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Title:
METHOD OF STORING CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE GROUND
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011005378
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To stably store/isolate undissolved carbon dioxide in an aquifer for a long time, and to greatly reduce the amount of a solvent used therefor.

The mass ratio of undissolved carbon dioxide to be mixed into water saturated with carbon dioxide is determined by the following steps (1) to (3) so that a first storage zone for storing undissolved carbon dioxide together with water saturated with carbon dioxide is formed around the circumference of an injection well in an aquifer and a second storage zone for exclusively storing water saturated with carbon dioxide is roughly concentrically formed in a manner of surrounding the first storage zone in the aquifer respectively, under a condition of storing/isolating water saturated with carbon dioxide as well as undissolved carbon dioxide: (1) a step of measuring the degree of saturation by volume of carbon dioxide, which is defined as the volume ratio of undissolved carbon dioxide storable relative to the volume of the void present in the aquifer, (2) a step of setting the volume of the first storage zone and the volume of the second storage zone, and (3) a step of determining the mass ratio of the undissolved carbon dioxide to be mixed into the water saturated with carbon dioxide based on the degree of saturation by volume of carbon dioxide measured in the step (1), and on the volumes of the first and the second storage zones set in the step (2).


Inventors:
SEKINE YUJI
KISHI HIROKAZU
MASUDA MASAYUKI
Application Number:
JP2009149354A
Publication Date:
January 13, 2011
Filing Date:
June 24, 2009
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
International Classes:
B01J19/00; B01F1/00; B01F3/04; C01B32/50
Domestic Patent References:
JP2009112995A2009-05-28
JP2008238054A2008-10-09
JP2008006367A2008-01-17
JP2003001101A2003-01-07
JP2009112995A2009-05-28
JP2008238054A2008-10-09
JP2008006367A2008-01-17
JP2003001101A2003-01-07
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hisashi Izumi