UB awarded $1.8m to develop carbon capture technology

An article on Gasworld reports UB researchers have received $1.8 million in funding to develop membranes that can separate CO2 from other gases, a technology that has the potential to be installed by factories and power plants to cut down the amount of released carbon, and quotes Haiqing Lin, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering.

“Carbon capture technology has the potential to make a huge impact right away when it comes to carbon emissions,” said  Lin. “Solar and wind are great, but it will take time for the world to increase capacity in these areas, and in the meantime, we are still burning fossil fuels. Cement plants and steel furnaces also produce a lot of CO_2, and carbon capture technologies can help reduce these emissions as well.”

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