Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage

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Syllabus

Block 1 - Climate Drivers

  • Introduction to the Course
  • Global Warming
  • The Carbon Budget of our Atmosphere
  • CCS in a Nutshell
  • Carbon Neutrality
  • Conclusions and Graded Test

Block 2 - CCS Across the Whole Economy

  • Welcome to Block 2
  • At what stage is CCS?
  • Heavy Industries and Manufacturing
  • Decarbonising Global Energy
  • Hydrogen
  • Electricity
  • Conclusions and Graded Test

Block 3 - Capturing Carbon

Welcome to Block 3

  • Combustion
  • Post-Combustion Capture
  • Capture by Oxyfuel Combustion
  • Pre-Combustion Capture
  • Carbon Dioxide Utilisation
  • Carbon Negative Technologies
  • Conclusions and Graded Test

Block 4 - Geological Carbon Storage

  • Welcome to Block 4
  • The Transport of Carbon Dioxide
  • Why Geological Storage?
  • Rocks for Geological Carbon Storage
  • Reservoirs, Seals and Traps
  • Storage in Aquifers and Depleted Oil Fields
  • Trapping the Carbon Dioxide
  • Leakage and Monitoring
  • Conclusions and Graded Test

Block 5 - Future Prospects

  • Welcome to Block 5
  • Global Storage Capacity
  • CO2 Pollution and Waste Disposal
  • Future Developments
  • A Global Industry
  • Common Myths and Misconceptions
  • Conclusions and Graded Test

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Mathieu Lucquiaud
Professor of Clean Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage
University of Sheffield

Mark Wilkinson
Senior Lecturer in Geological CO2 Storage
University of Edinburgh

Erika Palfi
Lecturer and Research Associate in Carbon Capture and Storage
The University of Edinburgh

MennatAllah Labib
PhD Student, Institute for Energy Systems
The University of Edinburgh

Daniel Mullen
PhD student
University of Edinburgh

Chris Holdsworth
PhD student
University of Edinburgh

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The University of Edinburgh is a British university, founded in 1583 during a period of rapid development for the city of Edinburgh. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

Having counted among its students inventors of the Industrial Revolution, it has more students than any other Scottish university and is one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom.

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