New Version of SimCCS Simulates Phased CCS Infrastructure Construction

The expected deep deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (#CCS) systems will require large infrastructure projects that will likely be constructed in phases. Therefore, we developed a novel version of SimCCS that plans the optimal development of CCS infrastructure over multiple phases.

A recent study published in the π½π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›π‘Žπ‘™ π‘œπ‘“ π‘…π‘’π‘›π‘’π‘€π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘†π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’ πΈπ‘›π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘”π‘¦ π‘‡π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› shows that including temporal effects enables the model to find lower cost solutions as compared to a single planning phase. Geologic CO2 storage sites have limited capacity, so a temporal model is able to include the option of filling lower cost sites first and then moving on to more expensive storage locations.

The temporal approach could be applied to a variety of future problems, such as considering operation phases with and without the 45Q tax credit.

This study was a team effort with Erick Jones Jr. of University of Texas at Arlington; Sean Yaw and Cooper Strahan of Montana State University, and Carbon Solutions employees Jeff Bennett, Jonathan Ogland-Hand, and Richard Middleton.

The study was published open-access and is accessible from the π‘…π‘’π‘›π‘’π‘€π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘†π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’ πΈπ‘›π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘”π‘¦ π‘‡π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› website here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2022.100023

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