Princeton University Receives $800,000 Federal Research Grant

Princeton University has been awarded a federal grant of $800,000 for a three-year project that develops technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS), U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) announced on Wednesday.

The competitive grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

“This funding will allow Princeton to continue its leading role in helping reduce the amount of CO2 that is released into the atmosphere,” Menendez said. “I will continue to fight to protect our environment and to make sure that our institutions have the resources they need to research and develop a strategy to address climate change.”

“Discovering new and innovative ways to reduce air pollution is crucial to limiting effects of climate change and ensuring the wellbeing of generations to come,” Booker said. “I’m proud of the cutting edge CO2 research already underway at Princeton and I look forward to the innovative work this grant will spur in the coming years.”

Princeton University’s project will develop new modeling capabilities for the simulation of CO2 and brine migration in fractured reservoirs.

Researchers will investigate flow interactions between fractures and rock composition to better predict the CO2 distribution within a storage reservoir.

The selected projects are managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, and were awarded in two key areas: geomechanical research, and fractured reservoir and seal behavior.

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