CO2 Mineralization for in situ Storage and ex situ Enhanced Metals Recovery Workshop
July 13th & 15th, 2021
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) held a virtual workshop on CO2 Mineralization for in situ Storage and ex situ Enhanced Metals Recovery on July 13th & 15th, 2021. The primary purpose of this workshop was to discuss research opportunities targeting enhanced mineralization of atmospheric carbon as a tool for both sequestration and the liberation of energy relevant elements. The discussions in this workshop could help inform a potential future program in this area. You can learn more about these topics by reviewing the meeting agenda and presentations, as well as watching the pre-recorded presentations by Program Directors Douglas Wicks and Joseph King included below.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
The Challenge: Critical Materials in Carbon Capture and Sequestration
| Time (ET) | Session/Speaker | Topic/Comments |
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| 12:30 pm | Webex meeting session opens | |
| 12:55 pm | Nancy Hicks | Housekeeping for Virtual Workshop |
| 1:00 pm | James Zahler Associate Director for Technology-to-Market, ARPA-E |
Welcome and Introduction to ARPA-E |
| 1:10 pm | Doug Wicks and Joe King Program Directors, ARPA-E |
Sequestering Carbon with Hybrid Employment of Mineral Assets (Workshop motivation, goals, and operating parameters) |
| 1:35 pm | Roger Aines Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Mineralization and Engineering the Carbon Economy |
| 2:00 pm | Todd Schaef PNNL |
Carbon Sequestration in Basalts: Laboratory Studies and Field Demonstration |
| 2:25 pm | Break | |
| 2:50 pm | Breakout Session |
Technical Approaches to in situ and ex situ CO2 mineralization: Current Advantages and Disadvantages |
| Group A | Chemical Approaches | |
| Group B | Electrochemical Approaches | |
| Group C | Microbiological Approaches | |
| Group D | Phytomining Approaches | |
| 4:20 pm | Break | |
| 4:30 pm | Doug Wicks | Reconvene. Preview/Homework for Day 2. |
| 4:35 pm | Happy Hour | |
Thursday, July 15, 2021
The What, Why, When and Whom of a Potential Program
| Time (ET) | Session/Speaker | Topic/Comments |
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| 1:00 pm | Joe King | Recap Day 1 including Breakout readouts Objectives for Day 2 |
| 1:10 pm | Peter Warwick US Geological Survey |
Carbon Dioxide Mineralization Feasibility in the United States |
| 1:35 pm | Rafael Santos, U Guelph, and Pol Knops, Green Minerals |
Considerations from the Past for the Future of Mineral Carbonation Creating Value by Beneficial Use of All Products (and Safely Sequestering CO2) |
| 2:15 pm |
Jeremy Freeman and Freya Chay Nigel Stewart |
Panel: Recipes for Success in a Mineralization Program |
| 2:55 pm | Esteban Gazel Cornell University |
Active Serpentinization in the Santa Elena Ophiolite (Costa Rica) as a Testbed for in-situ Carbon Storage |
| 3:15 pm | Doug Wicks | Breakout Pep Talk |
| 3:35 pm | Break | |
| 3:45 pm | Breakout Session |
Technical metrics and needs. Goals: - Programmatic needs (e.g. LCA/TEA, overriding geology/petrology public data) Technical target metrics (total up-take rates, speeds) - Balanced team makeup - Process differentiation - Validation methodology and techniques |
| Group A | Chemical Approaches | |
| Group B | Electrochemical Approaches | |
| Group C | Microbiological Approaches | |
| Group D | Phytomining Approaches | |
| 4:45 pm | Doug Wicks and Joe King | Closing Remarks |
| 5:00 pm | Happy Hour Continuation (optional) | |
Happy Hour Speakers
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West Virginia University |
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Cornell University |
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University of Utah |
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Montana State University |
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Cornell University |
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CNRS Geoscience Environment Toulouse |
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
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Green Minerals |
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University of California, Berkeley and LBNL |
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University of South Carolina |
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Colorado State University and PlantMadeWorks |
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Stevens Institute of Technology |
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Rutgers University |
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Precient Technologies |
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University of Guelph |
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University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
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Canada Nickel Company |
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Utah State University |
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University of California, Los Angeles |
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US Strategic Minerals Exploration |
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
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FPX Nickel Corp. |
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University of Alberta |
Dr. Douglas Wicks – Carbon Dioxide Mineralization for Mineral Extraction
Dr. Joseph King – Accelerated Geomineralization
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