Geothermal Energy and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

Shi, Guangyu

Geothermal Energy and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

dc.contributor.advisor	Gates, Ian Donald
dc.contributor.author	Shi, Guangyu
dc.contributor.committeemember	Chen, Shengnan (Nancy)
dc.contributor.committeemember	Hu, Jinguang
dc.contributor.committeemember	Innanen, Kristopher A.H.
dc.contributor.committeemember	Zhao, Gang
dc.date	2023-06
dc.date.accessioned	2023-04-27T19:30:30Z
dc.date.available	2023-04-27T19:30:30Z
dc.date.issued	2023-04-26
dc.description.abstract	Under the climate change crisis evolving from excessive greenhouse gas emissions, society is seeking ways to answer the call to produce clean energy. Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and geothermal energy are two major options to reach carbon neutrality. The research documented here examined four ways to lower emissions. In the first study, an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) in the Basal Cambrian Sandstone Unit in Alberta, Canada is explored. The second study examines the potential to combine underground CO2 sequestration and geothermal energy harvesting. The third study explores CO2-Enhanced Gas Recovery (CO2-EGR) in an offshore natural gas field located in the South China Sea. In the last study, the first China offshore CO2 sequestration operation in a shallow subsea feldspar-quartz sandstone formation is examined. The results demonstrate that open-loop EGS realizes an energy produced to energy invested ratio from 4 to 9 depending on operating rate and suggest that hydraulic fracturing accelerates energy harvesting and energy efficiency over the early process stages but the greater the injection rate, the smaller is the benefit of hydraulic fracturing. Second, combining both CO2 sequestration and geothermal operations is possible with commercial value and environmental benefits. Third, CO2-EGR demonstrates greater natural gas production together with CO2 sequestration and that there is potential that the process could be carbon neutral or negative. Fourth, offshore CO2 sequestration in a feldspar-quartz sandstone formation is possible and showcases that a dynamic behaviour occurs at the CO2 plume front where a relatively small amount of carbonate mineral precipitates which is subsequently dissolved when the acidified water in the plume passes the prior front location. The results showcase contributions for both CCUS and geothermal energy towards carbon emissions reduction.
dc.identifier.citation	Shi, G. (2023). Geothermal energy and carbon dioxide sequestration (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/116122
dc.identifier.uri	https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/dspace/40967
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Schulich School of Engineering
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary
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dc.subject	Geothermal
dc.subject	CCUS
dc.subject	Offshore CO2 Sequestration
dc.subject.classification	Engineering--Petroleum
dc.subject.classification	Engineering--Environmental
dc.title	Geothermal Energy and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
dc.type	doctoral thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Engineering – Chemical & Petroleum
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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