Carbon Capture, Storage & Use research within the energy initiative is carried out across a number of departments and research groups at the University of Cambridge.
Research into Carbon capture research includes:
- Chemical looping of solid fuels to produce clean CO2 free of nitrogen.
- The shift reaction for the hydrogasification of coal to methane gas, as well as steam reforming of methane to hydrogen with solid sorbents which absorb carbon dioxide.
- The modelling of particle motion and chemical reactions in circulating fluidised beds for oxyfuel firing.
Research into carbon storage includes:
- The physics and modelling of gravity driven multi-phase flow.
- The chemistry of fluid-fluid & fluid-mineral reactions.
- Seismological observations and the sampling of active injection sites & geological analogues.
- The policy and public perceptions of carbon storage.
Research into captured carbon dioxide use include:
- Power generation
- Manufacturing processes
- Carbonate mineralisation
We collaborate with industrial partners and are also actively involved in increasing both energy awareness and public understanding of the opportunities and challenges in carbon capture, storage & use.
Please visit individual faculty profiles to learn more about their research in the Carbon Capture, Storage & Use theme.
People specializing in this area
Principal Investigators
Professor in Geotechnical Engineering
Member of Energy IRC Steering Committee
Professor of Geophysics, Geodynamics and Tectonics
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Professor of Computational Engineering
FOSSIL FUELS, CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE - combustion modelling and simulation, combustion CFD, two-phase flow modelling and simulation, petrochemical plant explosion safety case analysis
ENGINE AND TURBINES - gas turbine combustion CFD and modelling; thermoacoustic instability analysis
University Reader, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Director of the Institute for Theoretical Geophysics
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Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
University Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy
Director of the MPhil in Technology Policy Programme
Assistant Director of the Energy Policy Research Group
Professor of Plant Biochemistry
Energy Transitions@Cambridge Steering Committee Member