Process Simulations and Experimental Studies of CO2 Capture

Abstract

Carbon dioxide, whose global emissions into the atmosphere have reached a maximum of about 36 billion tons per year (compared to the 6 billion tons emitted in 1950), is considered by far the main greenhouse gas (GHG) [...]

An Overview of Advances in CO2 Capture Technologies

“…Basically, in all CO 2 capture technologies the objective is to separate and concentrate CO 2 generated in stationary emissions sources, such as power generation plants or industrial processes (e.g., steel mills, refineries, cement plants, etc.). Despite the great progress made over the last decade to reduce the energy penalty and capital cost in these technologies [8][9][10][11], CO 2 capture is still the most demanding step (around 70% of the total cost) of the complete chain of processes required to permanently store CO 2 or to use it as a feedstock for subsequent chemical transformation [7].…”