Carbon Capture, Storage & Use

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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.  The lead for Carbon Capture, Storage & Use is Professor Mike Bickle.