A technology readiness assessment for CCS site monitoring systems

16 Pages Posted: 29 Nov 2022

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Vincent Vandeweijer

TNO - Applied Geosciences

Thibault Candela

TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

Martha Lien

OCTIO

Uta Koedel

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (Leipzig)

Thomas Fechner

Geotomographie GmbH

Tiziana Bond

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Wen Zhou

University of Bristol

Antony Butcher

University of Bristol

John Michael Kendall

University of Oxford

Anna Stork

Silixa Ltd

Rob Mellors

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Date Written: November 25, 2022

Abstract

Key components of any Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project are measurement, monitoring and verification (MMV). Each CCS project must demonstrate that the project is being executed safely and according to plan. DigiMon is an Accelerating CCS Technologies (ACT) project, which aims to develop an affordable, flexible, societally embedded MMV system for industrial-scale subsurface CO2 storage, the DigiMon system. Within the DigiMon project, a Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) was conducted. A TRA is a systematic process required for efficient and successful technology integration in a system under development. Performing a TRA can reduce uncertainties, provide a better understanding of project cost, schedule risk, and improve technology investment decision-making.
This paper presents a TRA of relevant Critical Technology Elements (CTEs) for developing a low-cost, early-warning CCS site monitoring system. The TRA covers technologies which are expected to provide information during the project lifecycle, from baseline site characterisation to long-term containment. Numerous CTEs were identified and selected according to their suitability to be rolled out at large-scale, offshore CO2 storage site operations. Preference was given to high TRL technologies that can be readily applied and technologies that appear highly relevant for application in the near future, such as distributed sensing technologies.

Keywords: CCS; MMV; Monitoring; TRA; TRL; CTE; CO2-injection; DigiMon

Suggested Citation

Vandeweijer, Vincent and Candela, Thibault and Lien, Martha and Koedel, Uta and Fechner, Thomas and Bond, Tiziana and Zhou, Wen and Butcher, Antony and Kendall, John Michael and Stork, Anna and Mellors, Robert, A technology readiness assessment for CCS site monitoring systems (November 25, 2022). Proceedings of the 16th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-16) 23-24 Oct 2022, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4286443 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4286443

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Thibault Candela

TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research ( email )

Martha Lien

OCTIO ( email )

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Uta Koedel

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (Leipzig) ( email )

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Leipzig, 04318
Germany

Thomas Fechner

Geotomographie GmbH

Tiziana Bond

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ( email )

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Wen Zhou

University of Bristol

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Antony Butcher

University of Bristol ( email )

University of Bristol,
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John Michael Kendall

University of Oxford ( email )

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Anna Stork

Silixa Ltd ( email )

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United Kingdom

Robert Mellors

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ( email )

P.O. Box 808
Livermore, CA 94551
United States

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