Overview

Speaker: Sandeep Verma. Sandeep joined Schlumberger Doll Research in 2005 and is currently employed as Principal Research Scientist.

It is generally well accepted that increase in emission of anthropogenic carbon dioxide is a leading cause of global warming. Generation of electrical power is responsible for a roughly 40% of these emissions. In order to significantly reduce emission of anthropogenic carbon dioxide, a first order solution is to capture it from stationary power plants and inject it into geologic formations several thousand feet under the earth's surface, a process termed sequestration.
Sequestration of carbon dioxide is still in its infancy stage and a substantial ramp up is needed for this technique to have an impact on atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. There are, however, several economic, legal and social hurdles to be overcome before this can become a reality.
In this talk, we will provide an introduction to sequestration, present an overview of the regional partnerships funded by DOE, summarize a few projects that currently inject carbon dioxide in significant quantities and close with some of the challenges to large scale implementation.

 

Key Questions

 

Handouts

SVerma_state_of_technology_in_sequestration.pdf

Preparatory Readings

 

Carbon Capture and Sequestration - The Current State of Technology

06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Leader: Mahesh Konduru
Location: E51-335