MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF CO2 CAPTURE USING POTASSIUM GLYCINATE IN AN ABSORPTION COLUMN

By: Adjei Domfeh

As global industrialization accelerates, the demand for materials and energy, mostly derived from fossil fuels continues to rise.....

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BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM PELAGIC SARGASSUM WASTE AND ITS POTENTIAL AS A FUEL BLEND ADDITIVE

By: Winnie Ampomaa Owusu

Utilisation of algal biomass for the production of biofuels has generated a significant interest over the past years.....

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ENHANCED REGENERATION OF CO2-LOADED AMINE SOLVENT OVER NH4HF2 AND Ce2(SO4)3.8H2O MODIFIED HZSM-5 CATALYST

By: Jirada Pawachad

Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are widely accepted as the main cause of greenhouse effect and global warming......

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DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE NON-ISOCYANATE POLYURETHANE FROM WASTE OIL-BASED POLYOLS: APPLICATION FOR POROUS MATERIAL

By: Thanyarat Pakaew

Polyurethane (PU) is widely employed in various applications, including foams, coatings, adhesives, and elastomers, due to its exceptional versatility, durability, and mechanical properties.....

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Stability Studies of a Novel Amine Blend for the Capture of CO2 Generated from Indirect Co-Combustion of Natural Gas and Biomass

By: Raymond Asante

The use of chemical solvents for post-combustion capture (PCC) of CO2 has proven to be a significant technology for reducing CO2 emissions.....

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Investigative Studies of the Stability of an Amine Blend in the Presence of Flue Gas Dust and O2 in a CO2 Capture Process

By: Thomas Boakye

This research focuses on examining the stability of an amine blend in the presence of impurities from flue gas......

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Towards Achieving Net-zero Emissions from the Co-combustion of Natural Gas and Biomass: A Commercial Pathway for Evaluating the Performance of a Novel Solvent Blend

By: Patience Tiorkor Bekoe

The pressing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly CO2, necessitates a clean-up of the energy sector. Coal, traditionally valued for its abundance, low cost, and reliability, unfortunately emits significant amounts of CO2 contributing to air pollution, acid rain, and climate change issues.....

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Storage and Utilization of CO2 in Ready-mix Concrete Using CO2-loaded Aqueous Inorganic Solvent

By: Benjamin Asare

Recently, there has been significant attention focused on utilizing captured CO2 to produce valuable materials. An example is sequestering CO2 through mineral carbonation and converting it into a commercially valuable product (Jang et al., 2016. Constr Build Mater, vol. 127, pp. 762–773, Elsevier Ltd).....

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Using Catboost-SMOTE Machine Learning to Discover Brand New Amines which can be Synthesized and Tested for their CO2 Capture Performance

By: Pailin Muchan and Teeradet Supap

This post highlights a powerful statistical technique known as Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE) that was also used in combination with Categorical Boosting (Catboost) technique in our recently published work on development of a predictive degradation model of amine used in CO2 capture process. Theoretically, SMOTE is...

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CO2 Absorption and Desorption Activities of Amine Solvents: Modeling of Structure-Activity Relationship Using Machine Learning

By: Kufre Archibong

Selecting amine solvents for CO2 post-combustion capture application requires an experimental screening of the solvents to determine their performance...

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