Vulnerability to atmospheric carbonation is one of the major durability concerns for limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) concrete due to its relatively low overall alkalinity. In this study, the natural carbonation behaviors of ternary ordinary Port...
Canada’s mineral reserves can play a very important role in curbing climate change if natural alkaline minerals are used for the process of mineral carbonation. In this work, the potential of using two Canadian natural silicates for accelerated...
This research aims to examine the effect of carbonation on the strength properties and carbonation depth of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete using two different water to cement ratios (w/c) and two different replacement percentages of natural...
Facing the global climate change crisis, many cities have proposed the goal to achieve net-zero carbon cities. The natural carbon sink in urban space is indispensable for net-zero carbon cities, but the existing measurement system has shortcomings in...
This review sums up the techniques used for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon nanofibers (CNFs), and carbon nanospheres (CNSs) by employing catalysts of natural origin. Establishing large-scale production and commercial applications of...
The progress in the practical use of glassy carbon materials has led to a considerable interest in understanding the nature of their physical properties. The electrophysical properties are among the most demanded properties. However, obtaining such m...
Carbon membranes have emerged as a promising class of inorganic membranes for desalination due to their tunable pore structures, superior chemical and thermal stability, and molecular-sieving properties. In pursuit of sustainability, recent research...
The integrated power and natural gas energy system (IPGES) is of great significance to promote the coordination and complementarity of multi-energy flow, and it is an important carrier to increase the proportion of wind power accommodation and achiev...
Hybrid composite laminates including carbon fibers and natural fibers, hence basalt and/or vegetable ones, draw on the experiences accumulated in studying the hybridization of fiberglass with carbon or natural fibers. Yet, in the case of carbon/natur...
On the Loess Plateau, vast farmlands have suffered from severe land degradation and soil erosion. Afforestation and natural vegetation restoration are two main methods for ecological restoration on the degraded farmland in the last few decades. Previ...
In the context of “dual carbon”, restrictions on carbon emissions have attracted widespread attention from researchers. In order to solve the issue of the insufficient exploration of the synergistic emission reduction effects of various l...
The purpose of this research is to assess the yield and reaction rate potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration through mineralisation using readily available and inexpensive resources by exploiting waste materials. In this case, a blend of fou...
The maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) is the main conifer species in Portugal, occurring mainly in the central and northern regions of the country. In addition to its environmental significance, it plays an important socio-economic role, supported by a...
The effect of filler content on viscoelastic properties of carbon black filled vulcanized natural rubber is here studied. The filled natural rubber specimens are subjected to dynamic mechanical loading with the temperature varying from −80 °...
Carbon fiber significantly enhances the mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of rubber composites, which are widely used in aerospace, military, national defense and other cutting-edge fields. The preparation of a high-performance carbon fib...
As climate change intensifies the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, such as storm surges, understanding how extreme weather events alter mangrove carbon dynamics is critical for predicting the resilience of blue carbon ecosystems und...
Today’s environmental issues related to wastewater are being tackled by growing public concern and tighter international regulation. Pollutant removal from wastewater is still a very challenging task. The removal of heavy metals from industrial...
Concern for the future requires local steward-led cooperation between natural and social scientists and decision-makers to develop informed and policy-relevant nature-based mitigation solutions, including blue carbon (BC), which can help secure the f...
Natural fractures and wormholes strongly influence the performance of acid fracturing in naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs. This work uses an integrated model to study the effects of treatment parameters in acid fracturing in different reservo...
One of the most promising strategies for the safe and permanent disposal of anthropogenic CO2 is its conversion into carbonate minerals via the carbonation of calcium and magnesium silicates. However, the mechanism of such a reaction is not well cons...
The growing concerns for the environmental impact of resource depletion and carbon emissions has led to the current study of using novel, sustainable materials in natural rubber compounds. The principal goal of this study was to reduce the usage of t...
This review outlines the methods for preparing carbon dots (CDs) from various natural resources to select the process to produce CDs with the best biological application efficacy. The oxidative activity of CDs mainly involves photo-induced cell damag...
Ecological restoration has a positive impact on global climate change. How plant-soil stores carbon in degraded grassland ecological restoration requires long-term monitoring and support. To reveal the dynamics of plant-soil carbon storage in the suc...
Natural gas sweetening is required to remove the acid gas CO2 to meet gas grid specifications. Membrane technology has a great potential in this application compared to the state-of-the-art amine absorption technology. Carbon membranes are of particu...
To know the sustainable performance of calcium-based adsorbents is one of the important aspects to realize efficient and economical carbon capture, and to systematically study the properties of natural adsorbents is conducive to their industrializati...
Climate change urgently requires reducing carbon emissions in the energy sector. Natural gas is a cleaner fossil fuel and important for the global shift to sustainable energy. However, its supply chain still produces significant carbon emissions. Car...
(1) Background: This work evaluated the optical characterization of aqueous fluorescent chitosan-based carbon dots (or carbon nanoparticles CNPs) embedded in natural dye for potential functional packaging applications. Chitosan-based materials are no...
Carbon storage is a critical factor for ensuring the provision of ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation, particularly in nature reserves. Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of carbon storage within China’s nature res...
Methods of computational intelligence show a high potential for short-term price forecasting of the energy market as they offer the possibility to cope with the complexity, multi-parameter dependency, and non-linearity of pricing mechanisms. While th...
This paper presents the influence of natural extracts obtained from Levisticum officinale and Citrus x clementine on the corrosion of carbon steel in a 3.5% NaCl solution. We started from dried leaves of Levisticum officinale and Citrus x clementine...
Mangrove ecosystems sequester and store large amounts of carbon in both biomass and soil. In this study, species diversity, the above and below-ground biomass as well as carbon stock by the mangroves in Kanhlyashay natural mangrove forest were estima...
Stacked-cup carbon nanotubes (SCCNTs) are generally referred to as carbon nanofibers (CNFs). SCCNTs are much less expensive to fabricate and are regarded as good polymer modifiers suitable for large-scale production. Flexible, SCCNT-based soy lecithi...
Tropical forests are abundant in biodiversity and carbon stock, and the simulation of carbon flux in tropical forests is particularly challenged due to their immense biodiversity, complex and dynamic ecological processes, diverse soil and hydrologica...
China is currently the world’s largest energy consumer and carbon emitter. In order to reduce the harm of carbon dioxide to the global ecological environment, the use of natural gas instead of coal is a realistic choice for China to achieve the...
Enhanced Natural Attenuation (ENA) can accelerate pollutant degradation by adding electron acceptors or nutrients. However, its impact on carbon-fixing microorganisms, which are widely found in the natural attenuation process, remains unclear. In thi...
In recent years, the Chinese government has introduced a series of energy-saving, emission-reducing, and environmentally protective policies. These policies have gradually decreased the proportion of high carbon-emitting energy consumption, such as c...
Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) are widespread metalloenzymes in organisms in all life kingdoms, being involved in pH regulation, metabolic processes and many other physiological and pathological conditions. CA inhibitors and activators thus po...
China has a high frequency of natural disasters and it has become the economy with the largest carbon emissions in recent years. In this study, we mainly investigated the relationships between carbon emissions and natural disaster losses in China, as...
Natural resource rent (NRR) can be a blessing for the economic growth of resource-rich economies but may cause environmental problems. The present research explores the effects of NRR, economic growth, trade openness (TO), and foreign direct investme...
In this manuscript an improved sorbent based on modified exfoliated carbon nanoplatelets, applied in the removal of ammonium from aqueous samples, is presented. This sorbent showed better efficiency in comparison with the previous one obtained in our...
Accurate information about the distribution of natural fractures is a key factor for the success of the exploration and development of oil and gas in carbonate rock formations. Forward modeling of natural fractures generated by tectonic movement with...
The growing interest in energy storage devices, both batteries and capacitors, could lead to the improvement of electrochemical properties such as extended charge/discharge cycles, high specific capacitance, and power density. Furthermore, the use of...
In this paper, we characterized the natural fracture systems and inferred the state of in situ stress field through an integrated study in a very complex and heterogeneous fractured carbonate reservoir. Relative magnitudes and orientations of the in-...
CO2 sequestration is considered one of the main pillars in achieving the ongoing decarbonization efforts. A myriad of CO2 sequestration projects targeted sandstone reservoirs since carbonate reservoirs appeared to be unpropitious due to their geologi...
Natural rubber is widely used in various engineering fields due to its excellent properties, particularly as an anti-corrosion and wear-resistant lining for metal pipelines. The defects in rubber linings are typically detected using the electrical sp...
Carbon black (CB) has been the dominant filler in the tire industry for decades. The demand for this petroleum byproduct is ever increasing, although petroleum markets can be volatile due to geopolitical issues. Finding sustainable, renewable substit...
As a public infrastructure, the West to East Natural Gas Pipeline Project (WENGPP), acting as a key supplier of energy, has adopted a potential approach to reduce CE by expanding Natural gas (NG) power in the developed areas in China. However, the li...
Recent decades have seen substantial interest in the use of natural fibers in continuous fiber reinforced composites, such as flax, jute and hemp. Considering potential applications, it is of particular interest how natural fiber composites compare t...
Onshore gas-to-wire is considered for 6.5 MMSm3/d of natural gas, with 44% mol carbon dioxide coming from offshore deep-water oil and gas fields. Base-case GTW-CONV is a conventional natural gas combined cycle, with a single-pressure Rankine cycle an...
The use of rocks containing high amounts of natural zeolites (zeolitites) as soil amendment has been found as a valuable method for increasing agriculture sustainability. However, the potentialities and the effects of zeolitites on the biogeochemical...
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