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A Review on Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Methodology

Version 1 : Received: 26 July 2023 / Approved: 26 July 2023 / Online: 27 July 2023 (08:21:57 CEST)

How to cite: Mwenketishi, G.T.; Rahmanian, N.; Benkreira, H. A Review on Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Methodology. Preprints 2023, 2023071808. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1808.v1 Mwenketishi, G.T.; Rahmanian, N.; Benkreira, H. A Review on Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Methodology. Preprints 2023, 2023071808. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1808.v1

Abstract

Carbon subsurface storage (CSS) has already been recognised as a critical, urgent, and essential method for reducing anthropogenic CO2 emissions and mitigating the severe effects of climate change. CSS is the last stage in the carbon capture and storage (CCS) cycle and is accomplished chiefly via oceanic and subterranean geological sequestration, as well as mineral carbonation. The injection of supercritical CO2 into geological formations causes a disruption in the subsurface's existing physical and chemical conditions; changes can occur in the pore fluid pressure, temperature state, chemical reactivity, and stress distribution of the reservoir rock. This paper aims to present a comprehensive review on the current advances in CSS, particularly CO2 storage methods and the challenges encountered during the implementation of each methods and analyses on how key uncertainties in CSS can be reduce. CSS sites are essentially unified systems; yet, given the scientific context, these systems are typically split during scientific investigations based on the physics and temporal/spatial scales involved. Separating the physics by using the system as a boundary condition is a strategy that works effectively for a wide variety of physical applications. Unfortunately, the separation technique does not accurately capture the behaviour of the larger important system in the case of water and gas flow in porous media. This is due to the complexity of geological subsurface systems, which prevents the approach from being able to effectively capture the behaviour of the larger relevant system. This consequently give rise to different CSS methods. A good CSS application method can further improve the efficiency of greenhouse gas emission and their environmental impact, promoting the process sustainability and helping to tackle some of the most important issues that human being is currently accounting, global climate change. Though this technology is already large-scale development for the last decade, some issues and uncertainties are identified. Special attention was focused on the basic findings achieved in CO2 storage operational projects to date.

Keywords

Aquifer; Carbon Subsurface storage (CSS); CO2 Sequestration; Environment; Geological storage; Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Geochemistry and Petrology

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