Combined CO₂ capture and electrochemical conversion in non-aqueous environments

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies have a central role to play in mitigating rising CO₂ emissions and enabling sustainable power generation. Most industrially mature CCS technologies based on amine chemisorption are highly energy-intensive, consuming up to 30% of the power generating capacity of the plant in order to thermally regenerate the sorbents for continued capture. Moreover, the released CO₂ must additionally be compressed and stored permanently, which adds additional energy penalties and potential risks of release. To address these challenges, this thesis develops a new strategy for integrating CO₂ capture and conversion into a single process stream.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctoral

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Khurram, Aliza.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Betar M. Gallant.

• Mechanical Engineering.

Statement dc:rights

• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127053

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/127053