In recent years, Carbon Capture and Storage (Sequestration) (CCS) has been proposed as a potential method to allow the continued use of fossil-fuelled power stations whilst preventing emissions of CO2 from reaching the atmosphere. Gas, coal (and biomass)-fired power stations can respond to changes in demand more readily than many other sources of electricity production, hence the importance of retaining them as an option in the energy mix. Here, we review the leading CO2 capture technologies, available in the short and long term, and their technological maturity, before discussing CO2 transport and storage. Current pilot plants and demonstrations are highlighted, as is the importance of optimising the CCS system as a whole. Other topics briefly discussed include the viability of both the capture of CO2 from the air and CO2 reutilisation as climate change mitigation strategies. Finally, we discuss the economic and legal aspects of CCS.

Carbon capture and storage update

Platinum-based nanostructured materials: synthesis, properties, and applications.

Grain refinement is known to lead to improvements in strength and wear resistance. Inherent processing involved in grain refinement alter both the bulk and the surface of a material, leading to changes in grain boundary density, orientation, and residual stress. Ultimately, these surface changes can have an impact on electrochemical behavior and, consequently, corrosion susceptibility as evidenced by the large number of studies on the effect of grain size on corrosion, which span a range of materials and test environments. However, there has been limited work on developing a fundamental understanding of how grain refinement and more generally how grain size affects the corrosion resistance of an alloy. Existing literature is often contradictory, even within the same alloy class, and a coherent understanding of how grain size influences corrosion response is largely lacking. A survey of previous work related to the relationship between grain size and corrosion resistance for a number of light meta...

Effect of Grain Size on Corrosion: A Review

Revealing the relationship between grain size and corrosion rate of metals

Contributing Authors: Katherine Calvin (USA), Joana Correia de Oliveira de Portugal Pereira (UK/Portugal), Oreane Edelenbosch (Netherlands/Italy), Johannes Emmerling (Italy/Germany), Sabine Fuss (Germany), Thomas Gasser (Austria/France), Nathan Gillett (Canada), Chenmin He (China), Edgar Hertwich (USA/Austria), Lena Höglund-Isaksson (Austria/Sweden), Daniel Huppmann (Austria), Gunnar Luderer (Germany), Anil Markandya (Spain/UK), David L. McCollum (USA/Austria), Malte Meinshausen (Australia/Germany), Richard Millar (UK), Alexander Popp (Germany), Pallav Purohit (Austria/India), Keywan Riahi (Austria), Aurélien Ribes (France), Harry Saunders (Canada/USA), Christina Schädel (USA/Switzerland), Chris Smith (UK), Pete Smith (UK), Evelina Trutnevyte (Switzerland/Lithuania), Yang Xiu (China), Wenji Zhou (Austria/China), Kirsten Zickfeld (Canada/Germany)

Mitigation Pathways Compatible with 1.5°C in the Context of Sustainable Development

The corrosion property of carbon steel was evaluated using an autoclave under CO(2)-saturated water phase and water-saturated CO(2) phase with impurities (O(2) and SO(2)) at 80 bar CO(2) and 50 °C to simulate the condition of CO(2) transmission pipeline in the carbon capture and storage (CCS) applications. The results showed that the corrosion rate of carbon steel in CO(2)-saturated water was very high and it increased with adding O(2) in the system due to the inhibition effect of O(2) on the formation of protective FeCO(3). It is noteworthy that corrosion took place in the water-saturated CO(2) phase under supercritical condition when no free water is present. The addition of O(2) increased the corrosion rates of carbon steel in water-saturated CO(2) phase. The addition of 0.8 bar SO(2) (1%) in the gas phase dramatically increased the corrosion rate of carbon steel from 0.38 to 5.6 mm/y. This then increased to more than 7 mm/y with addition of both O(2) and SO(2). SO(2) can promote the formation of iron sulfite hydrate (FeSO(3)·3H(2)O) on the steel surface which is less protective than iron carbonate (FeCO(3)), and it is further oxidized to become FeSO(4) and FeOOH when O(2) is present with SO(2) in the CO(2)-rich phase. The corrosion rates of 13Cr steel were very low compared with carbon steel in CO(2)-saturated water environments with O(2), whereas it was as high as carbon steel in a water-saturated CO(2) phase with O(2) and SO(2).

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Effect of Impurities on the Corrosion Behavior of CO2 Transmission Pipeline Steel in Supercritical CO2−Water Environments

Effect of H2S on the CO2 corrosion of carbon steel in acidic solutions

Determining the corrosive potential of CO2 transport pipeline in high pCO2-water environments

The effect of equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) pass number on the electrochemical properties of AA 1050 (UNS A91050) were investigated by electrochemical techniques (potentiodynamic polarization test, potentiostatic test, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurement) and surface analyses (OM, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS)) in 0.1 M Na2SO4 solution containing 100 ppm chloride ions. The ECAPed specimens that have a various numbers of passes from N=1–5 were selected for electrochemical experiments in this study. The results of potentiodynamic test indicated that the breakdown potential increased with increasing the ECAP pass number. EIS measurements also showed that the corrosion resistance of the AA 1050 increased with increasing the ECAP pass number at the passivation and breakdown states. The results of surface analyses (SEM, EDS) showed that silicon-containing impurities were observed on the surface of the alloy. It was found that the size of these Si-containing impurities decreased with increasing the ECAP pass number. The Si-containing impurities induced the microgalvanic reaction (i) between the Al matrix and the Si-containing mixed oxide and (ii) between the Al matrix and the Si-containing impurities. Due to its ultrafine-grained microstructure, ECAPed AA 1050 had smaller Si-containing impurities, and reduced microgalvanic currents. Thus, in the case of ECAPed AA 1050, it has increasing corrosion resistance with increasing ECAP pass number because of its small cathodic impurities.

Yoon-Seok Choi

Papers

Effect of Impurities on the Corrosion Behavior of CO2 Transmission Pipeline Steel in Supercritical CO2−Water Environments

Effect of H2S on the CO2 corrosion of carbon steel in acidic solutions

Determining the corrosive potential of CO2 transport pipeline in high pCO2-water environments

Effect of the number of ECAP pass time on the electrochemical properties of 1050 Al alloys

Corrosion behavior of steel bar embedded in fly ash concrete