Transcript National Carbon Sequestration Program: From Paper to The

NATIONAL CARBON
SEQUESTRATION PROGRAM:
FROM PAPER TO THE
INTERNET TO 3D
Frank LaFone, West Virginia University
Maneesh Sharma, West Virginia University
Tim Carr, West Virginia University
WHAT IS GEOLOGIC CCS?
Geologic storage is
defined as the placement
of CO2 into a subsurface
formation such that it will
remain permanently
stored.
Formations of concern
1. Oil/Gas
2. Coal
3. Saline
WHY STUDY GEOLOGIC CCS?
• New power plants are being built worldwide
all the time
• Power demand is increasing, not
decreasing
• Power plants are major sources of CO2
pollution, particularly from coal sources
• Estimates suggest 40% of CO2 emissions
in the US comes from power plants
• Geologic CCS provides an alternative to:
• Planting 62 million trees and waiting 10
years
• Shutting off power for over 300,000
homes
• It’s easier to monitor a few hundred
stationary source points instead of millions of
ever mobile consumption points
NATIONAL CARBON
SEQUESTRATION PROGRAM
“NATCARB organizes and enhances the critical information about CO2 stationary
sources and develops the technology needed to access, query and model,
analyze, display, and distribute CO2 storage resource data. Data are generated,
maintained, and enhanced locally at each RCSP, or at specialized data
warehouses and public”
METHODOLOGY
Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSPs) were charged
with providing a high-level, quantitative estimate of carbon
dioxide (CO2) storage resource available in subsurface
environments of their regions as well as estimating CO2 emitting
METHODOLOGY
• Estimates were done of 5 major geologic formations
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Oil & Gas reserves
Unmineable coal areas
Saline
Shale
Basalt
• Volumetric estimations for subsurface volumes based upon geologic
properties and storage efficiency
• Generated using Monte Carlo simulations
• Designed to create a high level, regional/national scale estimation
• End up with 10K grid scales
WHERE CAN CO2 BE STORED
GEOLOGICALLY IN NORTH AMERICA?
STORAGE BY FORMATION
SOURCES
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Agricultural Processing
Cement Plant
Ethanol Plant
Fertilizer
Industrial
Mining
Petroleum & Natural Gas
Refineries/Chemical
Electricity Generation
Unclassified
VISUALIZATION GOALS
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Provide a high level look at geologic carbon sequestration
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Provide a method to explore carbon sequestration potential
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Provide a method to explore stationary source CO2 emissions
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Provide a method for the general public to explore this data
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Provide a method for interested, non-experts to explore this data
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Provide a scientific tool for experts
FIRST CHALLENGE - MIXED USER
EXPERTISE
SECOND CHALLENGED – MIXED
SCALES
THIRD CHALLENGE – MIXED
PLATFORMS
ATLAS IV APPROACH - PAPER
ATLAS
ATLAS IV APPROACH - ONLINE
INTERACTIVE MAP
ATLAS IV APPROACH – DATA
DOWNLOAD
DISCOVERIES AND ISSUES
• Paper Atlas serves the paper format well
• Interactive Map attempt to serve both the novice and the expert
• Neither served to the best of their ability
• “Experts” are not experts in everything – same with novices
• Experts knew the data and the science, struggled with the interfaces
• Novices addressed the interface easily, yet didn’t have the scientific
background
• Cross platform development is hard
• Feature creep – expert tools started to show up in novice areas
APPROACHES FOR ATLAS V
Understand different
audiences require
different approaches
NEW INTERACTIVE ATLAS
http://natcarbviewer.org/beta/
NEW SCIENTIFIC TOOLS FOR
EXPERT NEEDS
NEW SCIENTIFIC TOOLS FOR
EXPERT NEEDS
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?