Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences
Title : | Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Porous Materials for selective Carbon-Dioxide Adsorption and Desorption: Effect of Pressure and Charge |
Area of research : | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences |
Focus area : | Carbon capture & storage |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Jayant K. Singh, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur |
Timeline Start Year : | 2014 |
Timeline End Year : | 2017 |
Contact info : | jayantks@iitk.ac.in |
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Executive Summary : | The escalating level of atmospheric carbon dioxide necessiates efficient deployment of carbon capture and storage at the major sources for reducing CO2 emission. This is also regarded as a grand challenge of the 21st century. This projects aims to address carbon capture and storage aspects using novel techniques from a molecular perspective. The main goals of this research project is to gain a solid theoretical understanding of the adsorption/desorption behavior of carbon dioxide in presence of sulphur dioxide and other polluting gases in 3D vertically aligned double-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) structures with charged/uncharged or/ and functional groups under low and high pressure. |
Total Budget (INR): | 41,05,000 |
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