104 results for group: carbon-sequestration-1
Geoengineering potential of artificially enhanced silicate weathering of olivine
Geoengineering is a proposed action to manipulate Earth’s climate in order to counteract global warming from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. We investigate the potential of a specific geoengineering technique, carbon sequestration by artificially enhanced silicate weathering via the dissolution of olivine. This approach would not only operate against rising temperatures but would also oppose ocean acidification, because it influences the global climate via the carbon cycle. If important details of the marine chemistry are taken into consideration, a new mass ratio of CO2 sequestration per olivine dissolution of about 1 is achieved, 20% ...
Direct electrolytic dissolution of silicate minerals for air CO2 mitigation and carbon‐negative H2 production
Greg H. Rau, Susan A. Carroll, William L. Bourcier, Michael J. Singleton, Megan M. Smith, and Roger D. Aines
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate the direct coupling of silicate mineral dissolution with saline water electrolysis and H2 production to effect significant air CO2 absorption, chemical conversion, and storage in solution. In particular, we observed as much as a 105 fold increase in OH− concentration (pH increase of up to 5.3 units) relative to experimental controls following the electrolysis of 0.25 M Na2SO4 solutions when the anode was encased in powdered silicate mineral, either wollastonite or an ultramafic mineral. After ...
Silicate production and availability for mineral carbonation
P. Renforth*, C.-L. Washbourne, J. Taylder, and D. A. C. Manning
Abstract
Atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestered as carbonates through
the accelerated weathering of silicate minerals is proposed as a climate change
mitigation technology with the potential to capture billions of tonnes of carbon
per year. Although these materials can be mined expressly for carbonation, they
are also produced by human activities (cement, iron and steel making, coal
combustion, etc.). Despite their potential, there is poor global accounting of
silicates produced in this way. This paper presents production estimates (by
proxy) of various ...
Carbon dioxide sequestration by mineral carbonation Literature review update 2005–2007
The field of mineral sequestration for the long-term storage of carbon dioxide is a CCS (carbon dioxide capture and storage) option that provides an alternative for the more widely advocated method of geological storage in underground cavities, especially at locations where such underground cavities are not available, where the risk of leakage of the CO2 stored underground is considered unacceptable, or where large resources of material suitable for carbonation are present. Although the state of the art of mineral carbonation processing technically suffers from too slow chemical kinetics and poor energy economy, the driving forces for continued ...
