HORIZON 2020

European Carbon Dioxide

Capture and StoragE Laboratory Infrastructure

1 www.eccsel.org

CO2 capture, transport and storage research

facilities of the French node of ECCSEL

available for access by the European scientific community

Isabelle Czernichowski-Lauriol1, Valérie Czop2, Sébastien Dupraz1,

Régis Farret3, Philippe Gombert3, Ghislain Husson4, Pierre Le Thiez5,

Virgile Rouchon5, Stéphane Schumacher6

1 BRGM 2 EDF 3 INERIS 4 TOTAL 5 IFPEN 6 Andra

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ECCSEL vision:

Enabling low to zero CO2 emissions from industry and

power generation

Main objectives

Establish and operate a world class distributed CCS research

infrastructure in Europe

Integrate and upgrade existing research facilities and supplement with

new ones

Enable high-ranking engineers and scientists from Europe and third

countries to access state-of-the-art research facilities

Enhance European science, technology development, innovation and

education in the field of CCS

Enable spin-off activities and generation of new business

Vision and Objectives

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ECCSEL timeline

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2008 2020 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Implementation

FP7 pre-project

granted

Preparatory phase

INFRADEV-3 (H2020) PP1 (FP7) PP2 (FP7)

H2020 Infradev-3

project granted

ECCSEL to be converted

into a legal entity (ERIC)

Permanent Operation

Upgrades and new builds (200 Mill Euro until 2030)

European RI legal entity

2008

ECCSEL

on ESFRI

Roadmap

2016

ECCSEL

on ESFRI

and

French

strategies

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Preparatory Phase (2011-2014)

Norway (host)

• NTNU, SINTEF, RCN

France • IFPEN, BRGM

The Netherlands

• TNO

Germany

• Universität Stuttgart

United Kingdom

• BGS

Switzerland

• ETH Zürich

Spain

• CIUDEN

Italy

• OGS, ENEA

Greece

• CERT, ISFTA

Poland

• PGI-NRI

Implementation (2015-2017)

• Norway

(Operations Centre)

• The Netherlands

• Italy

• France • United Kingdom

• Poland

• Greece

• Spain

• Switzerland

(ERIC observer)

Signed up final commitment

to become founding

members of ECCSEL ERIC

Signed Letter of Intent (LoI)

to join ECCSEL ERIC

Expansion

• Germany

• Czech Republic

• Other member states

• Bilateral agreements with

oversea states, institutions,

industry

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Membership development / expansion plan

HORIZON 2020

The French node of ECCSEL

5 > 5

Catenoy

INERIS’ Shallow

CO2 Injection Site

Mont La Ville

INERIS’ CO2 Transport

Platform

Le Havre

EDF’s CO2 Capture

Pilot

Mobile for use on-site

IFPEN’s Mobile

ESCORTStation

Rueil-Malmaison

IFPEN’s GasGeochem Lab

Lacq

TOTAL’s COOTRANS

CO2 Transport Loop

Orléans

BRGM’s BIOREP

Reactor

Bure

Andra’s Underground

Research Laboratory

Coordination BRGM

HORIZON 2020

A research facility to test post-combustion

CO2 capture processes

Flue gas from the 580 Mwe Unit 4

Burning international coal

Equipped with depollution systems (SCR, ESP, wet-FGD)

Typical functioning of Unit 4 :

5 000 – 5 500 hours per year (208-229 days)

50% - 100 % load

CO2 capture pilot capacity : 1 ton / hour (0.2% of flue gas as Unit 4 emits 500 t/h CO2)

Possible measurements (examples) : Energy consumption

Solvent consumption and degradation

Emissions into the atmosphere

Corrosion

© Alstom 2013

CO2 capture pilot, Le Havre coal-fired

power plant photos © EDF 2013

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CO2 Transport Platform of Mont La Ville

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Simulation of gas leakage : • 7-hectare platform dedicated to "large" dispersion and explosion testing

• pipeline : 40 m long, 2” diameter

• CO2 leakage experiments at high pressure, with CO2 impurities

• measurements in the near surroundings (gas, temperature, camera...)

• measurements on the pipe (load cells , temperature ...)

C3H8 H2 CO2 CH4 GNL

EU projects

PIPEHAZ

and

CO2Quest

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Examples of tests and studies - Flow upstream the breach and the various possible flow regimes

- Characteristics of the jet formed after the breach (e.g. diameter, speed and concentration)

- Dispersion of the cloud in the atmospheric environment as well as the possible changes of state

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Objectives :

Study the transport of CO2, pure or with impurities, in dense phase

Fill the gap between the scientific knowledge acquired in laboratory and the industrial scale

Gain the required operational experience in order to properly design the future CO2 pipelines

networks for a reliable and safe operation

COOTRANS CO2 Transport Loop – a new

research facility in preparation at Lacq

Industry and academic partners:

Total, EDF, Endress&Hauser, Eon,

ENGIE, GRT Gaz, KSB, Vallourec,

Arcelor Mittal, Pôle Avenia,

Universities of Pau and Cottbus

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CHARACTERICS OF COOTRANS

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BIOREP - Bio-Reactor under Pressure,

Orléans The BIOREP facility is a high pressure set up to perform

percolation and transfer experiments on fluid-rock

interactions while continuously monitoring geochemical

and bio-geochemical evolution

Conditions typical for CO2 storage or leakage

Experimental conditions: Temperature from -10 to 120°C.

Pressure up to 200 bar. Materials in contact with fluids:

PTFE, PEEK, C276 (Hastelloy) and silica and borosilicate

for the microfluidic cells.

Careful decompression of samples and microorganisms

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HORIZON 2020

SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

BIOREP II

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Microfluidics lab

(microschips):

small volumes safe, better

temperature control

No need for steel, possible use

of non conventional materials

Percolation more realistic

Optical properties non-

destructive observations and

measurements without

decompression

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Creation in 1999, operational permit until 2030

Purpose: scientifical and technological feasibility study for industrial

radioactive waste disposal (Cigéo - Centre industriel de stockage géologique)

6 mars

2017

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Underground Research Laboratory

at Bure

• Age: 155 millions years

• Depth ~500 m

• Thickness ~130 m

• Mineralogical composition:

~ 45% clay

~ 25% carbonates

~ 25% quartz

• Water content < 15%

• Porosity 14 to19,5 %

• Permeability ~ 10-14-10-13 m/s

• Diffusive transport mainly

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Today, more than 1,6 km of excavated galleries, 860 wells and 12 000

measurements points continuously monitored

Many disciplines are studied (geology, geomechanics, hydrogeology,

geochemistry, materials’ physico-chemistry, civil engineering, monitoring…)

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2017

Underground Research Laboratory

at Bure

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2017

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Underground lab: interest for ECCSEL

Gas-induced disturbance (PGZ -

Perturbation induite par les gaz)

Gas injection

Gas entry pressure,

Gas permeability

Gas fracturing pressure

Possible experiments

Injection of CO2

(until fracturation)

Monitoring of fracturation (reactivation…) and

sealing

Monitoring of gas and water pressure

Reactivity of CO2 with the rock (mineralogy,

transfer properties…)

Effect of temperature

Hydraulic tests before/after gas injection

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Shallow CO2 Injection Site at Catenoy

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Gas

Well

Technical shelter

Weather

W1

G1

W2 G3…

W3…

Soil gas

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SOIL 1m

11m

25m

Circulation de l’aquifère

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6

Shallow CO2 Injection Site at Catenoy -

Injection “push-pull”

Followed by extraction (« Pull ») after 3 days (water-rock interaction)

Injection (« Push ») at well W2,

Technical shelter

W2b

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Monitoring results

- Conductivity continuously (blue)

- Metals by analyses (red)

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Analytical technics

Molecular composition

Stable isotopes

Rare gas

CPG

He, H2, N2, O2, CO2, C1-C5

GCCIRMS

d13C C1-C4, CO2

dD C1-C4, H2

Rare gas

He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe,

3He/4He, 40Ar/36Ar

GasGeochem lab at Rueil-Malmaison

IFPEN's Geofluids and Rocks department has the equipment and expertise to analyse and interpret the gas molecular and isotopic geochemistry.

The uniqueness of this lab resides in the full integration of data production across different instruments on a single sample aliquot to maximise data consistency.

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LACQ

Lacq deep gas reservoir

Oxygen

Production

Unit

Oxygen

Production

Unit

Lacq gas production

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Lacq gas production

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Natural gas inlet

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Natural gas inlet

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Lacq gas power plant

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Lacq gas power plant

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Commercial gas

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Commercial gas

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UtilitiesBoiler oxycombustion

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UtilitiesBoiler oxycombustion

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CO2

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CO2

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CO2 Transportation

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CO2 Transportation

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Compression

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Compression

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CO2 injection

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CO2 injection

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CO2 storage

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CO2 storage

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Purification / CO2 dehydrationPurification / CO2 dehydration

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Carbon capture & geological storage in Lacq region

CO2 injection

CO2 transportation

CO2 capture

Gas production

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Atl

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LACQ

Lacq deep gas reservoir

Oxygen

Production

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Oxygen

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Lacq gas production

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Lacq gas production

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Natural gas inlet

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Natural gas inlet

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Lacq gas power plant

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Lacq gas power plant

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Commercial gas

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Commercial gas

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UtilitiesBoiler oxycombustion

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UtilitiesBoiler oxycombustion

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CO2

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CO2

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CO2 Transportation

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CO2 Transportation

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Compression

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CO2 injection

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CO2 injection

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CO2 storage

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CO2 storage

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Carbon capture & geological storage in Lacq region

CO2 injection

CO2 transportation

CO2 capture

Gas production

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Methodology for applying GasGeochem: Identification of CO2 signatures at the capture unit and at each compartment of

the storage system

Monitoring of compositions’ changes during storage operations

Reservoir

Aquifer

Soil

GasGeochem lab at Rueil-Malmaison

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ESCORT - Mobile Equipment for Soil CO2

ORigin Tracking

The ESCORT monitoring station :

dedicated to the monitoring of natural gas exchange between the atmosphere and the soil vadose zone

may be deployed on pilot or industrial sites for defining soil baseline conditions and monitoring leakage

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Equipment and data treatment software:

a) continuously recording the soil CO2 flux, the soil gas compositions (CO2, CH4 and O2) at different depths together with relative soil temperatures, water saturations and weather conditions

Rouchon et al., 2011

Rillard et al., 2015

b) statistically correlating the measured parameters to give a precise description of the controlling factors of CO2 production and migration within the soil

ESCORT - Mobile Equipment for Soil CO2

ORigin Tracking

HORIZON 2020

The French node of ECCSEL

22 > 22

Catenoy

INERIS’ Shallow

CO2 Injection Site

Mont La Ville

INERIS’ CO2 Transport

Platform

Le Havre

EDF’s CO2 Capture

Pilot

Mobile for use on-site

IFPEN’s Mobile

ESCORTStation

Rueil-Malmaison

IFPEN’s GasGeochem Lab

Lacq

TOTAL’s COOTRANS

CO2 Transport Loop

Orléans

BRGM’s BIOREP

Reactor

Bure

Andra’s Underground

Research Laboratory

Coordination BRGM

Contact:

France: i.czernichowski@brgm.fr

Norway: volker.rohling@ntnu.no

Website: www.eccsel.org