CO2 is among the most stable molecules, requiring high amounts of energy to be activated. Photosynthesis allows the conversion of CO2 and H2O, the major products of combustion, into useful organic compounds and represents one of the most efficient ways for CO2 capture, besides its absorption in oceanic water. This is a natural but complex process leading to a regenerated fuel by photo-irradiati...

Growing evidence indicates that the CO2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels are contributing to global climate change. One indispensable approach to controlling CO2 emissions to the atmosphere is carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) from large point sources, such as coal power plants. Membrane technology has emerged as an important separation technology for CO2 capture...

Dense Phase Carbon Dioxide (DPCD) is a non-thermal process that pasteurizes mostly liquid foods. It inactivates vegetative bacterial cells, some spores, yeasts and molds, some viruses, and some enzymes. The traditional approach to develop a DPCD process for a new product involves a complex experimental plan to investigate microbial and safety effects. Recent studies show the importance of the s...

Chloride-rich brines are increasingly recognized as playing an important role in high pressure and temperature metamorphic and magmatic systems. The origins of these saline multicomponent fluids are debated, but experimental evidence suggests that regardless of their origin they must be important agents of rock alteration and mass transfer wherever they occur. Studies of the solubility of quart...

This study presents a regional assessment of CO2-solubility trapping potential (CSTP) in the Texas coastal and offshore Miocene interval, comprising lower, middle, and upper Miocene sandstone. Duan's solubility model [Duan et al. Mar. Chem. 2006, 98, 131-139] was applied to estimate carbon content in brine saturated with CO2 at reservoir conditions. Three approaches (simple, coarse, and fine) w...