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The Clean Energy Conversions Lab's primary focus is on trace metal (mercury, arsenic, and selenium) and carbon dioxide capture and sequestration processes. The core of the investigations carried out in our group focus on fundamental interfacial chemical phenomena occurring at gas-surface interfaces. Bench-scale combustion experiments are carried out to simulate the flue gas environment. Sorbents, catalysts, and fly ash are modeled in packed-bed or entrained-flow reactors to investigate and test their adsorptive or catalytic activity. Density functional theory-based electronic structure calculations are carried out to provide mechanistic understanding of our experimental findings. Our group works closely with industry to study the fundamental pysicochemical processes of applied problems. Specifically we are focusing on (1) trace metal oxidation and capture, (2) carbon capture using dense membrane technology selective for either hydrogen or nitrogen, and (3) carbon sequestration through understanding surface-CO2 interactions.
News & Announcements
- January 2012
Jen finishes her book on Carbon Capture, coming out in March 2012 - January 2012
Congratulations to the CEC team for their recent mercury review publication in the International Journal of Coal Geology.(more) - January 2012
Congratulations to Yangyang on her recent publication in the Environmental Science and Technology journal.(more)
