Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2010, 7(1), 203-228; doi:10.3390/ijerph7010203
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Environmental Remediation and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into Useful Green Products by Accelerated Carbonation Technology

Mihee Limemail, Gi-Chun Hanemail, Ji-Whan Ahn* email and Kwang-Suk Youemail
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), 92 Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-350, Korea
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 26 November 2009 / Accepted: 12 January 2010 / Published: 18 January 2010
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Abstract: This paper reviews the application of carbonation technology to the environmental industry as a way of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2), a green house gas, including the presentation of related projects of our research group. An alternative technology to very slow natural carbonation is the co-called ‘accelerated carbonation’, which completes its fast reaction within few hours by using pure CO2. Carbonation technology is widely applied to solidify or stabilize solid combustion residues from municipal solid wastes, paper mill wastes, etc. and contaminated soils, and to manufacture precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC). Carbonated products can be utilized as aggregates in the concrete industry and as alkaline fillers in the paper (or recycled paper) making industry. The quantity of captured CO2 in carbonated products can be evaluated by measuring mass loss of heated samples by thermo-gravimetric (TG) analysis. The industrial carbonation technology could contribute to both reduction of CO2 emissions and environmental remediation.
Keywords: carbon dioxide (CO2); accelerated carbonation; municipal solid waste; paper mill waste; precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC); recycled paper; thermo-gravimetric (TG) analysis

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Lim, M.; Han, G.-C.; Ahn, J.-W.; You, K.-S. Environmental Remediation and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into Useful Green Products by Accelerated Carbonation Technology. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2010, 7, 203-228.

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Lim M, Han G-C, Ahn J-W, You K-S. Environmental Remediation and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into Useful Green Products by Accelerated Carbonation Technology. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2010; 7(1):203-228.

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Lim, Mihee; Han, Gi-Chun; Ahn, Ji-Whan; You, Kwang-Suk. 2010. "Environmental Remediation and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into Useful Green Products by Accelerated Carbonation Technology." Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 7, no. 1: 203-228.

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