Durée du projet de 4 ans et démarrera le 01/02/2021.
Le consortium de recherche est constitué de 12 institutions pour un total de 70 participants :
1 UNIVERSITE DU MANS France
2 SINTEF AS Norvège
3 YPF TECNOLOGIA S.A. Argentine
4 UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Espagne
5 ECOLE NATIONALE DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES France
6 UNIVERSITE DE LAUSANNE Suisse
7 COMISION NACIONAL DE ENERGIA ATOMICA Argentine
8 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO Argentine
9 INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA EN POLIMEROS Y NANOTECNOLOGIA (ITPN) Argentine
10 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA Colombie
11 UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE Chili
12 EPSLOG SA Belgique
Abtract MSCA RISE "DISCO2 STORE" :
The current scientific consensus indicates that it is vital to reach zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050 in order to avoid a large number of negative and unprecedented impacts on our planet due to global warming, such as extreme weather events, significant sea level rise, extinction of species and loss of biodiversity, among many others. It is therefore clear that a series of parallel mitigation actions must be undertaken, among which CO2 sequestration in geological repositories plays a major role. A worldwide application of this technology can take place only if a long-term storage of CO2 is assured, which, in turn, depends on a deep understanding of the reservoir characteristics. In this context, naturally-occurring or artificial underground mechanical discontinuities (MDs) are ubiquitous features which constitute the primary reasons for possible hazards associated with CO2 injection operations. DISCO2 STORE consortium thoughtfully examines MDs, in order to provide new knowledge and tools towards a riskless CO2 injection practice. This enterprise is tackled by building an interdisciplinary and international network, gathering 12 institutions from EU and TC. It congregates 35 experienced researchers, from academic and non-academic institutions, that share their variety of research expertise by means of international secondments and promote high-level training in a topic of high social impact. In addition, 19 PhD students participate in the project, gaining knowledge and acquiring competences on this environmental hot topic, in an international and stimulating framework. The outputs of this ambitious research proposal permit a deeper understanding of the effects of MDs and contribute towards making CO2 geological sequestration operations a safer and more reachable alternative for the mitigation of the effects of global warming.
Le projet est financé par l'appel à projet MSCA RISE de l'Europe intégré dans le dispositif Horizon 2020.
DIScontinuities in CO2 STOrage REservoirs : DISCO2 STORE
Laboratoire de Géosciences - LPG
UFR SCiences et Techniques
Université du Maine
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