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Development of Microbially-Aided Carbon Sequestration Technology

Research Keyword: Carbon fixation, microbe, CCS, carbon capture and sequestration

The purpose of this project is to develop a technology to cause microbially-aided carbon precipitation by injecting CO2 into a rock in deep underground with anaerobic bacteria, elements, and nutrients. The proposed technology is deeply related to the prevention of global warming with carbon capture and sequestration generally abbreviated as CCS. CCS is one of technologies being developed around the world to reduce the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere by injecting carbon dioxide into deep underground with a depth of more than 2000 m. The technology is deemed necessary to achieve the Paris Agreement, but there are several concerns to be addressed, one of which is CO2 leak-off to the ground surface through pre-existing rock mass fractures and geological structures such as faults and fractured zones. The microbially-aided carbon precipitation can contribute to mitigating the risk for CO2 leak-off by transforming injected CO2 into a precipitated carbonate with the help of microbes.

Development of Microbially-Aided Carbon Sequestration Technology

Cluster members

  • Japan
    Coordinator
    Atsushi SAINOKI

    Associate Professor
    Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology (FAST), Kumamoto University

    Japan
  • Japan
    Akira SATO Website

    Professor
    Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University

    Japan
  • Australia
    Murat KARAKUS Website

    Associate Professor
    The University of Adelaide

    Australia
  • Japan
    Kazunori NAKASHIMA Website

    Associate Professor
    Hokkaido University

    Japan
  • Japan
    Hiroaki ITO Website

    Assistant Professor
    Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University

    Japan

Achievement

Publications
in press
2024
2023
2022
Publications
Grants

  • JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (PI: Sainoki)

  • Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research B, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), (PI: Professor Sato)

  • Fusin Oriented Research for Disruptive Science and Technology (FOREST) provided by Japan Society and Technology Agency (JST), “Control of induced seismicity with microbially-aided CO2 mineralization” FY2023 – 2030

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