Overcoming business model uncertainty in a carbon dioxide capture and sequestration project: Case study at the Boise White Paper Mill

McGrail, B.P.; Freeman, Charles J.; Brown, C. F.; Sullivan, E. Charlotte; White, Signe K.; Reddy, Satish; Garber, R. D.; Tobin, D.; Gilmartin, John P.; Steffensen, E.J.

doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.03.009

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“…A second possible scenario for removal of CO 2 from the injection reservoirs is through CO 2 leakage into overlying basalt layers. The latter scenario is unlikely, as pre-CO 2 injection hydrologic tests, post-CO 2 injection monitoring, , and final 2015 post-injection characterization testing ,, did not detect evidence of CO 2 escaping from the injection reservoirs into overlying basalt layers. Although field and lab data support the reduction of free-phase CO 2 mass due to mineralization, simulations that represented the possibility of mass lost from the reservoir through leakage were conducted to determine if this process could produce the same match to the observed pressure responses.…”

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Quantification of CO₂ Mineralization at the Wallula Basalt Pilot Project

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In 2013, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory led a geologic carbon sequestration field demonstration where ∼1000 tonnes of CO 2 was injected into several deep Columbia River Basalt zones near Wallula, Washington. Rock core samples extracted from the injection zone two years after CO 2 injection revealed nascent carbonate mineralization that was qualitatively consistent with expectations from laboratory experiments and reactive transport modeling. Here, we report on a new detailed analysis of the 2012 pre-injection and 2015 post-injection hydrologic tests that capitalizes on the difference in fluid properties between scCO 2 and water to assess changes in near-field, wellbore, and reservoir conditions that are apparent approximately two years following the end of injection. This comparative hydrologic test analysis method provides a new way to quantify the amount of injected CO 2 that was mineralized in the field test. Modeling results indicate that approximately 60% of the injected CO 2 was sequestered via mineralization within two years, with the resulting carbonates occupying ∼4% of the available reservoir pore space. The method presented here provides a new monitoring tool to assess the fate of CO 2 injected into chemically reactive basalt formations but could also be adapted for long-term monitoring and verification within more traditional subsurface carbon storage reservoirs.

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“…The Wallula Basalt Pilot demonstration was initiated in 2009 at a Boise Paper Mill in Eastern Washington . A geophysical log representation and conceptualization of the injection zone and relevant nearby basalt stratigraphy is shown in Figure (top).…”

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Quantification of CO₂ Mineralization at the Wallula Basalt Pilot Project

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Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…In a follow-up study (Hektor and Berntsson, 2009), the same authors then compared different heat supply options and compared the avoidance cost for post-combustion between a market pulp mill and an integrated pulp and paper mill. McGrail et al (2012) instead considered carbon capture for a new biomass power island, which was designed for sufficient capacity to cover the mill's steam demand and run the capture process, but also with the flexibility to suspend the capture during unfavorable market conditions and then use excess heat for increased power generation. While it is clear that mills with a steam surplus available to drive the capture process have an advantage in terms of capture costs, such a steam surplus has many alternative uses, which compete with carbon capture.…”

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Potential for Negative Emissions by Carbon Capture and Storage From a Novel Electric Plasma Calcination Process for Pulp and Paper Mills

2021

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The pulp and paper industry has a high potential to contribute to negative emissions through carbon capture and storage (CCS) applied to existing processes. However, there is a need to investigate how CCS solutions also can be combined with implementation of other emerging technologies in pulp and paper mills. This paper investigates the integration of a novel calcination process in two kraft mills and evaluates its potential combination with capture and storage of CO2 from the calcination plant. The alternative calcination process uses electric gas-plasma technology combined with steam slaking and allows replacing the conventional fuel-driven lime kilns with a process driven by electricity. The novel calcination process generates a pure, biogenic, CO2 stream, which provides an opportunity to achieve negative emissions at relatively lower costs. The potential reduction of greenhouse gas emissions when replacing the lime kiln with the plasma calcination concept depends strongly on the emissions intensity of grid electricity, and on whether fossil fuel or biomass was used as a fuel in the lime kiln. If fossil fuel is replaced and electricity is associated with very low emissions, avoided CO2 emissions reach ~50 kt/a for the smaller mill investigated in the paper (ca 400 kt pulp per year) and almost 100 kt/a for the larger mill (ca 700 kt pulp per year). Further emission reductions could then be achieved through CCS from the electrified calcination process, with capture potentials for the two mills of 95 and 164 kt/a, respectively, and capture and storage costs estimated to 36–60 EUR/tCO2.

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“…This limitation is due to both the slow reactivity of silicate minerals in sedimentary rocks and the lack of the calcium, magnesium, and iron required to make carbonate minerals. An alternative, designed to overcome these limitations, is the injection of CO 2 into reactive basaltic rocks, rich in these elements, as is currently being explored in southwest Iceland in the CarbFix project [16][17] and the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership (BSCP) in the northwest United States near Wallula, Washington [18][19].…”

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Rapid solubility and mineral storage of CO2 in basalt

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The long-term security of geologic carbon storage is critical to its success and public acceptance. Much of the security risk associated with geological carbon storage stems from its buoyancy. Gaseous and supercritical CO 2 are less dense than formation waters, providing a driving force for it to escape back to the surface. This buoyancy can be eliminated by the dissolution of CO 2 into water prior to, or during its injection into the subsurface. The dissolution makes it possible to inject into fractured rocks and further enhance mineral storage of CO 2 especially if injected into silicate rocks rich in divalent metal cations such as basalts and ultra-mafic rocks. We have demonstrated the dissolution of CO 2 into water during its injection into basalt leading to its geologic solubility storage in less than five minutes and potential geologic mineral storage within few years after injection [1][2][3]. The storage potential of CO 2 within basaltic rocks is enormous. All the carbon released from burning of all fossil fuel on Earth, 5000 GtC, can theoretically be stored in basaltic rocks [4].

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Overcoming business model uncertainty in a carbon dioxide capture and sequestration project: Case study at the Boise White Paper Mill

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Quantification of CO₂ Mineralization at the Wallula Basalt Pilot Project

Quantification of CO₂ Mineralization at the Wallula Basalt Pilot Project

Potential for Negative Emissions by Carbon Capture and Storage From a Novel Electric Plasma Calcination Process for Pulp and Paper Mills

Rapid solubility and mineral storage of CO2 in basalt

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Overcoming business model uncertainty in a carbon dioxide capture and sequestration project: Case study at the Boise White Paper Mill

Cited by 30 publications

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Quantification of CO2 Mineralization at the Wallula Basalt Pilot Project

Quantification of CO2 Mineralization at the Wallula Basalt Pilot Project

Potential for Negative Emissions by Carbon Capture and Storage From a Novel Electric Plasma Calcination Process for Pulp and Paper Mills

Rapid solubility and mineral storage of CO2 in basalt

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Quantification of CO₂ Mineralization at the Wallula Basalt Pilot Project

Quantification of CO₂ Mineralization at the Wallula Basalt Pilot Project