Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2352 The University of Texas at San Antonio (144240)
Principal Investigator: Urena-Benavides, Esteban
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 298,845
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 2/1/23 - 1/31/25
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: none
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Tx Sustainable Energy Res Inst
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: CAS-Climate: EAGER – Preventing Pore Clogging by Aggregated Carbohydrate Nanocrystals during CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
National Science Foundation - NSF
CFDA Link: NSF
47.041
Program Title:
none
CFDA Linked: Engineering Grants
Note:
SAMs 1.1.1; This research project proposes enhancing CO2 storage security by trapping the greenhouse gas in a nanocrystal stabilized foam to prevent leakage. It is herein hypothesized that carbohydrate nanocrystals with functional groups possessing high affinity towards CO2 adsorb onto the gas/brine interface to prevent pore clogging, thus enhancing nanocrystal transport through reservoir rocks. To prove this hypothesis, the following specific objectives have been proposed: 1) To control the CO2-philicity of carbohydrate nanocrystals by modifying their surface with thermally and chemically resistant functional groups. 2)This research will contribute to generating the fundamental knowledge needed for the safe sequestration CO2 foams in geological sites while reducing the possibility of leaks.
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