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State of art (SOTA) report on dense ceramic membranes for oxygen separation from air
State of art (SOTA) report on dense ceramic membranes for oxygen separation from air

12th August 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS)

Inexpensive, large scale oxygen production is crucial to the development of the next generation of integrated carbon capture and sequestration power plants based on coal gasification or oxy-fuel coal combustion technologies. As an alternative to energy-intensive cryogenic distillation for large scale, high purity oxygen production, dense ceramic membranes made from doped perovskite materials are investigated for use in the next generation of integrated CCS power plants based on gasification or oxy-fuel combustion. This report reviews the current state of the art development from various technology vendors and industrial scale demonstration plants.

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Authigenic carbonates as natural analogues of mineralisation trapping in CO2 sequestration: a desktop study
Authigenic carbonates as natural analogues of mineralisation trapping in CO2 sequestration: a desktop study

9th August 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage

This project is aimed at supporting CO2 storage projects in Australian sedimentary basins through investigation of the controls on carbonate authigenesis in freshwater aquifers as a natural analogue for mineralisation trapping. The literature review and desktop study provide a foundation that synthesises what is known about the controls on carbonate precipitation in aquifers with different chemistries, reservoir temperatures and available volumes of CO2. The parameters derived from this study will feed into simulations of engineered mineral trapping of injected CO2 that will then be tested experimentally in the laboratory with Precipice and Hutton sandstone core samples.

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Development of the advanced aqueous ammonia based post combustion capture technology: progress report
Development of the advanced aqueous ammonia based post combustion capture technology: progress report

9th August 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 capture

This research project aims to explore a series of novel post combustion capture (PCC) approaches, and combine an experimental and modelling approach to develop a rigorous rate based assessment of aqueous ammonia based capture, and optimise the scale up this process. This report provides progress on development of the rate based model and assesses the performance of pilot plant trials of aqueous ammonia at the Munmorah PowerStation, New South Wales. Experimental results are presented of eight additives as potential promoters of CO2 absorption in aqueous ammonia.

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Review of laboratory-scale geochemical and geomechanical experiments simulating geosequestration of CO2 in sandstone, and associated modelling studies
Review of laboratory-scale geochemical and geomechanical experiments simulating geosequestration of CO2 in sandstone, and associated modelling studies

9th August 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 capture

The main knowledge gaps addressed in this project are the lack of integrated studies assessing both the geochemical and associated geomechanical changes to reservoir and seal rocks with CO2 injection. This initial literature review details the current knowledge and describes commonly used laboratory approaches to assessing reactive geochemical interactions of CO2, formation water and the rock framework. It provides a thorough comparison of the results for both laboratory and modelling experiments documented in the literature.  This is the backdrop of the proposed research on coupled reactive geochemistry and geomechanics in Australian geological scenarios for carbon storage.

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Relative permeability analysis to describe multi-phase flow in CO2 storage reservoirs
Relative permeability analysis to describe multi-phase flow in CO2 storage reservoirs

7th August 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage

Relative permeability is one of the most important properties influencing the fate and movement of CO2 in the subsurface. It is a parameter that quantifies the extent to which the injected CO2 and water interfere with each other as they migrate through rocks. Relative permeability measurements are also used directly in all of the mathematical approaches for predicting and matching the fate and movement of CO2 in the subsurface. Consequently, accurate measurements for this important parameter are indispensable.
The purpose of this report is to provide an explanation of the different methods used to measure relative permeability and to provide an objective review of comparable methodologies. The report will also include the identification of data gaps and the requirements to obtain additional material to provide a complete library of relative permeability measurements in varying brine compositions and rock types to represent as complete a suite of potential storage sites as possible.

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The Global Status of CCS: 2013
The Global Status of CCS: 2013

1st August 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS)

The Global Status of CCS: 2013 is the fifth edition of the Global CCS Institute’s key publication on the progress and challenges facing carbon capture and storage (CCS). These reports provide a comprehensive overview of the state of development of CCS projects and technologies, and of actions taken to facilitate the demonstration of those technologies at a large scale.

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Geochemical characterisation of gases, fluids and rocks in the Harvey-1 data well
Geochemical characterisation of gases, fluids and rocks in the Harvey-1 data well

1st August 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage

The Harvey-1 stratigraphic well, drilled in 2012 as a part of the evaluation of the area in South West Western Australia for a suitable carbon storage site, has undergone a geochemical evaluation. Two gas samples from the potential source of CO2 (CSBP and BOC in Kwinana) that may be piped south for a pilot scale test have been analysed and found to contain almost pure CO2, in excess of 98.3 mol.% with little in the way of organic contaminants. The carbon isotopic composition of this gas is 13C -37.6 ± 0.28 ‰, which is quite distinct from other background natural sources of CO2 and might act as a tracer in the future. Oxygen isotope data from the CO2 have been collected to build the database of information that can be used to understand trapping mechanisms and their contribution in the future.

Organic analyses were conducted on a series of core plugs and on some drilling fluids from equivalent depths. Extraction of the core plugs showed that while there was some hydrocarbons present in both the core and drilling fluids, the richest core sample has only a total extractable organic matter content of 304.93 mg/kg rock. The volumes measured were insignificant compared with source rock extracts or amounts seen in sandstone dominated hydrocarbon reservoirs which might contain upwards of 100,000 mg/kg rock. These low volumes indicate that there is no active source rock of quantitative significance in the immediate area of this well and means that there is unlikely to be any form of basin resource conflict in relation to oil or gas finds in the immediate area.

In conclusion, this current geochemical evaluation of the Harvey-1 well has used a combination of standard and novel techniques to show that the geology in this area appears suitable for geological storage of CO2 .

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日本における知識共有ネットワークによるCCS コミュニケーション枠組みの構築
日本における知識共有ネットワークによるCCS コミュニケーション枠組みの構築

1st August 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Public engagement

本報告書は、日本における知識共有ネットワークが実施した複数のフェーズにわたり実施された、「日本における知識共有ネットワークによるCCSコミュニケーション枠組みの構築」プロジェクトの第2 フェーズについて示したものである。実施内容は次のとおりである。

(1). プロジェクトの第1 フェーズで行った、「CCS をコミュニケーションの枠組みを通じてどのように説明すべきか」という専門家の議論に基づき、CO2 回収・貯留(以下「CCS」)に関する一般市民向けアウトリーチプログラムを作成・試験する。

(2). CO2貯留に関する問題のうち、特に、CO2圧入による誘発地震と、地震がCCSに与える影響についての「知識ギャップ」に対処する。

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Flow assurance & control philosophy:  Rotterdam Opslag en Afvang Demonstratieproject. Special report for the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
Flow assurance & control philosophy: Rotterdam Opslag en Afvang Demonstratieproject. Special report for the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute

31st July 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage, CO2 transport, Health safety and environment

One of the key challenges for a large scale CCS demonstration project, like the ROAD project in the Netherlands, is to safely and efficiently operate the CO2 stream of an integrated CCS chain. For ROAD this means: capturing the CO2 from the flue gases of a coal-fired power plant, compressing and transporting the CO2 through a 25 km pipeline to an offshore platform and injecting the CO2 into a depleted gas reservoir 3.5 km below the sea bed.

This special report on the ‘Flow Assurance and Control Philosophy’ of the ROAD project provides an insight into the proposed control and operating systems for the CO2 stream of the integrated CCS chain in steady state, shutdown and start-up conditions.

Although it has not been practiced before, the Flow Assurance Study (FAS) conducted by ROAD has clearly shown that filling a reservoir of (very) low pressure to an end pressure of 300 bar is in practice possible, but one has to study the behaviour of CO2 in all its thermo-dynamic aspects with the parameters of the physical configuration of the transport system.

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European CCS Demonstration Project Network: Opinion on the EU Commission CCS communication
European CCS Demonstration Project Network: Opinion on the EU Commission CCS communication

26th July 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS)

On 27 March 2013, the European Commission launched a Consultative Communication on "The future of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Europe" [COM(2013) 180], with the aim of initiating a debate on the options available to ensure that it is swiftly deployed.  The European Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Demonstration Project Network provided a response to this Communication, commending the European Commission for its recognition and support of CCS, as a key technology that will allow Europe to reach its environmental objectives, stimulate job creation, and generate a sustainable economic and industrial base. 
While more details are provided in the report itself, overall the Network felt that there are two main reasons why it is currently not possible for economic operators to develop a business case that allows them to invest in CCS, even at a demonstration scale. There is too much policy uncertainty; and current deployment and incentive mechanisms are insufficient. Nevertheless, the Communication represents both recognition of the challenges being faced, and an opportunity for the community to collectively progress the deployment of this key technology.

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The role of storage standards in the deployment of CCS: workshop report
The role of storage standards in the deployment of CCS: workshop report

26th July 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), CO2 storage

The Institute hosted a workshop on 6 June 2013 in Calgary, Alberta, bringing together stakeholders from industry, government, non-government organisations and academia to discuss the role of storage standards in the deployment of CCS. The workshop focused on the implementation of CSA Z741, the standard for the geologic storage of CO2 for Canada and the United States.

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The European CCS Demonstration Project Network: Global CCS Institute’s members’ meeting, 23 May 2013
The European CCS Demonstration Project Network: Global CCS Institute’s members’ meeting, 23 May 2013

26th July 2013

Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS)

A recent presentation by the European CCS Demonstration Project Network, providing a brief overview of its member projects, and highlights some of the main challenges facing the development of carbon capture and storage projects within Europe.

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