TY - JOUR A1 - Yevtushenko, Oleksandra A1 - Bettge, Dirk A1 - Bohraus, Stefan A1 - Bäßler, Ralph A1 - Pfennig, A. A1 - Kranzmann, Axel T1 - Corrosion behavior of steels for CO2 injection JF - Process safety and environmental protection N2 - The process chain for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) includes tubing for injection of CO2 into saline aquifers. The compressed CO2 is likely to contain specific impurities; small concentrations of SO2 and NO2 in combination with oxygen and humidity are most harmful. In addition, CO2 saturated brine is supposed to rise in the well when the injection process is interrupted. The material selection has to ensure that neither CO2 nor brine or a combination of both will leak out of the inner tubing. In this comprehensive paper the investigated materials range from low-alloy steels and 13% Cr steels up to high-alloy materials. Electrochemical tests as well as long term exposure tests were performed in CO2, in brine and combination of both; pressure was up to 100 bar, temperature up to 60 °C. Whereas the CO2 stream itself can be handled using low alloy steels, combinations of CO2 and brine require more resistant materials to control the strong tendency to pitting corrosion. The corrosion behavior of heat-treated steels depends on factors such as microstructure and carbon content. For different sections of the injection tube, appropriate materials should be used to guarantee safety and consider cost effectiveness. KW - CCS KW - Injection tubing KW - Corrosion KW - Safety KW - Carbon steel KW - High alloy steel KW - Saline fluid KW - Supercritical CO2 PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2013.07.002 SN - 0957-5820 SN - 1744-3598 VL - 92 IS - 1 SP - 108 EP - 118 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-28966 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -