Submitted by: Subhashini Vashisth
We can see the effects of man-made natural disaster, Global warming. One possible answer to this is Air Capture, an engineered way to accomplish what trees do naturally: capture and use CO2 directly from the atmosphere, in much effective pace. I am involved in CFD studies to tailor/optimize the design of structured packing used in air capture facility. The objective is to understand the interdependence of design parameters and performance. Pilot scale experiments are being done in Calgary. The main advantages are freedom of location, economy of scale and negative emissions and the aim is to achieve a powerful tool to mitigate human-induced CO2 emissions.