Emerging Carbon Capture Technologies

1. Introduction to Carbon Capture
a. Carbon Cycle: Source to Sink
b. CO2 formation Pathway
c. Factors influencing CO2 emission
d. Energy-CO2 Nexus and climate change
e. Thermodynamics of CO2 Separation
f. Overview of CO2 capture methods
i. Precombustion capture
ii. Post-combustion capture
iii. Oxyfuel combustion
iv. Combustion technologies comparison for CO2 capture
g. Capture from Industrial Sources
h. Capture Economics

2. i) Absorption
a. Introduction to absorption process
b. Solvent systems for chemical absorption
c. Solubility criteria for CO2 absorption
d. Physical Chemistry of CO2 Absorption
e. Novel Solvents for CO2 absorption
i. Amine based solvent System
ii. Non-amine-based solvent system
iii. Ionic Liquids
iv. Deep Eutectic Solvents
v. Solvent Blends (ex: Ionic Liquids-Amine blend etc.)
vi. Water-free solvents
vii. Biphasic solvents
viii. Physical absorption solvents
ix. Enzyme-enhanced CO2 Absorption
f. Absorption cost and energy requirement
g. Recycling and regeneration Criteria
h. Challenges and future perspective
ii) Adsorption
a. Introduction to Gas-Solid adsorption
b. Conventional solid adsorbents
c. Flexible adsorbents
d. Novel adsorbent materials
i. Carbon Nanomaterial
ii. Metal organic framework
iii. Hybrid materials
iv. Zeolites
e. Recent development adsorption technology
f. Cost model and energy requirement
g. Challenges and future perspective

3. Chemical looping combustion
a. Introduction to chemical looping combustion
b. Thermodynamics of chemical looping combustion
c. CO2 capture in chemical looping combustion
d. Progress in chemical looping combustion
e. Economics and energy penalty
f. Related Looping technologies
g. Challenges and future perspective

4. i) Membrane for CO2 Separation
a. Introduction
b. Separation Principle
c. Membrane materials
d. Membrane for CO2 Separation
e. Integrated membrane systems
f. Cost and energy requirement for separation
g. Challenges and future perspective
ii) Processes for CO2 Reduction
i. Introduction to CO2 reduction
ii. Electro-chemical reduction
iii. Electro-catalytic reduction
iv. Photocatalytic & Photochemical reduction
v. Challenges and Future direction

5. Hydrate based Separation
a. Introduction
b. Thermodynamic feasibility
c. Hydrate promoters and inhibitors
d. Carbon capture using hydrate
e. Integrated hydrate system
f. Cost estimation
g. Current challenges and future direction

6. CO2 Capture via Cryogenic distillation
a. Introduction
b. Fundaments of low temperature separation
c. Properties of CO2 at low temperature
d. Distillation mechanism and feasibility analysis
e. Pre-combustion CO2 capture
f. Post-combustion CO2 capture
g. Oxy-combustion CO2 capture
h. Thermal degradation of Carbon capture via morpholine
i. Techno-economic evaluation
j. Current challenges and future direction

7. Biological Processes for CO2 Capture
a. Introduction
b. Types of Biological CO2 capture and utilization
i. Forestation
ii. Oceanic Fertilization
iii. Carbonic anhydrase enzyme based CO2 carbon capture
iv. Microalgae based CO2 capture
c. Current challenges and future trends

8. CO2 Transportation: Safety Regulations and Energy Requirement
a. Introduction
b. Technical characteristics and design of CO2 pipelines
c. Pipeline safety and integrity
d. Pipeline access and tariff regulation
e. CO2 maritime transportation
f. Land transportation
g. Cost Estimation
h. Environment, safety and risk aspects

9. Techno-Economic analysis and optimisation model for CO2 capture process
a. Introduction
b. Techno-economic analysis parameters and methodology
c. CO2 capture process analysis and benchmarking
d. Base case scenario identification and performance analysis
e. Life Cycle assessment for various CO2 capture processes
f. Potential improvement and cost reduction
g. Challenges and future perspective

10. Modelling and molecular Simulation methods for CO2 capture
a. Introduction
b. Molecular simulation
c. Kinetic modelling
d. Process modelling and Simulation
e. Challenges and Future direction

11. Decarbonisation: regulation and policies
a. Introduction
b. Paris Agreement
c. Carbon credit and Tax
d. Role of government in enforcing the policies: Case study
e. Current challenges and future trends in Carbon Capture