Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Technologies (CCUS)–2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Carbon neutrality is a major measure implemented to effectively address global climate change. CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage) is a recognized technology utilized to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. CCUS technology realizes the resource utilization of the captured wasted CO₂ emissions and effectively stores them in geological bodies such as oil reservoirs, gas reservoirs and saltwater aquifers, through which both social and economic benefits can be obtained. However, at present, there are still many challenges in several key parts of CCUS, including low-cost carbon capture, long-distance pipeline transport, CO₂-EOR and long-term safe storage. There is an urgent need for research and development to deliver CCUS-related technologies.

For example, a low-cost chemical absorbent for low-concentration CO₂, related advanced storage equipment, the influence of impure gas on the supercritical phase properties of CO₂ in long-distance pipeline transport, a precise and detailed characterization of the dominant channel of CO₂ flooding, layer combination and well pattern reconstruction from water flooding to CO₂ flooding, multimedia composite sweep volume expansion of CO₂ flooding in heterogeneous reservoirs, the characterization and screening of a CO₂ geological storage site, monitoring and safety evaluation of long-term CO₂ storage, stratified gas injection and efficient lifting technologies in field practice, related anti-corrosive material, produced gas recycling, numerical simulation and laboratory experiment technologies of CO₂ flooding and storage, and an economic evaluation of the CCUS project, etc., are the key technologies in the CCUS field with significant future research values.

This Special Issue will focus on the application of core technologies in all aspects associated with CCUS, covering theoretical research, laboratory experiment, numerical modelling, economic evaluation and field practice in CO₂ capture, transport, utilization and storage. All papers related to CCUS technologies are welcome.

Topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Low-cost and efficient capture of low-concentration CO₂;
• Long-distance pipeline transport of supercritical CO₂;
• Detailed reservoir characterization of low-permeability heterogeneous reservoirs;
• Sweep volume expansion of CO₂ flooding in multi-layer heterogeneous reservoirs;
• Low-cost CO₂ injection and production technologies in field practice;
• Monitoring and safety evaluation of long-term CO₂ storage;
• Numerical simulation and laboratory experiment technologies of CO₂ flooding and storage;
• Economic evaluation in the whole industrial chain of CCUS.

Dr. Weifeng Lv
Dr. Yongbin Wu
Prof. Dr. Xiaoqing Lu
Guest Editors

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• CCUS
• CO₂ capture
• CO₂ transport
• CO₂-EOR
• CO₂ storage