CX-270938: Colorado School of Mines - SCOPE CO2 - Spectroscopic CO2 Pipeline Evaluation-Enabling Safe, Cost-Effective Transport, Storage and Use

Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a spectroscopic system to monitor mineral impurities in gaseous and supercritical carbon dioxide to enhance large scale transport and reduce damage to pipelines from corrosion by impurities. Specifically, the project team will (1) test and validate impurity system and ability to identify compounds, (2) design preliminary prototype system based on initial test results, (3) fabricate, test, and validate operational prototype system to meet performance metrics, and (4) prepare system design for next-stage development. If successful, this project will result in a system to reduce carbon dioxide purification costs by enabling the smart combination of source streams, minimizing purification steps, and ensuring its safe transport via pipelines, ultimately reducing dependence on foreign energy and minerals, thereby increasing U.S. energy security.