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SimCCS

CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) Infrastructure Decision Support

Cutting-Edge Software for Optimized Carbon Capture and Storage Network Design

SimCCS, supported by the U.S. DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, is a powerful optimization tool for designing integrated CCS infrastructure networks. Developed over a decade and now in its third iteration, SimCCS3.0 introduces new capabilities, including multi-scale, temporal, and environmental justice modeling. Using user-provided data on CO2 sources, sinks, and transportation routes, SimCCS formulates an optimization problem to determine the most cost-effective network design. Solutions can be run through a high-performance computing interface or locally with third-party software. Built in Java and freely available, SimCCS encourages collaboration across the CCS community to drive infrastructure advancements.

Capabilities:

  • Capture Model (NICO2LE): understand commercial-scale capture opportunities.
  • Cost Surface Model (CostMAP): allows users to input multiple GIS data layers and to set weights and rules for developing a weighted-cost network.
  • Network Model (SimCCS): identify likely corridors; develop candidate pipeline routes for optimization engine; identify optimal pipeline routes.
  • Storage Model (SCO2T): rapidly calculate realistic injection & storage & costs.

SimCCS and related components are available by sending request to simccs@lanl.gov & licensing@lanl.gov

  • An Advanced Open-Source Software for the Design of CO2 Capture, Transport, and Storage Infrastructure. doi.org/10.2118/211876-MS
  • Phase-based design of CO2 capture, transport, and storage infrastructure via SimCCS3.0. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33512-5
  • SimCCS: An open-source tool for optimizing CO2 capture, transport, and storage infrastructure. doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104560
  • Great SCO2T! Rapid tool for carbon sequestration science, engineering, and economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acags.2020.100035
  • CostMAP: open-source software package for developing cost surfaces using a multi-scale search kernel. doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2019.1675885
    Report: CO2 pipeline analysis for existing coal-fired power plants.  

SimCCS Copyright
Documentation: LA-UR-21-32129
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