Practical and Economic Aspects of the Ex-Situ Process: Implications for CO2 Sequestration

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• 作者：Sohrab Zendehboudi ; Alireza Bahadori ; Ali Lohi ; Ali Elkamel ; Ioannis Chatzis
• 刊名：Energy & Fuels
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：January 17, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：27
• 期：1
• 页码：401-413
• 全文大小：639K
• 年卷期：v.27,no.1(January 17, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5029

文摘

The risk of CO₂ leakage and the very slow rate of CO₂ dissolution in brine present major technical challenges for secure implementation of CO₂ sequestration at large scale in saline aquifers. To tackle these issues, a new technology based on Ex-Situ Dissolution Approach (ESDA) was developed recently aiming at dissolving CO₂ in brine phase prior to injection into the aquifer to eliminate or minimize the risk of leakage and accelerate CO₂ dissolution rate in brine. The ESDA is based on the mass transfer from CO₂ droplets into brine in cocurrent pipeline flow. This paper presents mass transfer modeling associated with the ESDA process concerning the evolution of the droplet size and the pressure change along the pipeline. In addition, a technical and economic feasibility of the ESDA in comparison with the standard carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies is presented. Various aspects such as CO₂ displacement, geochemical reactions, CO₂ leakage, pressure build-up, well spacing, and dissolution efficiency for the ESDA are also discussed. This study enables the evaluation of the ESDA process for CO₂ sequestration through a systematic way.