Center for Geologic Storage of CO₂ (GSCO₂)

Director

Scott M. Frailey

Lead Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year Established

2014

Mission

To generate new conceptual, mathematical, and numerical models applicable to geologic storage systems in specific and strategically identified research areas, based on uncertainty and limitations observed in field pilots and CO₂ injection demonstration projects, laboratory experiments, and the experience of researchers in industry-sponsored applied research.

Research Topics

defects, mechanical behavior, carbon sequestration, mesostructured materials

Materials Studied

Materials: porous

Interfaces: gas/liquid, gas/solid, liquid/solid, solid/solid

Nanostructured Materials: None

Experimental and Theoretical Methods

X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray imaging, electron microscopy, surface science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), classical mechanics, continuum modeling, mesoscale modeling, finite element method, multiscale modeling, extreme scale computing