Tagging CO2 to Enable Quantitative Inventories of Geological Carbon Storage

Lead PI: , Ah-Hyung Park , Juerg M. Matter

Unit Affiliation: Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy (LCSE)

October 2009 - June 2014
Inactive
Global ; New York ; Iceland
Project Type: Research

DESCRIPTION: Scientists will concentrate on monitoring and accounting methods to develop an inventory technology that makes it possible for the public to gain trust in the reality, safety and permanence of geologic carbon dioxide storage.

OUTCOMES: 2009-2012: Outcomes include the design of the carbon-14 (14C) filling station and micro-cartridge systems for tracer gas injection; a laboratory-scale evaluation of the injection and detection systems; the development and field testing of a 14CO2 detection system using laser-based 14C analysis with IntraCavity OptoGalvanic Spectroscopy (ICOGS); and the continual analysis of hazards and environmental concerns associated with the project.

SPONSOR:

National Energy Technology Laboratory

ORIGINATING SPONSOR:

Department of Energy

FUNDED AMOUNT:

$1,711,680

RESEARCH TEAM:

Martin Stute, Cantwell Carson

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLABORATORS:

Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Barnard College

WEBSITE:

https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1165571

KEYWORDS

monitoring carbon-14 accounting verification energy carbon capture and storage market value added

THEMES

Decarbonizing the Planet