LENGTH OF VERTICAL PIPES FOR DEEP-OCEAN SEQUESTRATION OF CO2 IN ROUGHSEAS

In deep-ocean sequestration of CO2, it is difficult technically and co stly to transport the CO2 with the use of pipelines on the sea floor, especially when the disposal site is deep and far from land. A promisi ng alternative is using a ship as CO2 carrier and a pipe suspended ver tically from a floating base at the site. The mechanical strength of t he pipe has been investigated with consideration of the static tension due to the weight of the pipe itself and buoyancy of additional float ers, as well as the dynamic tension due to wave-induced motion of the floating base. We found that a pipe length of 4,000m is a feasible ext ension of conventional techniques. A pipe longer than 6,000m requires development of innovative technologies that are not yet developed.