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FY2005 FRED Database Project Description:

Project Information

 

 

Project Title:

Development of a Carbon Management Geographic Information System (GIS) for the United States

 

Project I.D.:

DE-FC26-02NT41622

 

FE Program:

Carbon Sequestration

 

Research Type:

Applied Research        

 

Funding Memorandum:

Cooperative Agree't (nonCCT) - Tech R&D

 

 

Project Performer

 

 

Performer Type:

Private Higher Educational Institution

 

Performer:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Performer Address:

                             
77 Massachusetts Avenue                          
                                                 

 

Other Project Team Members:

 

 

 

Project Dates

 

 

Project Start Date:

1-Oct-02

 

Project End Date:

31-Dec-08

 

 

Project Location

 

 

City:

Cambridge

 

State:

MA

 

ZIP Code:

02139-4307

 

Congressional District:

8

 

Responsible FE Site:

NETL

 

 

Project Contact

 

 

Name:

Herzog, Howard J.

 

Telephone:

(617) 253-0688

 

Fax Number:

(617) 253-8013

 

Email Address:

hjherzog@mit.edu

 

 

DOE/FE Contact

 

 

Name:

Chapman, Dawn

 

Telephone Number:

(304) 285-4133

 

Site Location:

NETL

 

Email Address:

Chapman@netl.doe.gov              

 

 

Cost & Funding Info.

 

 

Total Estimated Cost:

$1,587,503

 

DOE Share:

$1,270,002

 

Non-DOE Share:

$317,501

 

 

Project Description

 

 

Project Description:

The overall objective of the proposed projectis to develop a systems analysis tool to aid in the development and deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies in the US.

 

Project Background:

The project will take a top-down approach to analyzing the potential for CO2 capture and storage in the US and is complementary to the project being conducted by the MIDCARB Consortium.  The MIDCARB consortium is using a bottoms-up approach in 5 Midwestern states and will collaborate with MIT on this effort.



The project will develop tools to provide DOE managers with real-time display and analysis of CO2 sequestration sources; sinks and other data.  The system will contain data from sources; sinks and transportation within a spatial database.  Visualization of high quality and current data can assist decision makers by providing access to distributed sets of high quality data in a consistent manner.   The main tool being used in the endeavor is a Geographic Information System (GIS).  The GIS tool will be used to model; analyze and visualize spatial relationships between data.  MIT's Carbon Management (CM) system will apply GIS tools to inform and support CM decisions.



The system being developed will ultimately aid the DOE in realizing the proximity of major and minor CO2 sources and sinks thus enabling the development of meaningful and economically feasible sequestration demonstration projects.

 

Project Accomplishments:

[NOTE: Updated information not available beginning 2004]

30-Sep-03:
Accomplishment: FY2003
Description: System Design

We have produced a working prototype that incorporates the following points:

Data requirements for primary carbon dioxide system: sources

30-Sep-04:
Accomplishment: FY2004
Description: Incorporate economic, regulatory, political data

We examined some major regulatory and political issues that may affect geologic sequestration projects in the future and suggests a methodology for incorporating this information into a geographic information system (GIS) based decision analysis tool, designed to aid decision makers dealing with carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). Specific topics covered include:

1. the Environmental Protection Agency's Underground Injection Control Program

2. protected and restricted land use areas where it may be difficult or impossible to site a CCS project

3. state-level action on climate change and how they may affect potential CCS projects



During the past year, three researchers completed their Masters' theses on topics from this project. They are listed below and correspond to Tasks 1, 3, and 6, respectively:

Cheng

 

 

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