Medium scale CO2 releases

Jérôme Hebrard (1) , Didier Jamois (1) , Christophe Proust (1) , M. Spruijt (2) , C.E.C Hulsbosch-Dam (2) , M. Molag (2) , E. Messina (2)

1 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques
2 TNO - The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

The scale of proposed carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) chains also draws attention to the hazards posed by the transport mode, enabling the link from source to sink. As such, the adverse consequences of an accidental release from transport pipelines or other equipment containing CO2 at high pressure in a dense-phase (supercritical or liquid) state are (re)considered in theory and in practice. Several experimental observations of large-scale CO2 releases have been made, and yet the physics and thermodynamics involved are not fully understood. The work presented here provides a database focused on the specificities of the release and the dispersion of the carbon dioxide cloud in case of substantial variations of storage (temperature and pressure) and discharge conditions (nozzle size).

Keywords: CO2; supercritical; accidental release; transport pipeline; full bore release

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Engineering

Jérôme Hebrard, Didier Jamois, Christophe Proust, M. Spruijt, C.E.C Hulsbosch-Dam, et al.. Medium scale CO2 releases. 8. Trondheim Conference on CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage (TCCS-8), Jun 2015, Trondheim, Norway. pp.479-488, ⟨10.1016/j.egypro.2016.01.049⟩. ⟨ineris-01854250⟩