Carbon Capture & Storage
Carbon capture and storage from source to seal: CO2 captured versus avoided, amine post-combustion capture, pre-combustion, oxy-fuel and direct air capture, CO2 phase behaviour and impurities, dense-phase pipelines and compression, storage site selection and characterization, trapping mechanisms, storage capacity and injectivity, plume and pressure modelling and the area of review, measurement, monitoring and verification, Alberta's pore space, closure and liability framework with the federal CCUS investment tax credit and TIER credits, and a development plan for a storage hub in the Basal Cambrian Sands of Alberta's Industrial Heartland.
PET-460 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons · 3 h 59 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Petroleum Engineering
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Explain the role of CCS in reducing emissions and removing carbon, and calculate CO₂ captured, avoided and the cost per tonne avoided.
- Describe post-combustion amine capture and estimate solvent circulation, reboiler duty and absorber size.
- Compare pre-combustion, oxy-fuel and direct air capture, and calculate minimum separation work and partial pressures.
- Determine CO₂ phase, density and properties with equations of state, and assess the effect of impurities on phase behaviour and pipeline specifications.
- Size CO₂ compression and dense-phase pipelines, set minimum operating pressures and pump station spacing, and explain fracture control and release hazards.
- Screen and rank storage sites, and plan a characterization program including seal capacity and legacy well assessment.
- Explain structural, residual, solubility and mineral trapping and quantify residual trapping and dissolution.
- Estimate storage capacity with efficiency-factor and pressure-limited methods, and calculate injectivity and the number of wells.
- Estimate plume extent and pressure buildup with analytical models, delineate an area of review and propose pressure management.
- Design a risk-based measurement, monitoring and verification program and evaluate the detectability of leakage.
- Apply the regulations, liability provisions and credits that govern storage in Canada and Alberta, and value policy support per tonne.
- Assemble a storage hub development plan with economics, sensitivities, risks and a staged recommendation.
Course content
12 lessons · 3 h 59 min total · final exam
- 1 CCS and the carbon budget 23 min · quiz
- 2 Post-combustion capture with amines 21 min · quiz
- 3 Pre-combustion, oxy-fuel and direct air capture 19 min · quiz
- 4 CO2 properties and phase behaviour 21 min · quiz
- 5 CO2 pipelines and transport 20 min · quiz
- 6 Storage site selection and characterization 18 min · quiz
- 7 Trapping mechanisms 20 min · quiz
- 8 Storage capacity and injectivity 20 min · quiz
- 9 Plume modelling and pressure management 19 min · quiz
- 10 Measurement, monitoring and verification 20 min · quiz
- 11 Regulation, liability and credits in Canada 19 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: a storage hub project 19 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Carbon capture and storage from source to seal: CO2 captured versus avoided, amine post-combustion capture, pre-combustion, oxy-fuel and direct air capture, CO2 phase behaviour and impurities, dense-phase pipelines and compression, storage site selection and characterization, trapping mechanisms, storage capacity and injectivity, plume and pressure modelling and the area of review, measurement, monitoring and verification, Alberta's pore space, closure and liability framework with the federal CCUS investment tax credit and TIER credits, and a development plan for a storage hub in the Basal Cambrian Sands of Alberta's Industrial Heartland.
Part of the Engineering stream, typically taken in year 4.