The pros and cons of carbon dioxide dumping

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Growing concern over increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that cause global warming have focused on the search for carbon sequestration and disposal technologies. The method of sequestering millions of tons of CO2 in aquifers under the sea floor or into underground formations such as depleted gas and oil reservoirs is considered costly and poses risks to man and the natural environment. Many also do not approve of direct CO2 disposal to oceans. Although the method is a much safer alternative, many believe direct CO2 disposal to oceans would harm marine life as the CO2 injected to site would lower the pH in surrounding waters.

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Air Pollution Control Programs, Management, Air pollution control, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, United Nations Conference on Climate Change, 1997, 1997 AD

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Exploring options for CO2 capture and management

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Due to the Kyoto conference, the Conference of Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies showed an increased interest in preventing CO2 contamination. Capture of CO2 is now being researched. Economic reasons for such research include using CO2 for recovery of oil or methane, and possibly power generation. Norsk Hydro is building a power plant that will use hydrogen separated from natural gas. CO2 will be produced as a byproduct, which will be pumped into an offshore oil field to extract more oil. Norsk Hydro is exploring this new technology, as Norway is at about its limits of greenhouse gasses under the Kyoto agreement.

Capital expenditures, Norway, Buildings and facilities, Chemical industry, Norsk Hydro ASA, Electric power-plants, Electric power plants

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Modeling clathrate hydrate formation during carbon dioxide injection in the ocean

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A model was developed to determine the influence of the formation of hydrates on carbon dioxide (CO2) droplets injected into the ocean. Results show that at great depths, liquid CO2 density approaches that of the seawater and the distance travelled upward by hydrate-forming droplets before sinking is less than that of a droplet discharged at shallower depths. This suggests the importance of greater depths needed for the injection of hydrate-forming droplets.

Research, Models, Hydrates, Chemical oceanography

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