Design of glass containers for submarine carbon storage

The work deals with the preliminary design of glass container to meet the structural aspects of the confined submarine carbon storage (CSCS) technology. Borosilicate glass has been chosen to be the container material for its high compressive strength and chemical resistance in salty environment. Finite element analyses have been performed in order to define the container shape, conjugating an acceptable storage capacity with a safe mechanical response during the container entire working life. This work deals with the preliminary design of glass containers to be deposited on the seabed at 2000  m depth after being filled with liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) at a pressure of 10  MPa. The specific purpose is to provide preliminary structural analyses of the containers to be employed in a novel patent CO2 storage method called confined submarine carbon storage (CSCS). The core steps of the CSCS technology are the container manufacturing and filling with high-pressure liquid CO2. Consequently, the container geometry, material properties and structural response are the most critical aspects in the container design. Due to the low cost and to the high stability in salty environment, glass has been identified as a suitable material for the CSCS technology. Furthermore, the high compressive resistance allows glass containers to be deposited on the seabed where the external water pressure exceeds the internal pressure of liquefied carbon dioxide. On the other hand, the limited tensi...
Source: Packaging Technology and Science - Category: Food Science Authors: Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research