ME-644 Direct Air Carbon Capture

ME-644 Direct Air Carbon Capture

Credit Hours = 3

COURSE CONTENT

Capture via Absorption, the physics and Chemistry of absorption, amine scrubbing for CO2 capture, Liquid absorbent selection and criteria, Key absorbent properties, Bulk absorption rates and overall mass transfer coefficients, Precipitating amino acid solutions, Amino silicone systems Capture via adsorption, the physics and Chemistry of adsorption, Adsorption process modes, Temperature swing adsorption, Electric swing adsorption, Pressure swing adsorption processes, Vacuum swing adsorption, Chemical looping. Membrane separation, Knudsen Diffusion, Surface diffusion and capillary condensation, Molecular sieving, Solution – diffusion transport process, Membrane configuration and preparation and module construction Electrochemical Separation, pH Swing, Electrolysis, Electrodialysis-Direct Air Capture, Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer (PCET), Electrochemically Mediated Amine Regeneration (EMAR).  Case studies related to direct air carbon capture.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

1. Mohammad Khalid, Swapnil A. Dharaskar, Mika Sillanpaa, Humaira Siddiqui, “Emerging Carbon Capture Technologies”, 1st Ed., Elsevier, 2022.
2. Sonil Nanda, Dai-Viet N. Vo and Van-Huy Nguyen, “Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion”, Elsevier, 2022.
3. Paul Feron, “Absorption-Based Post-Combustion Capture of Carbon Dioxide”, Woodhead Publishing, 2016.