Optimization of CO2 Capture and Sequestration
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 1903
Special Issue Editor
Interests: CO2 capture from large point sources; large-scale optimization of energy systems; solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC); carbon utilization; direct air capture (DAC); reaction engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, most people have been experiencing first-hand consequences of climate change, such as frequent high-temperature records, unprecedented forest fires, accelerated ice melting, changing rain pattern, sea level rises, etc. This calls for urgent measures to reduce anthropogenic CO2 emissions. In that regard, the IPCC has highlighted the importance of CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) in the portfolio of measures to reach net zero by 2050. In the past five years or so, CCS is gaining momentum, and there has been a significant increase in large CCS projects in some jurisdictions. Yet, there is a need to further reduce the cost of CO2 capture either through new and optimized solvents and materials and/or through process optimization. Apart from CO2 capture from large point sources, direct air capture (DAC) aims to capture CO2 from the atmospherere and is a technology that has recently attracted considerable interest. DAC is relatively new and offers considerable opportunities for technological development. Of course, CO2 capture technologies are intimately linked to howcaptured CO2 is used, and whether it is stored permanently or utilized for the production of fuel, chemicals, or other materials.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to CO2 capture, direct air capture, CO2 sequestration, and CO2 utilization.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The optimization of conventional CO2 capture processes;
- Novel solvents for CO2 capture;
- CO2 capture from hard-to-abate industries (e.g., cement and steel);
- Direct air capture (DAC);
- Sorbents for DAC;
- Techno-economic assessment of CO2 and/or DAC technologies;
- CO2 sequestration (e.g., sedimentary basins and mineralization);
- CO2 utilization toward fuels, chemicals, and other materials;
- Life cycle analysis.
Prof. Dr. Eric Croiset
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- CO2 capture
- CO2 storage
- CO2 utilization
- CO2 reduction
- direct air capture
- techno-economic assessment
- life cycle analysis
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