Energy and environment issues in carbon capture, utilization and storage

ABSTRACT

In the past decades, a variety of CO₂ removal technologies have been proposed and used. Thereinto, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is a novel process for capturing CO₂ from gas mixtures from sources such as fossil fuel power plants and either storing or reusing it to prevent the large quantities of CO₂ release into the atmosphere. CO₂ storage in geologic formations includes oil and gas reservoirs, unmineable coal seams and deep saline reservoirs, and the structures that have stored crude oil, natural gas, brine and CO₂ over millions of years. The energy and environment issues are major influential factors during the CCUS process to implement the large-scale applications. This collection of the special issue includes 12 papers in the fields of CO₂ capture, utilization and storage.

KEYWORDS:

• Carbon capture, utilization and storage
• CO₂ capture
• climate change
• greenhouse effect
• CO₂ use

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Zhien Zhang

Zhien Zhang is Research Fellow in William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Ohio State University. His research interests include advanced processes and materials, i.e. membranes technology, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) processes, gas separation, and gas hydrates. Dr. Zhang has published more than 90 journal articles and 16 editorials in high-impact journals, e.g., Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. He is Editor and Guest Editor for several international journals, e.g., Applied Energy, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, and he is also a Visiting Professor at University of Cincinnati.