The system-wide economics of a carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and storage network: Texas Gulf Coast with pure CO2-EOR flood

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  King, Carey W ^a   Gülen, Gürcan ^b   Cohen, Stuart M ^c,d   Nuñez Lopez, Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; DROPS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE; COAL-FIRED GENERATORS; COAL-FIRED POWER GENERATORS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COASTAL ZONE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FLOOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RECOVERY METHOD;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84885608400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034030     Document Type: Article

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