Capturing carbon with clever trapdoors

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/capturing-carbon-clever-trapdoors

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Capturing carbon with clever trapdoors[/font]

7 November 2012

[font size=3]A team of Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) researchers based at the University of Melbourne have developed a novel method of capturing carbon dioxide that will reduce the cost of separating and storing the gas.

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Professor Paul Webley and his team including PhD student Jin Shang and research Fellow Gang Li from the Melbourne School of Engineering, have developed a new sieve that allows carbon dioxide molecules to be trapped and stored.

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“Because the process allows only carbon dioxide molecules to be captured, it will reduce the cost and energy required for separating carbon dioxide. The technology works on the principle of the material acting like a trap-door that only allows certain molecules to enter, he said.

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We have a new material that is able to separate carbon, dioxide from any given stream such as power stations and from natural gas sources. While we can’t change industry in a hurry, we have provided a viable bridging solution.” [/font][/font]

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja309274y

[AverageJoe90]

1. Great article, thanks for posting.

It's just one of the many things we can do to mitigate climate change.