金属矿遗留采空区CO2封存方法及其可行性研究

CO2 sequestration in abandoned metal mine goafs: methods and feasibility study

  • 摘要: CO2地质封存(CO2 geological storage, CGS)是助力我国及全球碳中和目标实现的关键技术路径. 传统CGS面临场地稀缺与成本高昂的双重挑战,实现低成本、规模化场地封存理念亟需开展技术创新与跨领域合作. 长期性、大规模、高强度的金属采矿活动在国内遗留了规模宏大的采空区,该类地下空间虽赋存较浅,有效盖层缺失,封闭性欠佳,但场地可人为改造优势显著,若能实现CO2封存,既是对废弃地下空间的资源化利用,又是对规模化CGS技术路径的有效补充,兼具双重效益. 因此,笔者开展了专门的金属矿遗留采空区CO2封存方法及其可行性研究,得出以下
    结论 (1)借鉴硬岩内衬地下洞室压缩空气储能(Compressed air energy storage, CAES)成熟技术模式,在金属矿遗留采空区矿硐内建造储气库实现CO2物理封存是可行的技术方案,该方案的实施可分为两阶段,第一阶段,CO2储库封存——环境效益阶段;第二阶段,CO2储能利用——经济效益阶段.(2)充填固碳理念,利用工业固废CO2矿化机制先固碳、再充填,实现采空区处置与CO2封存,基于该理念本研究提出了金属矿遗留采场“资源回收–充填固碳”协同方法,同步实现充填固碳扩大封存、提高资源回收率、固废处置与灾害防治四重目标.(3)基于遗留采空区超基性–基性围岩的情况,讨论了Wallula方法和Carbfix方法用于金属矿遗留采空区–围岩系统矿化封存CO2的可行性及要点,前者用于金属矿遗留采空区CO2封存时,依然需遵循沉积盆地的封存理念;后者用于金属矿遗留采空区CO2封存时,要求可靠的、经济的水资源供给为首要前提. (4)基于现有的CGIF(CO2 gangue inorganic framework)物理–化学协同封存理念,提出了通过在金属矿遗留采场边界构筑人工圈闭实现内部空间CO2物理–化学协同封存的方法. 人工圈闭的构筑实现井下采场充填固碳“先固碳,再充填”与“先充填,再固碳”并行的双路径技术体系. 人工圈闭内充注CO2形成圈闭–矿化–游离的协同封存机制,该机制可实现采场空间范围CO2封存潜力最大化,封存潜力可使用有效容积法和矿物置换法来计算. 综上所述,本研究提出了基于物理封存、矿化封存、溶解封存技术并适配于金属矿遗留采空区的CO2封存方法,以期为该类地下空间资源化利用提供理论参考与技术支撑,进而服务于我国及全球碳中和战略.

     

    Abstract: CO2 geological storage (CGS) is a key technological pathway for assisting both China and the global community in achieving carbon neutrality goals. Traditional CGS faces the dual challenges of site scarcity and high costs. The realization of a low-cost, large-scale site storage concept urgently requires technological innovation and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Long-term, large-scale, and high-intensity metal mining activities have resulted in vast goafs both in China and globally. While such underground spaces are characterized by shallow occurrence, lack of effective caprock, and poor sealing performance, they possess a significant advantage: high potential for artificial engineering modification. Utilizing them for CO2 storage would represent both the resource recovery of abandoned underground spaces and an effective supplement to large-scale CGS technological pathways, offering dual benefits. Therefore, this study conducted dedicated research on CO2 storage methodologies and their feasibility for abandoned metal mine goafs, providing the following conclusions and viewpoints. (a) Drawing on the mature technological model of compressed air energy storage in hard-rock-lined underground caverns, constructing gas storage reservoirs within the drifts and tunnels of abandoned metal mines for physical CO2 storage is a feasible technical solution. The implementation of this scheme can be divided into two stages: the first stage is the CO2 reservoir storage–environmental benefit phase, and the second stage is the CO2 energy storage utilization–economic benefit phase. (b) Based on the concept of backfill carbonation, which utilizes the CO2 mineralization of industrial solid waste to sequester carbon first and then backfill, thereby achieving goaf disposal and CO2 storage, this study proposes a synergistic “resource recovery-backfill carbonation” method for abandoned metal mine stopes. This method simultaneously achieves four objectives: expanding carbon sequestration through backfill carbonation, improving resource recovery rates, disposing of solid waste, and preventing geological hazards. (c) The feasibility and key points of applying the Wallula and Carbfix methods for mineralization storage within the goaf–surrounding rock system are discussed for scenarios in which abandoned goafs are surrounded by ultramafic–mafic rock. When the former is used for CO2 storage in abandoned metal mine goafs, it must still adhere to the sedimentary basin storage paradigm. For the latter, a reliable and economical water supply is the primary prerequisite. (d) Based on the existing CO2-gangue inorganic framework concept of physicochemical synergistic storage, a method is proposed to achieve such storage within the internal space of abandoned metal mine stopes by constructing artificial traps along their boundaries. The construction of artificial traps enables the parallel implementation of two technological pathways in underground backfill carbonation: “carbon sequestration first, then backfilling” and “backfilling first, then carbon sequestration.” Injecting CO2 into these structures creates a synergistic storage mechanism for the trapping–mineralization–free phase, which can maximize the CO2 storage potential within the stope volume. This potential can be estimated using the effective volume and mineral replacement methods. In summary, this study proposes CO2 storage methodologies for abandoned metal mine goafs based on physical storage, mineral carbonation, and solubility-trapping technologies. The aim is to provide theoretical and technical underpinnings for the resource recovery of such spaces and to advance the strategic goals of carbon neutrality, both in China and globally.

     

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