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Zhai H, Chen Q, Duan Y, Liu B, Wang B. Silica Polymerization Driving Opposite Effects of pH on Aqueous Carbonation Using Crystalline and Amorphous Calcium Silicates. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:4574-4582. [PMID: 38414342 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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The aqueous carbonation of calcium silicate (CS), a representative alkaline-earth silicate, has been widely explored in studies of carbon dioxide (CO2) mineralization. In this context, we conducted a specific comparison of the carbonation behaviors between the crystalline calcium silicate (CCS) and amorphous calcium silicate (ACS) across a pH range from 9.0 to 12.0. Interestingly, we observed opposite pH dependencies in the carbonation efficiencies (i.e., CaO conversion into CaCO3 in 1 M Na2CO3/NaHCO3 solution under ambient conditions) of CCS and ACS─the carbonation efficiency of CCS decreased with increasing the solution basicity, while that of ACS showed an inverse trend. In-depth insights were gained through in situ Raman characterizations, indicating that these differing trends appeared to originate from the polymerization/depolymerization behaviors of silicates released from minerals. More specifically, higher pH conditions seemed to favor the carbonation of minerals containing polymerized silica networks. These findings may contribute to a better understanding of the fundamental factors influencing the carbonation behaviors of alkaline earth silicates through interfacial coupled dissolution and precipitation processes. Moreover, they offer valuable insights for selecting optimal carbonation conditions for alkaline-earth silicate minerals.
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- Hang Zhai
- College of Resources and Environment, Interdisciplinary Research Center for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin─Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin─Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Spin-X Institute, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
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- National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin─Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Chen A, Chen Z, Qiu Z, Lin BL. Experimentally-calibrated estimation of CO 2 removal potentials of enhanced weathering. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 900:165766. [PMID: 37506906 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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Enhanced weathering (EW) of (ultra)mafic rocks is widely considered as a promising option for carbon dioxide removal (CDR). However, accurately measuring its CDR potential remains unavailable due to sluggish weathering process. Previous models have estimated annual CDR potentials ranging from 1 to 95 Gt by 2100, with the maximum significantly exceeding the anthropogenic CO2 emissions in 2021 (approximately 41 Gt). This raises concerns that a misconception may arise, suggesting active mitigations of CO2 emissions might not be necessary. Herein, we address this issue by partitioning the CDR potential of EW into two components, flow-through and non-flow-through processes, and develop an experimentally-calibrated model to reduce discrepancies between previous theoretical and experimental weathering rates. Our model estimates the upper bound of CDR potentials to be 0.22 (±0.16) Gt annually and 17 (±13) Gt cumulatively by 2100, thereby emphasizing the significance and urgency to advance ultra-enhanced weathering strategies.
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- Anqi Chen
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, PR China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, PR China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, PR China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, PR China.
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Zhai H, Chen Q, Yilmaz M, Wang B. Enhancing Aqueous Carbonation of Calcium Silicate through Acid and Base Pretreatments with Implications for Efficient Carbon Mineralization. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:13808-13817. [PMID: 37672711 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) mineralization based on aqueous carbonation of alkaline earth silicate minerals is a promising route toward large-scale carbon removal. Traditional aqueous carbonation methods largely adopt acidification-based approaches, e.g., using concentrated/pressurized CO2 or acidic media, to accelerate mineral dissolution and carbonation. In this study, we designed and tested three distinctive routes to evaluate the effect of pretreatments under different pH conditions on aqueous carbonation, using amorphous calcium silicate (CS) as an example system. Pretreating CS with high concentrations (100 mM) of HCl (Route I) or NaOH (Route II and III) enhanced their carbonation degrees. However, NaOH pretreatment overall yielded higher carbonation degrees than the HCl pretreatment, with the highest carbonation degree achieved through Route III, where an extra step is taken after the NaOH pretreatment to remove the solution containing dissolved silica prior to carbonation. The HCl and NaOH pretreatments formed different intermediate silica products on the CS surface. Silica precipitated from the HCl pretreatment had a minimal effect on the carbonation degree. The high Ca/Si ratio intermediate phases formed from the NaOH, on the other hand, can be readily carbonated. In contrast to commonly utilized acidification-based approaches, basification offers a more promising route to accelerate aqueous carbonation as it can mitigate the need for costly pH swing and high-concentration/pressurized CO2. The key to aqueous carbonation under basic conditions, as suggested by this study, is the control of aqueous silica species that have a suppressing effect on carbonation. Overall, this study highlights the critical needs for investigations of aqueous mineral carbonation in a broader pH region.
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- Hang Zhai
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- School of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Zhuang W, Song X, Liu M, Wang Q, Song J, Duan L, Li X, Yuan H. Potential capture and conversion of CO 2 from oceanwater through mineral carbonation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 867:161589. [PMID: 36640885 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activities not only brings about a serious greenhouse effect but also accelerates global climate change. This has resulted in extreme climate hazards that can obstruct human development in the near future. Hence, there is an urgent need to achieve carbon neutrality by increasing negative emissions. The ocean plays a vital role in absorbing and sequestering CO2. Current research on marine carbon storage and sink enhancement mainly focuses on biological carbon sequestration using carbon sinks (macroalgae, shellfish, and fisheries). However, seawater inorganic carbon accounts for more than 95 % of the total carbon in marine carbon storage. Increasing total alkalinity at a constant dissolved inorganic carbon shifts the balance of existing seawater carbonate system and prompts a greater absorption of atmospheric CO2, thereby increasing the ocean's "carbon sink". This review explores two main mechanisms (i.e., enhanced weathering and ocean alkalinization) and materials (e.g., silicate rocks, metal oxides, and metal hydroxides) that regulate marine chemical carbon sink (MCCS). This work also compares MCCS with other terrestrial and marine carbon sinks and discusses the implementation of MCCS, including the following aspects: chemical reaction rate, cost, and possible ecological and environmental impacts.
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- Wen Zhuang
- Institute of Eco-environmental Forensics, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- Institute of Eco-environmental Forensics, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China; National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Institute of Eco-environmental Forensics, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China; National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Qingdao Research Institute of Wuhan University of Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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Molecular-scale mechanisms of CO2 mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films. Nat Rev Chem 2022; 6:598-613. [PMID: 37117714 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-022-00418-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The calamitous impacts of unabated carbon emission from fossil-fuel-burning energy infrastructure call for accelerated development of large-scale CO2 capture, utilization and storage technologies that are underpinned by a fundamental understanding of the chemical processes at a molecular level. In the subsurface, rocks rich in divalent metals can react with CO2, permanently sequestering it in the form of stable metal carbonate minerals, with the CO2-H2O composition of the post-injection pore fluid acting as a primary control variable. In this Review, we discuss mechanistic reaction pathways for aqueous-mediated carbonation with carbon mineralization occurring in nanoscale adsorbed water films. In the extreme of pores filled with a CO2-dominant fluid, carbonation reactions are confined to angstrom to nanometre-thick water films coating mineral surfaces, which enable metal cation release, transport, nucleation and crystallization of metal carbonate minerals. Although seemingly counterintuitive, laboratory studies have demonstrated facile carbonation rates in these low-water environments, for which a better mechanistic understanding has come to light in recent years. The overarching objective of this Review is to delineate the unique underlying molecular-scale reaction mechanisms that govern CO2 mineralization in these reactive and dynamic quasi-2D interfaces. We highlight the importance of understanding unique properties in thin water films, such as how water dielectric properties, and consequently ion solvation and hydration behaviour, can change under nanoconfinement. We conclude by identifying important frontiers for future work and opportunities to exploit these fundamental chemical insights for decarbonization technologies in the twenty-first century.
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Zhu Y, Gao Z, Lee B, Jun YS. Process-Specific Effects of Sulfate on CaCO 3 Formation in Environmentally Relevant Systems. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:9063-9074. [PMID: 35617118 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c08898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Additives, such as ions, small molecules, and macromolecules, have been found to regulate the formation of CaCO3 and control its morphologies and properties. However, a single additive usually affects dominantly one process in CaCO3's formation and is seldom found to significantly affect multiple CaCO3 formation processes. Here, we used in situ grazing incidence X-ray techniques to observe the heterogeneous formation of CaCO3 and found that a series of formation processes (i.e., nucleation, growth, and Ostwald ripening) were modulated by sulfate. In the nucleation process, increased interfacial free energy and bulk free energy cooperatively increased the nucleation barrier and decreased nucleation rates. In the growth process, sulfate reduced the electrostatic repulsion between CaCO3 precursors and nuclei, promoting CaCO3 growth. This influence on the growth counteracted the inhibition effect in the nucleation process, causing a nearly 100% increase in the volume of heterogeneously formed CaCO3. Meanwhile, adsorbed sulfate on CaCO3 nuclei may poison the surface of smaller CaCO3 nuclei, inhibiting Ostwald ripening. These revealed sulfate's active roles in controlling CaCO3 formation advance our understanding of sulfate-incorporated biomineralization and scaling phenomena in natural and engineered aquatic environments.
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- Yaguang Zhu
- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Kim J, Azimi G. The CO2 sequestration by supercritical carbonation of electric arc furnace slag. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Kerisit SN, Mergelsberg ST, Thompson CJ, White SK, Loring JS. Thin Water Films Enable Low-Temperature Magnesite Growth Under Conditions Relevant to Geologic Carbon Sequestration. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:12539-12548. [PMID: 34491048 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Injecting supercritical CO2 (scCO2) into basalt formations for long-term storage is a promising strategy for mitigating CO2 emissions. Mineral carbonation can result in permanent entrapment of CO2; however, carbonation kinetics in thin H2O films in humidified scCO2 is not well understood. We investigated forsterite (Mg2SiO4) carbonation to magnesite (MgCO3) via amorphous magnesium carbonate (AMC; MgCO3·xH2O, 0.5 < x < 1), with the goal to establish the fundamental controls on magnesite growth rates at low H2O activity and temperature. Experiments were conducted at 25, 40, and 50 °C in 90 bar CO2 with a H2O film thickness on forsterite that averaged 1.78 ± 0.05 monolayers. In situ infrared spectroscopy was used to monitor forsterite dissolution and the growth of AMC, magnesite, and amorphous SiO2 as a function of time. Geochemical kinetic modeling showed that magnesite was supersaturated by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude and grew according to a zero-order rate law. The results indicate that the main drivers for magnesite growth are sustained high supersaturation coupled with low H2O activity, a combination of thermodynamic conditions not attainable in bulk aqueous solution. This improved understanding of reaction kinetics can inform subsurface reactive transport models for better predictions of CO2 fate and transport.
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- Sebastien N Kerisit
- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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Zhu Y, Li Q, Kim D, Min Y, Lee B, Jun YS. Sulfate-Controlled Heterogeneous CaCO 3 Nucleation and Its Non-linear Interfacial Energy Evolution. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:11455-11464. [PMID: 34314155 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c02865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Unveiling the effects of an environmental abundant anion "sulfate" on the formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is essential to understand the formation mechanisms of biominerals like corals and brachiopod shells, as well as the scale formation in desalination systems. However, it was experimentally challenging to elucidate the sulfate-CaCO3 interactions at the explicit first step of CaCO3 formation: nucleation. In addition, there is limited quantitative information on the precise control of nucleation kinetics. Here, heterogeneous CaCO3 nucleation is monitored in real time as a function of sulfate concentrations (0-10 mM Na2SO4) using synchrotron-based grazing incidence X-ray scattering techniques. The results showed that sulfate can be incorporated in the nuclei, resulting in a nearly 90% decrease in the CaCO3 nucleation rate, causing a 120% increase in the CaCO3 nucleus size, and inhibiting the vaterite-to-calcite phase transformation. Moreover, this work quantitatively relates sulfate concentrations to the effective interfacial energies of CaCO3 and finds a non-linear trend, suggesting that CaCO3 heterogeneous nucleation is more sensitive at a low sulfate concentration. This study can be readily extended to study other additives and obtain quantitative relationships between additive concentrations and CaCO3 interfacial energies, a key step toward achieving natural and engineered controls on CaCO3 nucleation.
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- Yaguang Zhu
- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Kashim MZ, Tsegab H, Rahmani O, Abu Bakar ZA, Aminpour SM. Reaction Mechanism of Wollastonite In Situ Mineral Carbonation for CO 2 Sequestration: Effects of Saline Conditions, Temperature, and Pressure. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:28942-28954. [PMID: 33225124 PMCID: PMC7675570 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c02358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The research presented here investigates the reaction mechanism of wollastonite in situ mineral carbonation for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. Because wollastonite contains high calcium (Ca) content, it was considered as a suitable feedstock in the mineral carbonation process. To evaluate the reaction mechanism of wollastonite for geological CO2 sequestration (GCS), a series of carbonation experiments were performed at a range of temperatures from 35 to 90 °C, pressures from 1500 to 4000 psi, and salinities from 0 to 90,000 mg/L NaCl. The kinetics batch modeling results were validated with carbonation experiments at the specific pressure and temperature of 1500 psi and 65 °C, respectively. The results showed that the dissolution of calcium increases with increment in pressure and salinity from 1500 to 4000 psi and 0 to 90000 mg/L NaCl, respectively. However, the calcium concentration decreases by 49%, as the reaction temperature increases from 35 to 90 °C. Besides, it is clear from the findings that the carbonation efficiency only shows a small difference (i.e., ±2%) for changing the pressure and salinity, whereas the carbonation efficiency was shown to be enhanced by 62% with increment in the reaction temperature. These findings can provide information about CO2 mineralization of calcium silicate at the GCS condition, which may enable us to predict the fate of the injected CO2, and its subsurface geochemical evolution during the CO2-fluid-rock interaction.
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- M. Zuhaili Kashim
- Department of Geoscience, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), 32610Seri Iskandar, Tronoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
- Department of Gas Sustainability Technology, PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd, Kawasan Institusi Bangi, Kajang 43000, Selangor
Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Department of Geoscience, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), 32610Seri Iskandar, Tronoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
- Southeast Asia Carbonate
Research Laboratory, Universiti Teknologi
PETRONAS (UTP), Seri Iskandar 32610, Tronoh, Perak Darul
Ridzuan, Malaysia
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- Department of Natural
Resources Engineering and Management, School of Science and Engineering, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH), Erbil 44001, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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- Department of Gas Sustainability Technology, PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd, Kawasan Institusi Bangi, Kajang 43000, Selangor
Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11365-11155, Iran
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Ho HJ, Iizuka A, Shibata E, Tomita H, Takano K, Endo T. CO 2 Utilization via Direct Aqueous Carbonation of Synthesized Concrete Fines under Atmospheric Pressure. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:15877-15890. [PMID: 32656408 PMCID: PMC7345389 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Mineral carbonation using alkaline wastes is an attractive approach to CO2 utilization. Owing to the difference between waste CO2 and feedstock CO2, developing CO2 utilization technologies without CO2 purification and pressurization is a promising concept. This study investigated a potential method for CO2 utilization via direct aqueous carbonation of synthesized concrete fines under atmospheric pressure and low CO2 concentration. The carbonation reaction with different solid-liquid ratios and different concentrations of introduced CO2 was examined in detail. Under basic conditions, a CO2 uptake of 0.19 g-CO2/g-concrete fines demonstrated that direct aqueous carbonation of concrete fines under atmospheric pressure and low CO2 concentration is effective. The CaCO3 concentration, degree of carbonation, and reaction mechanism were clarified. Furthermore, characterization of the carbonated products was used to evaluate ways of utilizing the carbonated products.
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- Hsing-Jung Ho
- Department
of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society, Graduate School of
Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Aoba-468-1 Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan
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- Center
for Mineral Processing and Metallurgy, Institute of Multidisciplinary
Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku
University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- Center
for Mineral Processing and Metallurgy, Institute of Multidisciplinary
Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku
University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- Business
Development Department, Resources, Energy & Environment Business
Area, IHI Corporation, 1-1, Toyosu 3-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8710, Japan
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- Business
Development Department, Resources, Energy & Environment Business
Area, IHI Corporation, 1-1, Toyosu 3-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8710, Japan
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- Business
Development Department, Resources, Energy & Environment Business
Area, IHI Corporation, 1-1, Toyosu 3-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8710, Japan
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Placencia-Gómez E, Kerisit SN, Mehta HS, Qafoku O, Thompson CJ, Graham TR, Ilton ES, Loring JS. Critical Water Coverage during Forsterite Carbonation in Thin Water Films: Activating Dissolution and Mass Transport. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:6888-6899. [PMID: 32383859 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In geologic carbon sequestration, CO2 is injected into geologic reservoirs as a supercritical fluid (scCO2). The carbonation of divalent silicates exposed to humidified scCO2 occurs in angstroms to nanometers thick adsorbed H2O films. A threshold H2O film thickness is required for carbonate precipitation, but a mechanistic understanding is lacking. In this study, we investigated carbonation of forsterite (Mg2SiO4) in humidified scCO2 (50 °C and 90 bar), which serves as a model system for understanding subsurface divalent silicate carbonation reactivity. Attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy pinpointed that magnesium carbonate precipitation begins at 1.5 monolayers of adsorbed H2O. At about this same H2O coverage, transmission infrared spectroscopy showed that forsterite dissolution begins and electrical impedance spectroscopy demonstrated that diffusive transport accelerates. Molecular dynamics simulations indicated that the onset of diffusion is due to an abrupt decrease in the free-energy barriers for lateral mobility of outer-spherically adsorbed Mg2+. The dissolution and mass transport controls on divalent silicate reactivity in wet scCO2 could be advantageous for maximizing permeability near the wellbore and minimize leakage through the caprock.
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- Edmundo Placencia-Gómez
- Département ArGEnCo/Géophysique appliquée, Urban and Environmental Engineering, University of Liège, Liège 4000, Belgium
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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The Carbonation of Wollastonite: A Model Reaction to Test Natural and Biomimetic Catalysts for Enhanced CO2 Sequestration. MINERALS 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/min8050209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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One of the most promising strategies for the safe and permanent disposal of anthropogenic CO2 is its conversion into carbonate minerals via the carbonation of calcium and magnesium silicates. However, the mechanism of such a reaction is not well constrained, and its slow kinetics is a handicap for the implementation of silicate mineral carbonation as an effective method for CO2 capture and storage (CCS). Here, we studied the different steps of wollastonite (CaSiO3) carbonation (silicate dissolution → carbonate precipitation) as a model CCS system for the screening of natural and biomimetic catalysts for this reaction. Tested catalysts included carbonic anhydrase (CA), a natural enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration of CO2(aq), and biomimetic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Our results show that dissolution is the rate-limiting step for wollastonite carbonation. The overall reaction progresses anisotropically along different [hkl] directions via a pseudomorphic interface-coupled dissolution–precipitation mechanism, leading to partial passivation via secondary surface precipitation of amorphous silica and calcite, which in both cases is anisotropic (i.e., (hkl)-specific). CA accelerates the final carbonate precipitation step but hinders the overall carbonation of wollastonite. Remarkably, one of the tested Zr-based MOFs accelerates the dissolution of the silicate. The use of MOFs for enhanced silicate dissolution alone or in combination with other natural or biomimetic catalysts for accelerated carbonation could represent a potentially effective strategy for enhanced mineral CCS.
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The Conversion of Wollastonite to CaCO3 Considering Its Use for CCS Application as Cementitious Material. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/app8020304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The reaction of wollastonite (CaSiO3) with CO2 in the presence of aqueous solutions (H2O) and varied temperature conditions (296 K, 323 K, and 333 K) was investigated. The educts (CaSiO3) and the products (CaCO3 and SiO2) were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), and differential scanning calorimetry with thermogravimetry coupled with a mass spectrometer and infrared spectrometer (DSC TG/MS/IR). The reaction rate increased significantly at higher temperatures and seemed less dependent on applied pressure. It could be shown that under the defined conditions wollastonite can be applied as a cementitious material for sealing wells considering CCS applications, because after 24 h the degree of conversion from CaSiO3 to CaCO3 at 333 K was very high (>90%). As anticipated, the most likely application of wollastonite as a cementitious material in CCS would be for sealing the well after injection of CO2 in the reservoir.
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