Imperial College London
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Prof. J. P. Martin Trusler

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Professor of Thermophysics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5592m.trusler Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Jessica Baldock +44 (0)20 7594 5699

 
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Location

 

409ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inbook{Krevor:2020:10.1039/9781788012744-00238,
author = {Krevor, S and Blunt, MJ and Trusler, JPM and De, Simone S},
booktitle = {RSC Energy and Environment Series},
doi = {10.1039/9781788012744-00238},
pages = {238--295},
title = {Chapter 8: An introduction to subsurface CO<inf>2</inf> storage},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781788012744-00238},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - CHAP
AB  - The costs of carbon capture and storage are driven by the capture of CO2 from exhaust streams or the atmosphere. However, its role in climate change mitigation is underpinned by the potential of the vast capacity for storage in subsurface geologic formations. This storage potential is confined to sedimentary rocks, which have substantial porosity and high permeability in comparison to crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks. These in turn occur in the sedimentary basins of the Earth's continents and near shore. However, the specific capacity for storage is not correlated simply to the existence of a basin. Consideration must also be made of reservoir permeability, caprock integrity, injectivity, fluid dynamics, and geomechanical properties of pressurisation and faulting. These are the topics addressed in this chapter. These processes and properties will combine in complex ways in a wide range of settings to govern the practicality of storing large volumes of CO2. There is clear potential for storage at the scale required to mitigate the worst impacts of global climate change, estimated to be in the order of 10 Gt CO2 per year by 2050. However, until at least dozens of commercial projects have been built in a range of geologic environments, the upper reaches of what can be achieved, and how quickly, will remain uncertain.
AU  - Krevor,S
AU  - Blunt,MJ
AU  - Trusler,JPM
AU  - De,Simone S
DO  - 10.1039/9781788012744-00238
EP  - 295
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 9781788014700
SP  - 238
TI  - Chapter 8: An introduction to subsurface CO<inf>2</inf> storage
T1  - RSC Energy and Environment Series
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781788012744-00238
ER  -
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