Advancements in CO2 Capture Systems and Application Cases
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 31
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Interests: propulsion; emission control; carbon capture technologies; exhaust aftertreatment systems; air management
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Interests: internal combustion engines; emission control; exhaust aftertreatment systems; air management; carbon capture technologies; fuel cells
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
CO2 capture is a key enabler fo meeting climate targets across power, industrial, and transport sectors. Effective deployment requires capture units to be engineered as part of cohesive systems that include gas conditioning, heat and power integration, compression and purification, and interfaces to transport and storage. At the same time, decision-makers require transparent evidence on performance, cost, and environmental impacts. Comparative techno-economic assessment (TEA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) are therefore essential to benchmark options—post-combustion, pre-combustion, oxy-fuel, and direct air capture—and to guide scale-up in real-world applications.
This Special Issue encourages work from both industry and academia addressing the implementation of integrated CO2 capture across sectors. The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Comparative evaluations of capture routes across relevant applications;
- Process integration and control, covering gas purification, heat recovery, and compression–purification trains;
- Modeling and optimization, from materials and reactors to plant-level design, digital twins, and network planning;
- Durability, emissions, safety, and operability under realistic impurities and dynamic loads;
- TEA and LCA with harmonized system boundaries, functional units, and CO2 avoidance costs, including uncertainty analysis;
- Infrastructure and logistics for CO2 handling, product specifications, and storage readiness.
Dr. Pedro Piqueras
Dr. Enrique José Sanchis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- CO2 capture
- integrated systems
- process integration
- techno-economic assessment (TEA)
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
- capture routes
- scale-up and deployment
- CO2 transport and storage
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