South Korea's carbon neutrality policies are causing the domestic coal industry to contract, leading to interests in repurposing abandoned coal mines as CO 2 storage sites. This study investigated the relationship between coal particle size and CO 2 adsorption, specifically focusing on the Hwasun coal mine. The findings reveal that smaller coal particles exhibit higher CO 2 adsorption capacities, demonstrating substantial storage potential. However, the injection of supercritical CO 2 requires a depth of 800 m, whereas the Hwasun coal mine reaches a depth of only 560 m. Therefore, further exploration and capacity assessment are essential. Assuming a 1-m-thick coal layer below 800 m, the CO 2 injection well could store 27-320 thousand tons of CO 2 . Additionally, even in the event of leakage into the lower tunnel, the high CO 2 adsorption capacity of coal could effectively mitigate such occurrences.