New Paper In Groundwater Highlights Carbon Sequestration Relating To Climate Change

The National Ground Water Association’s flagship technical journal, Groundwater, has just published a review paper focusing on carbon sequestration in saline aquifers to mitigate climate change.

Though not scheduled to appear until the May-June 2015 issue, the 19-page paper can be accessed now via Wiley Online Library, the database housing complete content information for the journal.

Titled “Multiphase Modeling of Geologic Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers,” the paper is authored by Karl W. Bandilla, Michael A. Celia, Jens T. Birkholzer, Abdullah Cihan, and Evan C. Leister, all prominent experts in the field of carbon sequestration and affiliated with Princeton University and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

“I consider this a seminal paper that offers a treasure of information and references related to the modeling of carbon dioxide entrapment in deep saline aquifers,” says Hendrik M. Haitjema, Ph.D., editor-in-chief of Groundwater.

The paper offers a framework of the conceptual complexity and different type of modeling approach used to address geologic carbon sequestration issues. Click here to view the abstract. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwat.12315/abstract)

The National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation’s 2015 Darcy Lecture Series in Groundwater Science touches on this important subject as well. “Evaluating the Competitive Use of the Subsurface: The Influence of Energy Storage and Production in Groundwater,” presented by Rainer H. Helmig, Ph.D., discusses advanced numerical models that can be used to analyze and predict the mutual influence of subsurface projects and their impact on groundwater reservoirs.

“The Groundwater paper presents an excellent overview of possible model concepts for the numerical modeling of geologic carbon sequestration in saline aquifers,” Helmig says. “It provides a profound insight into different model concepts and how efficient they are for carbon capture and storage in saline aquifers.”

Since 1963, Groundwater has published a dynamic mix of papers on topics focused on groundwater such as flow and well hydraulics, hydrogeochemistry and contaminant hydrogeology, application of geophysics, management and policy, and the history of hydrology.

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