Can we systematically screen millions of chemical structures for cost-effective carbon capture?

  1. Charithea Charalambous
  2. Fergus Mcilwaine
  3. Elias Moubarak
  4. Berend Smit
  5. Susana Garcia
Revista:
Boletín del Grupo Español del Carbón

ISSN: 2172-6094

Año de publicación: 2021

Número: 61

Páginas: 14-18

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Boletín del Grupo Español del Carbón

Resumen

Finding the optimal solid adsorbent to capture CO2 for a given source of CO2 and sink (destination) of CO2 is an interesting scientific and technological question. There are millions of materials to choose from and we lack the capacity to synthesize and test all of them. In this work, we show how one can computationally screen thousands of materials and identify the best performing ones by using process-driven key performance indicators that are representative of a capture process that is specifically design for a particular CO2 source and sink. As an illustration of the methodology, we use as an example the capture of CO2 from a waste-to-energy power plant