GERC - Virginia Tech IRES Collaboration: Casey Jennings
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| Standing in front of Matterhorn with a 'Tiger rag' representing my Alma mater, Clemson University |
My
name is Casey Jennings and I am a Master’s student and graduate research
assistant in the Mining and Minerals Engineering Department in Blacksburg,
Virginia, USA. I am assisting on a CO2 storage and enhanced gas recovery
project in unmineable coal seams in Buchanan County, Virginia. I am monitoring
the produced water quality during the injection to see if any changes occur.
Over
the summer, I spent seven weeks working with the British Geological Survey (BGS) and
University of Nottingham’s co-established GeoEnergy Research Centre. While
there, I mainly worked at the BGS with Dr. Andrew Kilpatrick on batch reaction
models in PHREEQC. This is the basis for creating a 1D reactive transport model
for predicting how the CO2 will react with the water and coal in the reservoir.
Things of interest include changes in pH, alkalinity, redox, and which minerals
in the system dissolve or precipitate out. I also spent some time consulting
with Dr. Veerle Vandeginste about my work.
I
took advantage of my proximity and visited some other places around Europe on
the weekends. One of my favorite places was Switzerland. I hiked around
Matterhorn in the Alps, which was spectacular, and I also enjoyed the lively
city of Lucerne.
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