Carbonate Chemistry for Sequestering Fossil Carbon
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▪ Abstract Fossil fuels play a crucial role in satisfying growing world energy demands, but their continued use could cause irreparable harm to the environment. Unless virtually all anthropogenic carbon dioxide is captured, either at the source or subsequently from the air, and disposed of safely and permanently, fossil fuels may have to be phased out over the next few decades. Sequestration of waste carbon dioxide will require methods that can safely store several trillion tons of carbon dioxide. Long-term storage of a gaseous substance is fraught with uncertainty and hazards, but carbonate chemistry offers permanent solutions to the disposal problem. Carbonates can be formed from carbon dioxide and metal oxides in reactions that are thermodynamically favored and exothermic, which result in materials that can be safely and permanently kept out of the active carbon stocks in the environment. Carbonate sequestration methods require the development of an extractive minerals industry that provides the base ions for neutralizing carbonic acid.
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- Authors
- Lackner, K. S.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lackner, Klaus S.
- ORCID
- Lackner, Klaus S.
- Venue
- Annual Review of Energy and the Environment
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2002-11
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 193-232
- ISSN
- 1056-3466 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2175269331
- Cited by
- 361
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 9.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Energy and the Environment (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Process Chemistry and Technology › Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Keywords
- carbonate sequestration, CO2 capture, carbon storage, CO2 mineralization, metal oxides, fossil fuel emissions, long-term carbon storage
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