Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Game Changers: A Compendium of Technologies and Enablers

This compendium showcases new and innovative low carbon technologies that have potential to be deployed in Asia and the Pacific. It features 10 technologies for capturing, utilizing, or storing carbon dioxide. The key aspects of these technologies are discussed together with their advantages and status of development and commercialization. The compendium aims to contribute to low carbon development in the region by promoting further research, innovation, and investment in emerging technologies.

Deploying Low Carbon Public Procurement to Accelerate Carbon Removal

Frontiers in Climate ◽

10.3389/fclim.2021.686787 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

Author(s):

Eric Dunford ◽

Robert Niven ◽

Christopher Neidl

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Large Scale ◽

Carbon Materials ◽

Public Procurement ◽

Emerging Technology ◽

Regulatory Environment ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Procurement Strategies ◽

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be required to keep global temperature rise below 2°C based on IPCC models. Greater adoption of carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies will drive demand for CDR. Public procurement of low carbon materials is a powerful and under-utilized tool for accelerating the development and of CCUS through a targeted and well-regulated approach. The policy environment is nascent and presents significant barriers for scaling and guiding emerging technology solutions. The concrete sector has unique attributes that make it ideally suited for large-scale low-carbon public procurement strategies. This sector offers immediate opportunities to study the efficacy of a supportive policy and regulatory environment in driving the growth of CCUS solutions.

Hype among low-carbon technologies: Carbon capture and storage in comparison

Global Environmental Change ◽

10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.09.001 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

pp. 124-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Alfonso Martínez Arranz

Keyword(s):

Carbon Capture ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Low Carbon Technologies ◽

Coupled Climate–Economy–Biosphere (CoCEB) model – Part 2: Deforestation control and investment in carbon capture and storage technologies

Earth System Dynamics Discussions ◽

10.5194/esdd-6-865-2015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 865-906

Author(s):

K. B. Z. Ogutu ◽

F. D'Andrea ◽

M. Ghil ◽

C. Nyandwi ◽

M. M. Manene ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emission ◽

Carbon Dioxide Concentration ◽

Gdp Growth ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Ccs Technologies ◽

Abstract. This study uses the global climate–economy–biosphere (CoCEB) model developed in Part 1 to investigate economic aspects of deforestation control and carbon sequestration in forests, as well as the efficiency of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies as policy measures for climate change mitigation. We assume – as in Part 1 – that replacement of one technology with another occurs in terms of a logistic law, so that the same law also governs the dynamics of reduction in carbon dioxide emission using CCS technologies. In order to take into account the effect of deforestation control, a slightly more complex description of the carbon cycle than in Part 1 is needed. Consequently, we add a biomass equation into the CoCEB model and analyze the ensuing feedbacks and their effects on per capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth. Integrating biomass into the CoCEB and applying deforestation control as well as CCS technologies has the following results: (i) low investment in CCS contributes to reducing industrial carbon emissions and to increasing GDP, but further investment leads to a smaller reduction in emissions, as well as in the incremental GDP growth; and (ii) enhanced deforestation control contributes to a reduction in both deforestation emissions and in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, thus reducing the impacts of climate change and contributing to a slight appreciation of GDP growth. This effect is however very small compared to that of low-carbon technologies or CCS. We also find that the result in (i) is very sensitive to the formulation of CCS costs, while to the contrary, the results for deforestation control are less sensitive.

A Laboratory Investigation of the Effect of Ethanol-Treated Carbon Dioxide Injection on Oil Recovery and Carbon Dioxide Storage

SPE Journal ◽

10.2118/205503-pa ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Saira ◽

Emmanuel Ajoma ◽

Furqan Le-Hussain

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Oil Recovery ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Molar Fraction ◽

Co2 Injection ◽

Carbon Dioxide Injection ◽

Treated Carbon ◽

Carbon Dioxide Co2 ◽

And Storage ◽

Experimental Runs

Summary Carbon dioxide (CO2) enhanced oil recovery is the most economical technique for carbon capture, usage, and storage. In depleted reservoirs, full or near-miscibility of injected CO2 with oil is difficult to achieve, and immiscible CO2 injection leaves a large volume of oil behind and limits available pore volume (PV) for storing CO2. In this paper, we present an experimental study to delineate the effect of ethanol-treated CO2 injection on oil recovery, net CO2 stored, and amount of ethanol left in the reservoir. We inject CO2 and ethanol-treated CO2 into Bentheimer Sandstone cores representing reservoirs. The oil phase consists of a mixture of 0.65 hexane and 0.35 decane (C6-C10 mixture) by molar fraction in one set of experimental runs, and pure decane (C10) in the other set of experimental runs. All experimental runs are conducted at constant temperature 70°C and various pressures to exhibit immiscibility (9.0 MPa for the C6-C10 mixture and 9.6 MPa for pure C10) or near-miscibility (11.7 MPa for the C6-C10 mixture and 12.1 MPa for pure C10). Pressure differences across the core, oil recovery, and compositions and rates of the produced fluids are recorded during the experimental runs. Ultimate oil recovery under immiscibility is found to be 9 to 15% greater using ethanol-treated CO2 injection than that using pure CO2 injection. Net CO2 stored for pure C10 under immiscibility is found to be 0.134 PV greater during ethanol-treated CO2 injection than during pure CO2 injection. For the C6-C10 mixture under immiscibility, both ethanol-treated CO2 injection and CO2 injection yield the same net CO2 stored. However, for the C6-C10 mixture under near-miscibility,ethanol-treated CO2 injection is found to yield 0.161 PV less net CO2 stored than does pure CO2 injection. These results suggest potential improvement in oil recovery and net CO2 stored using ethanol-treated CO2 injection instead of pure CO2 injection. If economically viable, ethanol-treated CO2 injection could be used as a carbon capture, usage, and storage method in low-pressure reservoirs, for which pure CO2 injection would be infeasible.

Study on Dispersion of Carbon Dioxide over the Shrubbery Region

Frontiers in Energy Research ◽

10.3389/fenrg.2021.695224 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Wang Huiru ◽

You Zhanping ◽

Mo Fan ◽

Liu Bin ◽

Han Peng

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Dispersion Pattern ◽

Buried Pipeline ◽

Dynamic Impact ◽

Coverage Area ◽

Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽

And Storage ◽

Terrain Features

In the carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure, the risk of a high-pressure buried pipeline rupture possibly leads to catastrophic accidents due to the release of tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of the effects of CO2 dispersion pattern after release from CCS facilities is essential to allow the appropriate safety precautions to be taken. Due to variations in topography above the pipeline, the pattern of CO2 dispersion tends to be affected by the real terrain features, such as trees and hills. However, in most previous studies, the dynamic impact of trees on the wind field was often approximated to linear treatment or even ignored. In this article, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was proposed to predict CO2 dispersion over shrubbery areas. The shrubs were regarded as a kind of porous media, and the model was validated against the results from experiment. It was found that shrubbery affected the flow field near the ground, enhancing the lateral dispersion of CO2. Compared with that of the shrub-free terrain, the coverage area of the three shrub terrains at 60 s increased by 8.1 times, 6.7 times, and 9.1 times, respectively. The influence of shrub height and porosity on CO2 dispersion is nonlinear. This research provides reliable data for the risk assessment of CCS.

Densities of the carbon dioxide+hydrogen, a system of relevance to carbon capture and storage

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control ◽

10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.12.002 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 ◽

pp. 78-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Yolanda Sanchez-Vicente ◽

Trevor C. Drage ◽

Martyn Poliakoff ◽

Jie Ke ◽

Michael W. George

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Field-Based Stable Isotope Analysis of Carbon Dioxide by Mid-Infrared Laser Spectroscopy for Carbon Capture and Storage Monitoring

Analytical Chemistry ◽

10.1021/ac5031732 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 86 (24) ◽

pp. 12191-12198 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Robert van Geldern ◽

Martin E. Nowak ◽

Martin Zimmer ◽

Alexandra Szizybalski ◽

Anssi Myrttinen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Stable Isotope ◽

Laser Spectroscopy ◽

Stable Isotope Analysis ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Isotope Analysis ◽

Mid Infrared ◽

Infrared Laser Spectroscopy ◽

DEPENDENCE OF THE COST OF ELECTRICITY ON THE VOLUME OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Bulletin of the Angarsk State Technical University ◽

10.36629/2686-777x-2021-1-15-71-75 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 1 (15) ◽

pp. 71-75

Author(s):

Dmitriy Kononov

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Energy Security ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Power Plants ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Electricity Prices ◽

Low Carbon Development ◽

The Cost

The strategy of low-carbon development of the economy and energy of Russia provides for the introduction of a fee (tax) for carbon dioxide emissions by power plants. This will seriously affect their prospective structure and lead to an increase in electricity prices. The expected neg-ative consequences for national and energy security are great. But serious and multilateral research is needed to properly assess these strategic threats

Harnessing Escherichia coli for bio-based production of formate under pressurized H 2 and CO 2 gases.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology ◽

10.1128/aem.00299-21 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Magali Roger ◽

Thomas C. P. Reed ◽

Frank Sargent

Keyword(s):

Escherichia Coli ◽

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Formic Acid ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Continuous Production ◽

Physiological Role ◽

Anaerobic Growth ◽

Formate Hydrogenlyase ◽

Escherichia coli is gram-negative bacterium that is a workhorse for biotechnology. The organism naturally performs a mixed-acid fermentation under anaerobic conditions where it synthesises formate hydrogenlyase (FHL-1). The physiological role of the enzyme is the disproportionation of formate in to H 2 and CO 2 . However, the enzyme has been observed to catalyse hydrogenation of CO 2 given the correct conditions, and so has possibilities in bio-based carbon capture and storage if it can be harnessed as a hydrogen-dependent CO 2 -reductase (HDCR). In this study, an E. coli host strain was engineered for the continuous production of formic acid from H 2 and CO 2 during bacterial growth in a pressurised batch bioreactor. Incorporation of tungsten, in place of molybdenum, in FHL-1 helped to impose a degree of catalytic bias on the enzyme. This work demonstrates that it is possible to couple cell growth to simultaneous, unidirectional formate production from carbon dioxide and develops a process for growth under pressurised gases. IMPORTANCE Greenhouse gas emissions, including waste carbon dioxide, are contributing to global climate change. A basket of solutions is needed to steadily reduce emissions, and one approach is bio-based carbon capture and storage. Here we present out latest work on harnessing a novel biological solution for carbon capture. The Escherichia coli formate hydrogenlyase (FHL-1) was engineered to be constitutively expressed. Anaerobic growth under pressurised H 2 and CO 2 gases was established and aqueous formic acid was produced as a result. Incorporation of tungsten in to the enzyme in place of molybdenum proved useful in poising FHL-1 as a hydrogen-dependent CO 2 reductase (HDCR).

Life Cycle Assessment of Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage with Low-Carbon Energy Sources

10.26434/chemrxiv.14346182 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tom Terlouw ◽

Karin Treyer ◽

christian bauer ◽

Marco Mazzotti

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Large Scale ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Solid Sorbent ◽

Low Carbon Energy ◽

And Storage ◽

Limited Scope

Prospective energy scenarios usually rely on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technologies to achieve the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. CDR technologies aim at removing CO2 from the atmosphere in a permanent way. However, the implementation of CDR technologies typically comes along with unintended environmental side-effects such as land transformation or water consumption. These need to be quantified before large-scale implementation of any CDR option by means of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) is considered to be among the CDR technologies closest to large-scale implementation, since first pilot and demonstration units have been installed and interactions with the environment are less complex than for biomass related CDR options. However, only very few LCA studies - with limited scope - have been conducted so far to determine the overall life-cycle environmental performance of DACCS. We provide a comprehensive LCA of different low temperature DACCS configurations - pertaining to solid sorbent-based technology - including a global and prospective analysis.