Volume II: Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 6753
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Interests: pre- and post combustion carbon capture, direct air carbon capture, modelling of carbon capture systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the largest global greenhouse gas emitted to the atmosphere and is, therefore, a prime driver of climate change. Levels of atmospheric CO2 have shown a sustained rise over the past 30 years, despite efforts to curb emissions, bringing us to the precipice of a climate emergency. If levels of atmospheric CO2 continue to rise, the increase in average global temperature will overshoot the 2oC limit established by the Paris Agreement. This will have adverse effects on ecosystems and the services and livelihoods they sustain.
Nations worldwide have set an ambitious target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, which can only be achieved through a broad suite of technologies. Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) is a suite of emerging technologies targeted at mitigating climate change. Without them, achieving a net-zero scenario is impossible, as they offer a reduction in new emissions from key sectors and remove CO2 from the air to balance emissions.
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) “Energy Technology Perspectives 2020 report” emphasises that CCUS must be one of the key pillars of the global energy transition. By combining it with bioenergy or capturing CO2 directly from air, CCUS can potentially generate negative emissions. A lot of research is being carried out in these technology sectors and many potential technologies are under pilot study or near commercialisation.
This Special Issue explores and promotes research and applications in the field of CCUS to achieve carbon-neutral processes, clean energy development, safe storage methods and climate change mitigation at large.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Pre- and post-combustion carbon capture from the chemical process industry—technologies and methodologies;
- Carbon capture and storage applications in power generation;
- Direct air carbon capture;
- CO2 transmission in pipelines;
- Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage;
- Negative emissions technologies;
- The thermal, electrochemical, and photochemical conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals;
- The biological utilisation of CO2 into value-added products;
- The CO2 mineralisation into inorganic materials;
- System optimisation, digital twins, and decision-making models;
- Techno-economic feasibility and life-cycle analysis evaluation of CCUS;
- Risk assessment, intelligent monitoring, advanced sensors and process control of CCUS processes;
- Supply chain, economics, social factors, governmental policies and regulations regarding CCUS applications.
Dr. Humbul Suleman
Dr. Rizwan Nasir
Guest Editors
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