Assessing the Limit of CO2 Storage in Seawater as Bicarbonate-Enriched Solutions

Autor: Selene Varliero, Samira Jamali Alamooti, Francesco Pietro Campo, Giovanni Cappello, Stefano Cappello, Stefano Caserini, Federico Comazzi, Piero Macchi, Guido Raos
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 29, Iss 17, p 4069 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules29174069
Popis: The dissolution of CO2 in seawater in the form of bicarbonate ions is an attractive alternative to storage in geological formations, on the condition that the storage is stable over long periods and does not harm the marine environment. In this work, we focus on the long-term chemical stability of CO2 absorbed in seawater as bicarbonate by monitoring the physico-chemical properties of the solutions (pH, dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity) in six different sets of experiments on both natural and artificial seawater lasting up to three months. The bicarbonate treatment of natural seawater consists of mixing it with pre-equilibrated solutions obtained from the reaction of CO2 and Ca(OH)2, with the same pH as natural seawater. This was achieved with a pilot plant working with tons of seawater, while small-scale laboratory experiments were carried out by adding sodium bicarbonate to artificial seawater solutions. If the increase in the overall carbon concentration in the final mixture does not exceed a critical threshold (about 1000–1500 μmol/L), the resulting bicarbonate-rich solutions are found to be stable for over three months.
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