Current Initiatives on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (CDU) for Fuel Production
A special issue of Fuels (ISSN 2673-3994).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 February 2024) | Viewed by 4213
Special Issue Editors
2. National R&D Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), Ilfov, PO Box MG-36, RO 077125 Magurele, Romania
Interests: CO2 conversion; electrochemical energy storage; fuel cells; graphenic materials; hydrogen; laser pyrolysis; solar fuels
Interests: CO2 conversion; electrochemical energy conversion; electrolysis; fuel cells; graphenic materials; hydrogen; catalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies comprise a set of proposed technological solutions that seek to trap carbon dioxide, the main form of carbon carrier molecule responsible for the greenhouse effect, before its release into the atmosphere. The aims and functions of CCUS manifest as either preventive measures that lock carbon dioxide underground or in other suitable media (carbon capture and storage, CCS), or as redirecting processes that feed it to augmented industrial cycles for manufacturing products with positive financial impacts (carbon dioxide utilization, CDU). Following recent policy initiatives and in view of the larger picture unfolding at the global theater, this Special Issue aims to elucidate the main points, considerations, and dynamics that drive modern CDU initiatives, focusing on processes for converting CO2 into fuel products and other industrial chemicals of value. The issue covers all studies related to CCUS technology with an emphasis on CDU for the industrial production of fuels and chemicals (e.g., blue hydrogen, concrete, formate and formic acid, methanol, petrochemicals, urea), CDU involving biological processes (e.g., biogas synthesis via bacterial fermentation, algae production for biofuel synthesis, and biomineralization), and processes that classify as power-to-liquid (e.g., methanol) or power-to-gas (e.g., hydrogen, methane) by utilizing surplus renewable electricity.
Dr. Athanasios Tiliakos
Dr. Adriana Marinoiu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon dioxide utilization, CDU
- industrial fuel and chemical production
- biogas and biofuel synthesis, biomineralization
- power-to-liquid, power-to-gas
- blue hydrogen via renewable energy
