Multiphysics and multiscale modelling for safe and feasible CO2 capture and storage
Lead Research Organisation:
Brunel University London
Department Name: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Abstract
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) involves capturing carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by power stations and other industrial processes and storing it in underground geological formation. The aim of this project is to gain an enhanced understanding of the impact of dynamic behaviour of carbon capture and storage using novel adsorbents. The proposed research involves development of advanced sorbents and numerical models to simulate the process of large scale CO2 capture and safe storage under variable power load (i.e. CO2 flow rate).
Planned Impact
Power generation constitutes a multi-billion dollar sector with a strong impact on the nation's welfare and prosperity. However, electricity generation using fossil fuels can only continue if the associated CO2 emissions are effectively captured and securely stored. CO2 capture and storage (CCS) has consequently been considered to be an unavoidable technology to meet this goal. The output of the proposed research will directly impact the environment by reducing an important green house gas from the atmosphere. The proposed work will also impact energy companies by providing viable means of capturing and safely storing their CO2 emission.
Publications
Azzan H
(2023)
Unary Adsorption Equilibria of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Carbon Dioxide on Y-Type Zeolites at Temperatures from 298 to 393 K and at Pressures up to 3 MPa.
in Journal of chemical and engineering data
Bui M
(2021)
Editorial: The Role of Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies in a Net-Zero Carbon Future
in Frontiers in Energy Research
Chen C
(2023)
Effect of the Temperature on Interfacial Properties of CO2/H2 Mixtures Contacting with Brine and Hydrophilic Silica by Molecular Dynamics Simulations.
in Energy & fuels : an American Chemical Society journal
Chen C
(2023)
Molecular dynamics of interfacial crystallization of dodecane on hydroxylated silica surface impacted by H2O and CO2.
in The Journal of chemical physics
Chen C
(2024)
A comparative study on transport and interfacial physics of H2/CO2/CH4 interacting with H2O and/or silica by molecular dynamics simulation
in Physics of Fluids
Chen L
(2022)
Extended Powell-Sabin finite element scheme for linear elastic fracture mechanics
in Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Davies W
(2024)
Exergy analysis in intensification of sorption-enhanced steam methane reforming for clean hydrogen production: Comparative study and efficiency optimisation
in Carbon Capture Science & Technology
George Davies W
(2023)
The rise of the machines: A state-of-the-art technical review on process modelling and machine learning within hydrogen production with carbon capture
in Gas Science and Engineering
Gorbounov M
(2024)
Chemical activation of porous carbon extracted from biomass combustion bottom ash for CO2 adsorption
in Carbon Capture Science & Technology
Gorbounov M
(2022)
To DoE or not to DoE? A Technical Review on & Roadmap for Optimisation of Carbonaceous Adsorbents and Adsorption Processes
in South African Journal of Chemical Engineering
| Description | A number of new procedures relating to the process of CO2 capture and storage have been established and developed. |
| Exploitation Route | A number of publications have resulted from the project. These are already in the public domain and can be accessed by others. |
| Sectors | Energy |
| Title | 001-457_ChAB_CO2_0C.aifCO2 Adsorption Data Using Chemically-activated Porous Carbon |
| Description | Synthesis and application of chemically-activated porous carbon in CO2 adsorption |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://brunel.figshare.com/articles/dataset/001-457_ChAB_CO2_0C_aifCO2_Adsorption_Data_Using_Chemic... |
| Title | 001-460_ChAB_CO2_10C.aifCO2 Adsorption Data Using Chemically-activated Porous Carbon |
| Description | Synthesis and application of chemically-activated porous carbon in CO2 adsorption |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://brunel.figshare.com/articles/dataset/001-460_ChAB_CO2_10C_aifCO2_Adsorption_Data_Using_Chemi... |
| Title | 001-463_ChAB_CO2_20C.aifCO2 Adsorption Data Using Chemically-activated Porous Carbon |
| Description | Synthesis and application of chemically-activated porous carbon in CO2 adsorption |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://brunel.figshare.com/articles/dataset/001-463_ChAB_CO2_20C_aifCO2_Adsorption_Data_Using_Chemi... |
| Title | 001-466_ChAB_CO2_30C.aifCO2 Adsorption Data Using Chemically-activated Porous Carbon |
| Description | Synthesis and application of chemically-activated porous carbon in CO2 adsorption |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://brunel.figshare.com/articles/dataset/001-466_ChAB_CO2_30C_aifCO2_Adsorption_Data_Using_Chemi... |
| Title | 001-469_ChAB_CO2_40C.aifCO2 Adsorption Data Using Chemically-activated Porous Carbon |
| Description | Synthesis and application of chemically-activated porous carbon in CO2 adsorption |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://brunel.figshare.com/articles/dataset/001-469_ChAB_CO2_40C_aifCO2_Adsorption_Data_Using_Chemi... |
| Title | Isotherm Data.xlsxCO2 Adsorption Data Using Chemically-activated Porous Carbon |
| Description | Synthesis and application of chemically-activated porous carbon in CO2 adsorption |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://brunel.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Isotherm_Data_xlsxCO2_Adsorption_Data_Using_Chemically-... |
| Description | Collaboration with BP and Shell |
| Organisation | BP (British Petroleum) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | BP and Shell are two of the leading operators in the Oil & Gas industry. For them it is very important to have a tool to establish whether vortex-induced-vibrations may occur in the flexibler risers that they operate. In some instances, this may have huge eonomic implications, for example when decisions have to be made regarding the life extension of existing assets. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The industrial partners of this project provided technical input, advice and direction to the project. |
| Impact | Indirectly, the technical insight provided by the industrial collaborators have been very important in generating the outcomes (in particular, the software codes implementing new multi-scale structural modelling and new fluid-structure interaction methods) and outputs (see list of publications). It is intended to extend this collaborations in future projects. A great deal of formulations and tools developed in this project have formed the basis of a new EPSRC application on structural integrity of floating wind turbine power cables and BP is one of the industrial sponsors of this new project. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Collaboration with BP and Shell |
| Organisation | Shell Global Solutions International BV |
| Department | Shell Global Solutions UK |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | BP and Shell are two of the leading operators in the Oil & Gas industry. For them it is very important to have a tool to establish whether vortex-induced-vibrations may occur in the flexibler risers that they operate. In some instances, this may have huge eonomic implications, for example when decisions have to be made regarding the life extension of existing assets. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The industrial partners of this project provided technical input, advice and direction to the project. |
| Impact | Indirectly, the technical insight provided by the industrial collaborators have been very important in generating the outcomes (in particular, the software codes implementing new multi-scale structural modelling and new fluid-structure interaction methods) and outputs (see list of publications). It is intended to extend this collaborations in future projects. A great deal of formulations and tools developed in this project have formed the basis of a new EPSRC application on structural integrity of floating wind turbine power cables and BP is one of the industrial sponsors of this new project. |
| Start Year | 2013 |