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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. Conventionally, plant operators can capture CO 2 by using special solvents that douse flue gas before it’s emitted from plant chimneys. Heldebrant, D.,

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Researchers create salts for cheap and efficient CO2 capture; mimicking methane hydrate

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Methane hydrate is studied for its ability to capture and trap gas molecules such as carbon dioxide under high pressure. B) A clathrate from guanidinium sulfate and CO 2 , CO 2 @Gua 2 SO 4 , where CO 2 can be captured at pressures as low as 32 kPa and temperatures at flue gas conditions (35°C and below). Xiang et al. Nguyen, Cafer T.

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CICERO-led study finds global warming effect of leaked hydrogen almost 12x stronger than CO2

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Unlike exhaust from burning coal and gas that contains CO 2 , burning hydrogen emits only water vapor and oxygen. Hydrogen is not a greenhouse gas, but its chemical reactions in the atmosphere affect greenhouse gases such as methane, ozone, and stratospheric water vapor. —Dr Sand Resources Sand, M., Skeie, R.B.,

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BASF partners with China BlueChemical and Wuhuan Engineering to develop new technology for use of CO2-rich marine gas

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BASF has signed a joint development agreement with China BlueChemical Limited Company, a leading natural gas producer, and the chemical engineering company Wuhuan Engineering Co., to promote low-carbon development and utilization of marine gas resources. —Wang Weimin, Chairman of China BlueChemical Limited Company.

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New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

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Electrolysis offers an attractive route to upgrade greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to valuable fuels and feedstocks; however, productivity is often limited by gas diffusion through a liquid electrolyte to the surface of the catalyst. Resources. Pelayo García de Arquer et al. Science Vol. 367, Issue 6478, pp.

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thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

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The Executive Board of thyssenkrupp AG has released the corresponding capital resources for the construction of the first direct reduction (DR) plant at its Duisburg site. That is already five percent of the Ruhr region’s greenhouse gas emissions. In this way, thyssenkrupp is accelerating the start of low-CO2 steel production.

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Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

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The CO 2 hydrogenation to jet fuel range hydrocarbons process through a Tandem Mechanism in which the Reverse-Water Gas Shift reaction (RWGS) and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) reaction are catalyzed by Fe 3 O 4 and ?-Fe The final product is usually a crystallized material. Fe 5 C 2 respectively. C n H m ?+?H Makgae, O.A.

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