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Sirigina DSSS, Goel A, Nazir SM. Process concepts and analysis for co-removing methane and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17290. [PMID: 37828112 PMCID: PMC10570372 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44582-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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Methane is the second largest contributor to global warming after CO2, and it is hard to abate due to its low concentration in the emission sources and in the atmosphere. However, removing methane from the atmosphere will accelerate achieving net-zero targets, since its global warming potential is 28 over a 100-year period. This work presents first-of-its-kind process concepts for co-removal of methane and CO2 that combines the catalytic conversion of methane step (thermal/photo-catalytic) with CO2 capture. Proposed processes have been analyzed for streams with lean methane concentrations, which are non-fossil emissions originating in the agricultural sector or natural emissions from wetlands. If the proposed processes can overcome challenges in catalyst/material design to convert methane at low concentrations, they have the potential to remove more than 40% of anthropogenic and natural methane emissions from the atmosphere at a lower energy penalty than the state-of-the-art technologies for direct air capture of CO2.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus, Sancoale, Goa, 403726, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 11428, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Drosou C, Nikolaraki E, Georgakopoulou T, Fanourgiakis S, Zaspalis VT, Yentekakis IV. Methane Catalytic Combustion under Lean Conditions over Pristine and Ir-Loaded La 1-xSr xMnO 3 Perovskites: Efficiency, Hysteresis, and Time-on-Stream and Thermal Aging Stabilities. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2271. [PMID: 37570587 PMCID: PMC10420673 DOI: 10.3390/nano13152271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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The increasing use of natural gas as an efficient, reliable, affordable, and cleaner energy source, compared with other fossil fuels, has brought the catalytic CH4 complete oxidation reaction into the spotlight as a simple and economic way to control the amount of unconverted methane escaping into the atmosphere. CH4 emissions are a major contributor to the 'greenhouse effect', and therefore, they need to be effectively reduced. Catalytic CH4 oxidation is a promising method that can be used for this purpose. Detailed studies of the activity, oxidative thermal aging, and the time-on-stream (TOS) stability of pristine La1-xSrxMnO3 perovskites (LSXM; X = % substitution of La with Sr = 0, 30, 50 and 70%) and iridium-loaded Ir/La1-xSrxMnO3 (Ir/LSXM) perovskite catalysts were conducted in a temperature range of 400-970 °C to achieve complete methane oxidation under excess oxygen (lean) conditions. The effect of X on the properties of the perovskites, and thus, their catalytic performance during heating/cooling cycles, was studied using samples that were subjected to various pretreatment conditions in order to gain an in-depth understanding of the structure-activity/stability correlations. Large (up to ca. 300 °C in terms of T50) inverted volcano-type differences in catalytic activity were found as a function of X, with the most active catalysts being those where X = 0%, and the least active were those where X = 50%. Inverse hysteresis phenomena (steady-state rate multiplicities) were revealed in heating/cooling cycles under reaction conditions, the occurrence of which was found to depend strongly on the employed catalyst pre-treatment (pre-reduction or pre-oxidation), while their shape and the loop amplitude were found to depend on X and the presence of Ir. All findings were consistently interpreted, which involved a two-term mechanistic model that utilized the synergy of Eley-Rideal and Mars-van Krevelen kinetics.
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- Catherine Drosou
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 731 00 Chania, Crete, Greece; (E.N.); (T.G.); (S.F.)
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 731 00 Chania, Crete, Greece; (E.N.); (T.G.); (S.F.)
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 731 00 Chania, Crete, Greece; (E.N.); (T.G.); (S.F.)
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 731 00 Chania, Crete, Greece; (E.N.); (T.G.); (S.F.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece;
- Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CPERI/CERTH), 570 01 Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 731 00 Chania, Crete, Greece; (E.N.); (T.G.); (S.F.)
- Institute of GeoEnergy, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/IG), 731 00 Chania, Greece
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Effects of catalyst preparation methods on the performance of La2MMnO6 (M=Co, Ni) double perovskites in catalytic combustion of propane. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-021-0930-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The Efficiency of Pd Addition and Sr Substitution on La1−xSrxMnO3 to Remove Ventilation Air Methane in a Catalytic Flow Reversal Reactor. ATMOSPHERE 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos13010054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ventilation air methane (VAM) is the main cause of greenhouse gas emissions in coal mining. Catalytic flow reverse reactor (CFRR) is widely used in VAM to mitigate methane emissions. In this study, palladium (Pd) and La1−xSrxMnO3 were used as catalysts in a CFRR. Different types of catalysts were prepared by loading La0.8Sr0.2MnO3, La0.9Sr0.1MnO3, and 0.1%Pd-La0.9Sr0.1MnO3 on a cordierite honeycomb reactor coated with γ-Al2O3 to compare their performances. In addition, this study compared the performance of the three catalysts in an 800 °C reactor based on different methane inlet concentrations, inlet speeds, and conversion times. The results showed: (1) 0.1% addition of Pd increased methane conversion. (2) La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 had higher efficiency at lower methane inlet concentrations, whereas La0.9Sr0.1MnO3 was more efficient at higher methane concentrations. This study demonstrates that a higher Sr loading is worth implementing only when the methane concentration of VAM is lower than 0.6%. (3) To achieve a higher methane conversion efficiency, the inlet velocity of methane should also be considered.
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Levitas B, Piligian S, Ireland T, Gopalan S. Elucidating the influence of molten salt chemistries on the synthesis and stability of perovskites oxides. RSC Adv 2021; 11:29156-29163. [PMID: 35492064 PMCID: PMC9040654 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra04324a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In this work, we investigate the synthesis of (La0.8Sr0.2)MnO3 (LSM) in various molten salts to gain insight on the influence of molten salt ions for synthesizing materials critical for energy applications. LSM nanoparticles with a size range of ∼10-200 nm and with target stoichiometries were formed from oxide precursors via feeding into KNO3. Furthermore, feeding precursors into the melt compared to mixing and heating from room temperature results in complete formation of LSM that was otherwise unattainable using conventional molten salt synthesis methods. In LiCl-KCl eutectic, the high Lux acidity of Li+ and Cl- establishes a thermodynamic barrier that impedes Sr from reacting with other precursors in solution and increases Sr stability in the melt compared to the perovskite phase. As a result, LSM will not form in a LiCl-KCl eutectic under ambient conditions. Thus, this study further explicates the molten salt synthesis for perovskites and can serve as a guide for future syntheses.
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- Benjamin Levitas
- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University Brookline Massachusetts 02445 USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University Brookline Massachusetts 02445 USA .,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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Lin D, Li W, Feng X, Chen Y, Tao X, Luo Y, Xia X, Huang B, Qian Q, Chen Q. Boosting low temperature propane oxidation on bamboo-mediated biosynthesis of LaCoO3 via the optimized chelating effect. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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