RECS Day 5, cont. - Hands on CO2 Monitoring at Plant Barry
June 10th - Surface CO2 monitoring above geologic storage formations can be an important part of a monitoring, verification and accounting (MVA) protocol that helps ensure safe storage and build public confidence. There are two primary methods to quantify the rate of CO2 release from the ground to the atmosphere. One method is chamber-based and the other is micrometeorological (i.e. Eddy Covariance, Bowen-Ratio energy balance).
Rod Madsen from LI-COR Biosciences provided the RECS group with the opportunity to see how CO2 monitoring equipment is utilized in the field. LI-COR's LI-8100A Automated Soil CO2 Flux System (above) and the LI-7500A Open Path CO2 / H20 Analyzer (below) are currently deployed at a number of CO2 storage test sites.