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EU GRAMOFON project ends after 42 months with promising results on CO2 capture

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Their use as catalysts in the synthesis of high value-added chemical products such as fuels, alcohols, carbonates and polyurethanes will make it possible to reduce the amount of CO 2 currently generated. The project had a budget of €4.2 million, with a total of nine partners (companies, technology centers and universities).

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Gwangju team develops process for direct generation of 1-butanol from CO2

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A team of researchers from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea has developed a process that directly generates 1-butanol from CO 2 via the electrochemical reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) with the help of copper phosphide (CuP 2 ) without first undergoing CO dimerization.

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Researchers propose CO2 recycling to improve Fischer-Tropsch GTL efficiency and reduce total CO2 emissions

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Researchers in South Korea are suggesting two new carbon-dioxide-utilized Gas-to-Liquids processes (CUGP) to increase the overall efficiency of conventional Fischer-Tropsch GTL. In a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , they report that the two CUGP options increase carbon efficiency by 21.1?41.3%

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New zeolites more effective at removal of CO2 from gas mixtures

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Researchers from South Korea, the UK and Sweden have identified and prepared a new family of zeolites—crystalline aluminosilicates with frameworks that contain windows and cavities the size of small molecules—that can separate out carbon dioxide more effectively from fuel gases than those previously known.

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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

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Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. The biggest drop came from the United States, where carbon dioxide emissions fell 3%, or 160 million tonnes, while the economy grew by 1.6%.

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Probing the effect of CO2 on Li-air batteries

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A team of researchers in South Korea found that Li?air However, we should note that the electrolytes with the highest dielectric constants are usually either protic or carbonate-type; the former is not suitable for Li?ion air battery performance is significantly altered by the presence of CO 2. Thus, DMSO might be optimal.

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S. Korean researchers develop new catalytic pathway for direct conversion of CO2 to liquid hydrocarbon fuels

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The new carbon capture and utilization (CCU) system is enabled by their discovery of a new catalyst that produces liquid hydrocarbon (C 5+ ) selectivity of ∼65% and greatly suppresses CH 4 formation to 2–3%. Source: Choi et al. Click to enlarge. 2016.09.072.