Carbon Capture and Sequestration Analysis of Options

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Carbon Capture and SequestrationAnalysis of
Options

• West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration
  Partnership
• Kickoff Meeting
• October 1, 2003
• Howard Herzog, David Cheng
• MIT

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MITs Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Technologies Program

• Annual Forum
• Research
• Technology Assessments and Development
• Economic Modeling
• Geographic Information System (GIS) Modeling
• Environmental/Social/Political Assessments
• Outreach
• Publications
• Committees and Workshops
• Press

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• An extension to database technologies
• Tools to model, analyze and visualize spatial
  relationships
• Layer different types of information together
• Computations and analyses more efficient

Image Source ESRI
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Carbon Management GIS

• Distributed Information Management System (DIMS)
• Integrate information from diverse sources
• Data in various formats
• Data providers at disparate locations
• Inform and support policy decisions
• Bridges assessment gap between data collection
  and policy planning

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Develop Core Data

• Investigation of data relating to carbon dioxide
  capture and sequestration
• Evaluate and enhance the quality of GIS data
• Describe data gaps
• Standardize data requirements
• Integration of data

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Data Types

• Data requirements for selecting sequestration
  options include
• Technical data
• CO2 infrastructure (sources, sinks, transport)
• Topography (elevation, rivers, land type)
• Political data (demographics, sensitive areas)
• Economic data (cost algorithms)
• Regulatory data (permitting)

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Data

• Databases are still evolving
• Data not always sufficient for robust analyses
• Recognition of data issues is important for
  interpreting results

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Analysis Tools

• Development of programs to automate basic carbon
  management analysis
• Cost of transportation
• Cost of injection
• Viable source/sink pairings
• Project screening

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Our Role in WCRCSP

• Help integrate data
• Store data on consistent basis
• Easily display data in various combinations
• Perform queries and simple manipulations
• Perform analyses
• e.g., Cost estimation, source/sink matching
• Initial screening to help identify potential
  projects

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Contact Information

• Web Site - sequestration.mit.edu
• Contact
• Howard Herzog
• Laboratory for Energy and the Environment (LFEE)
• Room E40-447
• 617-253-0688
• hjherzog_at_mit.edu