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Back Cover: Measuring the Absorption Rate of CO 2 in Nonaqueous CO 2 ‐Binding Organic Liquid Solvents with a Wetted‐Wall Apparatus (ChemSusChem 21/2015)
Author(s) -
Mathias Paul M.,
Zheng Feng,
Heldebrant David J.,
Zwoster Andy,
Whyatt Greg,
Freeman Charles M.,
Bearden Mark D.,
Koech Phillip
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201501436
Subject(s) - solvent , amine gas treating , chemistry , viscosity , process engineering , chemical engineering , coal , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , materials science , engineering , composite material
The Back Cover picture shows that CO 2 capture technologies can be modified to make large efficiency gains in net power output for coal‐fired. Current industrial CO 2 ‐separating technologies rely on 80 year old chemistry, where water‐based formulations of amines react with CO 2 chemically. Such chemistry, while effective, is highly energy intensive. A solvent platform developed by us is an advanced water‐lean solvent platform has the potential to make large efficiency gains, but the high viscosity of water‐lean solvents brings about questions about their real world performance and cost. However, it was found that CO 2 uptake of these solvents is just as fast, if not faster, than the state of the art water‐based amine solvents even at high viscosities. More details can be found in the Full Paper by Mathias et al. on page 3617 in Issue 21, 2015 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201500288).