Lead Organizer: Peter K. Kang - University of Minnesota, USA
- Juerg Matter - University of Southampton, UK
- Todd Shaef - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
- Weon Shik Han - Yonsei University, South Korea
- Megan Smith - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
In situ carbon mineralization — a method that sequesters CO2 by transforming it into solid carbonate minerals — is considered a promising strategy for carbon management. The focus of this session is on experimental, theoretical, and numerical advances necessary to successfully implement carbon mineralization. We invite abstract submissions that shed light on the critical processes involved in mineral dissolution and precipitation across spatial scales, from the pore to reservoir scales. An area of particular interest is studies that elucidate how coupled processes in fractured porous media affect carbon mineralization.
We encourage contributions that:
• Demonstrate how microscopic processes (e.g., mineral dissolution, nucleation-driven precipitation, alterations at water-mineral interfaces, reaction-driven cracking, surface passivation) affect mineral precipitation.
• Establish the role of secondary minerals for carbon mineralization, including but not limited to, their impact on the nature of mineralization products, their formation during mineralization, and resulting impacts on porosity, permeability, and injectivity.
• Employ high-resolution imaging techniques and numerical simulations to elucidate key processes governing mineral dissolution and precipitation.
• Interrogate subsurface fluid flow regimes for carbon mineralization processes in both aqueous dominated and water-lean systems
• Improve understanding of the interplay between geochemical, geomechanical and/or hydraulic feedback mechanisms within the context of carbon mineralization.
• Apply modeling tools (e.g., machine learning, reduced order modeling, discrete fracture networks) for characterizing mineral dissolution and precipitation.
Solicited Speakers:
- Shaina A. Kelly - Columbia University, USA
- Benjamin M. Tutolo - University of Calgary, Canada
