Advanced Solutions for Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization

Dear Colleagues,

The urgency of mitigating anthropogenic carbon emissions has accelerated the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a key pathway toward net-zero energy systems. CCS integrates multidisciplinary challenges across capture efficiency, transport, and long-term subsurface storage. Recent advancements in experimental geomechanics, rock-fluid interactions, reactive transport modeling, and in situ monitoring have significantly enhanced our understanding of CO2 behavior in geologic formations, including saline aquifers, depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs, and caprock formations. However, questions remain about long-term sealing integrity, fracture responses, and the coupling of thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, and chemical (THMC) processes under in situ conditions.

This Special Issue aims to present cutting-edge research focused on advanced technologies that support the secure and efficient deployment of CCS. We invite original research and reviews that encompass experimental studies, modeling approaches, and monitoring techniques relevant to CCS.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Coupled THMC processes in carbon storage reservoirs;
• Caprock integrity and fracture self-sealing mechanisms;
• Stress-path dependent injectivity and geomechanical evolution;
• CO₂-brine-rock interaction and mineral trapping;
• Pore-scale and continuum-scale multiphase flow modeling;
• Fiber-optic and real-time monitoring techniques for injection and containment;
• Long-term risk assessment and leakage prediction methods;
• Numerical upscaling from microfluidics to field-scale simulations;
• Integration of CCS with hydrogen or geothermal co-injection systems.

We look forward to your contributions to advance the science and technology for CCS.

Dr. Kiseok Kim
Guest Editor

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