Rock by Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensing (DFOSS): A Laboratory Demonstration

Climate Change and CCS Technologies: Managerial and Political Issues

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Near-term deployment of carbon capture and sequestration from biorefineries in the United States

Cited by 133 publications

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Tracking CO2 Plumes in Clay‐Rich Rock by Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensing (DFOSS): A Laboratory Demonstration

Tracking CO2 Plumes in Clay‐Rich Rock by Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensing (DFOSS): A Laboratory Demonstration

Climate Change and CCS Technologies: Managerial and Political Issues

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Tracking CO₂ Plumes in Clay‐Rich Rock by Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensing (DFOSS): A Laboratory Demonstration

Tracking CO₂ Plumes in Clay‐Rich Rock by Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensing (DFOSS): A Laboratory Demonstration