Low Carbon Management in Energy Systems: CO₂ Capture Technology

Dear Colleagues,

Global energy consumption continues to grow, leading to increased carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions due to the increasing use of fossil fuels. It has been predicted that in the coming few decades (2010–2060), about 500 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) will be generated from the combustion of fossil fuels. The excessive anthropomorphic emissions of CO₂ have caused a severe global increase in temperature, known as the “greenhouse effect”. Therefore, the mitigation of climate change is one of the most important issues that the scientific community currently faces. The International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests that some 100 GW of power plant capacity, representing 0.5 billion metric tonnes of CO₂ production per year, must employ carbon capture and storage (CCS) to alleviate greenhouse gas emissions.

CCS defines a wide range of technologies being used to release CO₂ from significant point sources of the fossil-fuel-consuming industry. CO₂ capture technologies that include precombustion capture, post-combustion capture, and oxy-fuel capture are preferred in this Special Issue. Moreover, the technologies of CO₂ capture with separation are also considered, which include the adsorption, absorption, membrane, microalgae, and cryogenic methods. Finally, this Special Issue aims to point out the most common and developed CO₂ capture technologies to achieve zero CO₂ emissions in the near-future.

This Special Issue on “Low Carbon Management in Energy Systems: CO₂ Capture Technology” aims to cover all the relevant aspects of CO₂ capture technology, with a particular focus on innovative solutions that are currently being explored to achieve practically applicable processes. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• CCS;
• CO₂ capture technologies;
• Precombustion carbon capture;
• Post-combustion carbon capture;
• Oxy-fuel carbon capture;
• Adsorption and absorption;
• Direct air CO₂ capture (DAC);
• Carbon footprint;
• Low-cost and efficient capture of low-concentration CO₂

Dr. Xiaomei Wu
Prof. Dr. Yunsong Yu
Guest Editors

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