Catalytic Processes for CO2 Utilization
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 (10 December 2021) | Viewed by 18791
Special Issue Editors
Interests: industrial gas cleaning processes; integration and chemical storage of renewable energy; recycling processes for industrial wastes; carbon capture and utilization
Interests: energy; energy storage; carbon capture and sequestration; energetic exploitation of biomass; combustion and gasification in a fluidized bed; methanation and solid-oxide fuel cells
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The paradigm shift towards zero waste and zero emission technologies in a circular economy boosts a steadily growing interest in carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies. “Green” CO2 will play a key role in energy supply for industry as well as the decarbonization of industrial production. The catalytic conversion of CO2 to valuable products enables the substitution of fossil feedstock and the production of a great variety of chemical and petrochemical intermediates and products. However, the utilization of CO2 as feedstock is energy intensive, and thus substantial progress is necessary for the implementation of CCU process chains in industrial production. This Special Issue will focus on, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- CO2 as feedstock for the chemical and petrochemical industries;
- CO2 as feedstock for synthetic fuels and Power-to-X;
- progress in the direct catalytic hydrogenation of CO2;
- bio-catalytic, electrochemical, and hybrid conversion processes for CO2;
- reforming processes for the utilization of CO2;
- intensification of catalytic processes for CO2 utilization;
- the role of CO2 in chemical storage of renewable energy;
- CO2 sources: potential, future developments, and conditions for utilization;
- carbon capture as part of CCU process chains;
- integration of CCU in existing industrial production;
- the future role of CCU for the decarbonization of industry; and
- the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation potential of CCU process chains.
Prof. Dr. Markus Lehner
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Juergen Karl
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Rauch
Co-Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogenation of CO2
- carbon capture and utilization
- reforming processes
- chemical storage of renewable energy
- GHG mitigation potential
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- power-to-x processes
- substitutes for natural gas
- methanation
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