An air-liquid contactor for large-scale capture of CO2 from air

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1974, 2012, Pages 4380-4403

  Holmes, Geoffrey ^a   Keith, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air capture Carbon dioxide removal Cost optimization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE PROCESS; COSTS; DESIGN; LIQUIDS; OPTIMIZATION;

AMBIENT AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL; COST DATA; COST ESTIMATE; COSTING METHODOLOGY; FABRICATION METHOD; FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN; GAS-LIQUID CONTACTORS; NAOH SOLUTIONS; PROTOTYPE TESTING; SIMPLE METHOD; SLAB GEOMETRY; TECHNOLOGY RISKS; TOTAL COSTS;

COST ENGINEERING;

EID: 84864697015     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0137     Document Type: Article

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