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Geological storage of captured carbon dioxide as a large‐scale carbon mitigation option
Author(s) -
Celia Michael A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1002/2017wr020841
Subject(s) - carbon capture and storage (timeline) , carbon dioxide , environmental science , fossil fuel , atmosphere (unit) , carbon fibers , earth science , carbon sequestration , petroleum engineering , carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere , bio energy with carbon capture and storage , scale (ratio) , earth system science , waste management , geology , climate change , meteorology , engineering , materials science , chemistry , oceanography , geography , cartography , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material
Carbon capture and storage (CCS), involves capture of CO 2 emissions from power plants and other large stationary sources and subsequent injection of the captured CO 2 into deep geological formations. This is the only technology currently available that allows continued use of fossil fuels while simultaneously reducing emissions of CO 2 to the atmosphere. Although the subsurface injection and subsequent migration of large amounts of CO 2 involve a number of challenges, many decades of research in the earth sciences, focused on fluid movement in porous rocks, provides a strong foundation on which to analyze the system. These analyses indicate that environmental risks associated with large CO 2 injections appear to be manageable.