Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1413-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1413-2025
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06 Mar 2025
Model description paper |  | 06 Mar 2025

Modeling commercial-scale CO2 storage in the gas hydrate stability zone with PFLOTRAN v6.0

Michael Nole, Jonah Bartrand, Fawz Naim, and Glenn Hammond

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Safe carbon dioxide (CO2) storage is likely to be critical for mitigating some of the most severe effects of climate change. We present a simulation framework for modeling COstorage beneath the seafloor, where COcan form a solid. This can aid in permanent COstorage for long periods of time. Our models show what a commercial-scale CO2 injection would look like in a marine environment. We discuss what would need to be considered when designing a subsea CO2 injection.
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