Global warming and climate change concerns have triggered global efforts to reduce the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is considered a crucial strategy for meeting CO2 emission reduction targets. In this paper, various aspects of CCS are reviewed and discussed including the state of the art technologies for CO2 capture, separation, transport, storage, leakage, monitoring, and life cycle analysis. The selection of specific CO2 capture technology heavily depends on the type of CO2 generating plant and fuel used. Among those CO2 separation processes, absorption is the most mature and commonly adopted due to its higher efficiency and lower cost. Pipeline is considered to be the most viable solution for large volume of CO2 transport. Among those geological formations for CO2 storage, enhanced oil recovery is mature and has been practiced for many years but its economical viability for anthropogenic sources needs to be demonstrated. There are growing interests in CO2 storage in saline aquifers due to their enormous potential storage capacity and several projects are in the pipeline for demonstration of its viability. There are multiple hurdles to CCS deployment including the absence of a clear business case for CCS investment and the absence of robust economic incentives to support the additional high capital and operating costs of the whole CCS process.

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An overview of current status of carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies

The flow of homogeneous fluids through porous media: analogies with other physical problems

Coalbed methane: A review

Coal mine methane: A review of capture and utilization practices with benefits to mining safety and to greenhouse gas reduction

CO2 storage in geological media: Role, means, status and barriers to deployment

In Alberta, oil sands bitumen is utilized for synthetic crude oil (SCO) production by surface mining, bitumen extraction followed by primary (coking) and secondary (catalytic hydrotreating) upgrading processes. SCO is further refined in specially designed or slightly modified conventional refineries into transportation fuels. Oil sands tailings, composed of water, sands, silt, clay and residual bitumen, is produced as a byproduct of the bitumen extraction process. The tailings have poor consolidation and water release characteristics. For twenty years, significant research has been performed to improve the consolidation and water release characteristics of the tailings. Several processes were developed for the management of oil sands tailings, resulting in different recovered water characteristics, consolidation rates and consolidated solid characteristics. These processes may affect the performance of the overall plant operations. Apex Engineering Inc. (AEI) has been developing a process for the...

Management of oil sands tailings

Engineering judgment and reliance on factors of safety have been the conventional tools for dealing with soil heterogeneity in geotechnical practice. This paper presents a review of recent advances...

An overview of soil heterogeneity: quantification and implications on geotechnical field problems

IEA GHG Weyburn CO2 monitoring and storage project

Permeability and porosity models considering anisotropy and discontinuity of coalbeds and application in coupled simulation

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Rick Chalaturnyk

Papers

Management of oil sands tailings

An overview of soil heterogeneity: quantification and implications on geotechnical field problems

IEA GHG Weyburn CO2 monitoring and storage project

Permeability and porosity models considering anisotropy and discontinuity of coalbeds and application in coupled simulation

Damage quantification of intact rocks using acoustic emission energies recorded during uniaxial compression test and discrete element modeling