DISPOSAL OF CARBONDIOXIDE IN MINERAL FORM [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2001.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: 961 Kilobytes pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Progress in developing methods of disposing carbon dioxide in a safe and stable manners are discussed here. We are focusing on the use of mineral sepentenites as the starting materials for CO₂ absorption. There are several advantages to our proposed method of permanent CO₂ disposal. The disposal waste products are safe and thermodynamically stable, and are common in nature. They are known to be environmentally benign and non-hazardous. The disposal does not pose any legacy problems for future generations, and does not require monitoring (unlike underground injection disposal methods). By confining waste disposal to a mining site, we minimize the environmental impact. Our solution is permanent and complete. The availability of this technology guarantees the continued use of fossil fuels as an energy source for centuries to come. The most important advantage of our proposed disposal method is its low cost as compared to other techniques. Preliminary experiments and analysis have indicated that we would be able to realize a cost of $15US/tonne of CO₂.

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E 1.99:la-ur-01-1150
la-ur-01-1150

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Published through SciTech Connect.
02/01/2001.
"la-ur-01-1150"
Conference title not supplied, Conference location not supplied, Conference dates not supplied.
D. GALLEGOS; R. VAIDYA; D. BYLER.

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W-7405-ENG-36

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