Atmospheric carbon capture

dc.contributor.authorRitchie, Sean
dc.contributor.editorO'Driscoll, Conoren
dc.contributor.editorNiemitz, Lorenzoen
dc.contributor.editorMurphy, Stephenen
dc.contributor.editorCheemarla, Vinay Kumar Reddyen
dc.contributor.editorMeyer, Melissa Isabellaen
dc.contributor.editorTaylor, David Emmet Austinen
dc.contributor.editorCluzel, Gastonen
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-16T08:37:02Z
dc.date.available2023-06-16T08:37:02Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractHuman-generated carbon emissions are the leading cause of climate change. There is a global commitment to reduce carbon emissions, in an effort to limit climate change effects. Many climate change solutions involve the mitigation of carbon emissions, mitigation alone is not enough. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) can live in the atmosphere for over 100 years. If we were to switch to 100% renewable energies, we would still damage the planet with the stagnant CO2 from the 1920’s. To combat climate change, we need a solution that can remove this carbon. One such solution is carbon capture, one of our best weapons in tackling climate change. The replacement of fossil fuel energy will not happen in the next few years, maybe not even for decades. Therefore, carbon capture is a promising ‘bridge’ technology, while we reach a sustainable level of green energy production. Carbon capture technology development has largely focused on singular processes (typically absorption, adsorption and membranes) capturing carbon from industrial exhaust systems. Recently, studies have delved into the idea of combining two or more of these technologies into one more efficient system and employing them in the industrial exhaust systems but also capturing carbon from the atmosphere. This project aims to develop a hybrid membrane and adsorption unit to capture carbon directly from the atmosphere. The aim is to provide the technology necessary to remove carbon from the atmosphere more effectively and cheaper than earlier technologies.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationRitchie, S. (2022) 'Atmospheric carbon capture', The Boolean: Snapshots of Doctoral Research at University College Cork, 6, pp. 191-196. doi: 10.33178/boolean.2022.1.31en
dc.identifier.doi10.33178/boolean.2022.1.31
dc.identifier.endpage196
dc.identifier.issued1
dc.identifier.journalabbrevThe Booleanen
dc.identifier.journaltitleThe Boolean: Snapshots of Doctoral Research at University College Corken
dc.identifier.startpage191
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14649
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Boolean, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/boolean/article/view/boolean-2022-32
dc.rights© 2022, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCarbon captureen
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.subjectEnviromental engineeringen
dc.subjectCO2en
dc.titleAtmospheric carbon captureen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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