Advances in Carbon Capture

Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a professor in Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University joint with University of Sydney, Australia 1988. He started his independent career as Assistant Professor in September 1998 at Shiraz University. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour, was a Research Associate at University of California, Davis from 2012 till 2017. During his stay in University of California, he developed different reaction networks and catalytic processes such as thermal and plasma reactors for upgrading of lignin bio-oil to biofuel with collaboration of UCDAVIS. He has been a Chair of Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University from 2005 till 2009 and from 2015 till 2020. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour leads a research group in fuel processing technology focused on the catalytic conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and renewable fuels such as bio-oils derived from lignin to valuable energy sources. He provides young distinguished scholars with perfect educational opportunities in both experimental methods and theoretical tools in developing countries to investigate in-depth research in the various field of chemical engineering including carbon capture, chemical looping, membrane separation, storage and utilization technologies, novel technologies for natural gas conversion and improving the energy efficiency in the production and use of natural gas industries.Dr. Mohammad Farsi is an associate professor in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at Shiraz University from 2012. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2012 from Shiraz University as one of the most prestigious universities in Iran. His theoretical and experimental research interests are process design, CO2 capturing and crude oil desalting areas. In the process design field, he has focused on the modeling, simulation, optimization and control of chemical processes, and modification of conventional process to improve plant efficiency. His main activities in the CO2 capturing field are the development of green processes for CO2 conversion to chemicals, and CO2 capturing by novel solvents and adsorbents. Currently, he has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines of chemical engineering, particularly bio processing. Dr. Mohammad Amin Makarem is a research associate at Taylor's University, Malaysia. He former worked at Shiraz University. His research interests are gas separation and purification, nanofluids, microfluidics, catalyst synthesis, reactor design and green energy. In gas separation, his focus is on experimental and theoretical investigation and optimization of pressure swing adsorption process, and in the gas purification field, he is working on novel technologies such as microchannels. Recently, he has investigated methods of synthesizing bio-template nanomaterials and catalysts. Besides, he has collaborated in writing and editing various books and book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley, as well as guest editing journals special issues.

• Section I: Introduction to CO2 Capture1. CO2 emission sources, greenhouse gases and global warming effect2. Challenges on CO2 capture, reuse and conversionSection II: Absorption Techniques and Methods for CO2 Capture3. CO2 absorption by common solvents4. CO2 absorption by ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents5. CO2 capture by solvents modified with nanoparticles6. Encapsulated liquid sorbents for CO2 Capture7. CO2 capture by Lewis acids and amino acid salts8. Advances in gas-liquid contactors for carbon capture and challenges in industrialization: packed bed, rotating packed bed, mini and microchannelsSection III: Adsorption Techniques for CO2 Capture9. CO2 adsorption by carbonaceous materials and nanomaterials10. CO2 adsorption by conventional and nano-sized zeolites11. Application of metals, pseudo metals and metal-organic framework (MOF) for capturing CO212. CO2 adsorption by functionalized sorbents13. Advances in CO2 adsorption in swing technologies and challenge on industrialization14. Phase-change absorption and Processes for CO2 CaptureSection IV: CO2 Capture by Membrane Separation15. CO2 separation with ionic liquid membranes16. Zeolite and Alumina based membranes for CO2 capture17. Polymeric membranes for CO2 separation18. An Overview of Gas-Liquid Hollow Fiber Polymeric Membrane Contactor for CO2 Absorption-Stripping19. MOF mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation20. Challenges on industrialization of CO2 Capture by MembraneSection V: Biological techniques for CO2 capture21. CO2 capture using microalgae22. CO2 capture using enzymes23. CO2 capture using bacteria24. Challenges on industrialization of biotechnological CO2 capturing techniquesSection VI: Applications of CO2 Capture25. CO2 removal from biogas and syngas26. CO2 removal from natural gas27. Integration of CO2 capture and conversion28. CO2 removal from flue gas29. CO2 removal from air