The Third International Forum on
Transportation of CO₂ by Pipeline

CO₂ Pipelines Short Course 18-19 June
Conference 20-21 June
Newcastle, UK

Pipeline Transportation of Carbon Dioxide Containing Impurities

Course schedule Monday and Tuesday 18-19 June 09.00 - 17.00

The course covers the entire spectrum of technical issues and requirements for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, risk and integrity assessment of pipelines carrying impure CO₂

Who should attend?

Professionals who require in-depth background and technical requirements of transport systems for impure CO₂ , including pipeline engineers and designers; regulators, health, safety and environmental specialists.

Documentation

The course will be fully documented with all slides and related documents printed in a durable ring binder for reference during and after the course, providing an invaluable reference document.

Lecturers

Mo Mohitpour is a Canadian Professional Engineer with 32 years of direct experience in engineering, construction, inspection and management of pipeline systems and associated facilities for oil, gas, condensate, batched products, specialty fluids (hydrogen and carbon monoxide, bitumen etc) transmission, storage, tankage and distribution. His experience covers detailed system design, route selection, sizing, hydraulics (steady state and dynamics), cost estimating, construction, inspection, consulting and management, as well as research and undertaking extensive training in all areas of pipeline technology. Has a further seven years of experience in metal forming (rolling, extrusion, forging and other manufacturing techniques) research and development. Mo is co-author of the books Pipeline Design & Construction, 3rd Ed., Pipeline Operation & Maintenance, 2nd Ed., Pipeline Integrity Assurance, and, most recently, Pipeline Transportation of Carbon Dioxide Containing Impurities (Dec. 2011). He has published more than 40 technical papers. 

Brian Rothwell is an engineering consultant based in Calgary, AB. He is retired from TransCanada Pipelines Ltd and has worked for over 45 years in the fields of materials, fracture and welding for pipeline systems, and for the last 25 years on safety and integrity, risk and reliability of gas transmission systems, and he served as Vice-Chair of the Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee for pipeline systems and materials. Brian graduated in Physical Metallurgy from Imperial College London. 

Syllabus

1. Introduction and background
CO₂ science
CO₂ and climate change
CO₂ sources, uses and safety issues
Impure CO₂ capture technologies
CO₂ sequestration
CO₂ transportation options
Pipeline technology for transportation of CO₂ with impurities
Overview of pipeline hydraulics design
    - Physical properties-equation of state
    - Applicability of EOS for anthropogenic CO₂ mixtures
    - Effect of impurities on the phase properties of CO₂
    - Operating envelope of a CO₂ pipeline
    - Phase behavior of anthropogenic CO₂
    - Effect of impurities on CO₂ storage, enhanced oil and gas recovery

2. Pipeline transportation of CO₂
Establishing design parameters
Establishing CO₂ pipeline pressure
CO₂ product properties
Other design parameters
Typical pipeline system design
Measurement facilities layout
Pipeline valves
Pipeline controls
Piping and components materials
Codes and standards
Pipeline routing

3. Pipe material selection and fracture control
General introduction
Characteristics of decompression wave speed in CO₂ with impurities
    - Decompression wave speed in pure and anthropogenic CO₂
    - Experimental verifications
Fracture control
    - Prevention of brittle fracture
    - Fracture initiation resistance
    - Fracture propagation control
    - Fracture propagation control in gaseous phase CO₂ pipelines
    - Crack arrestors

4. Pumping, compression and other appurtenances
Introduction
Thermodynamics of CO₂ compression in different phases
Initial compression of CO₂ prior to entry into pipeline
Pipeline compression and pumping systems
Flow metering
Valves and other appurtenances

5. CO₂ pipeline operation and maintenance
General operational issues
CO₂ pipeline system operational requirements
Salient operational and maintenance requirements
CO₂ pipeline maintenance
CO₂ pipeline leak detection
Pipeline commissioning and start up

6. Atmospheric dispersion of CO₂ containing impurities
CO₂ emissions risk
Atmospheric dispersion
Release dynamics
Modeling tools
CO₂ pipeline blowdown modeling
CO₂ pipeline rupture modeling

7. Risk assessment and integrity management
Hazard and risk
Pipeline risk assessment & methods for pipeline transmission system
CO₂ pipeline failure frequency calculation
Use of risk assessment in pipeline maintenance planning
Pipeline risk management
Reducing risk in operating pipelines transporting CO₂ containing impurities
Integrity management of CO₂ pipelines

8. Health, safety and emergency response
Health & safety general
Pipeline safety issues
Special hazard considerations for pipeline transporting supercritical CO₂
containing impurities
CO₂ pipeline emergencies
Emergency response planning

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