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International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

 

Special Issue on: "CO₂ Capture in Global Warming Mitigation: Chemical Engineering Applications"

Guest Editors:
Prof. Eric S Fraga, University College London, UK
Dr. Adisorn Aroonwilas, University of Regina, Canada
Dr. Jean M. Andino, Arizona State University, USA
Dr. Amitava Bandyopadhyay, University of Calcutta, India

Any serious efforts by government or industry to address greenhouse gas emissions and global warming in the near term would impose a price or charge on carbon or constrain the use of CO₂-emitting fuels in some manner. The primary policy instruments available include restrictions on emissions, stricter regulation of the use of coal and other fossil fuels, subsidies for carbon-free fuels, such as nuclear, wind, biomass, and solar power, tradable rights to carbon emissions (called cap-and-trade systems), and direct carbon taxes.

The IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) Capture and Storage revealed that carbon dioxide capture (CC) is a process consisting of the separation of CO₂ from industrial and energy-related sources. Carbon dioxide capture is a part of an option amongst many others as described earlier in the portfolio of mitigation actions for stabilisation of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. The study of CC further indicates that it deeply involves widespread application of chemical engineering viz., advanced combustion engineering, mass transfer operations (absorption, as also adsorption) and host of other associated areas. Extensive research with leading-edge technologies is being conducted around the globe, especially in the developed nations, in order to cope with this emerging challenge. This research, embedded with technical, economic and institutional features, will help the policy makers in framing the carbon mitigation control option economically and also to maintain opportunities for the use of coal in a carbon-constrained world in an environmentally acceptable manner.

In recent years, extensive research has been conducted for CO₂ capture in the developing nations. In this context, this special issue aims at inviting papers in this emerging field.

Subject Coverage
Original research papers or reviews are invited in the following and related areas:

1. CO₂ capture by absorption and adsorption
2. Mass transfer studies in CO₂ capture
3. Theoretical analysis of CO₂ capture
4. Process integration and intensification
5. Advanced combustion engineering that assists CO₂ capture
6. Downstream use of CO₂ that is captured
7. Analysis of CO₂ capture processes using entropy generation
8. Fossil fuel power plant layout design considering CO₂ capture as a mandate
9. Economics of CO₂ capture processes
10. Decision support systems for policy making in CO₂ capture

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Deadline for paper submission: 31 August 2008

Deadline for paper review: 31 October 2008

Deadline for submission of revised papers: 15 November 2008

Deadline for re-review of papers requiring major revision: 15 December 2008

Deadline for second revisions of papers if requires: 31 December 2008