Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA 3. Department of Civil Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA 4. Global Climate and Energy Project, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA 5. Earth Sciences Division, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA 6. Environmental Science Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, 15236, USA 7. Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA 8. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA 9. Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA 10. Department of Geology and Geography, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA 11. Electrical Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA 12. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA 13. Department of Environmental Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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Abstract: | A controlled field pilot has been developed in Bozeman, Montana, USA, to study near surface CO2 transport and detection technologies. A slotted horizontal well divided into six zones was installed in the shallow subsurface. The scale and CO2 release rates were chosen to be relevant to developing monitoring strategies for geological carbon storage. The field site was characterized before injection, and CO2 transport and concentrations in saturated soil and the vadose zone were modeled. Controlled releases of CO2 from the horizontal well were performed in the summers of 2007 and 2008, and collaborators from six national labs, three universities, and the U.S. Geological Survey investigated movement of CO2 through the soil, water, plants, and air with a wide range of near surface detection techniques. An overview of these results will be presented. |