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Energy Efficient Solvents for CO2 Capture by Gas-Liquid Absorption

Compounds, Blends and Advanced Solvent Systems

  • Focuses on energy-efficient solvents with minimal adverse environmental impact
  • Identifies solvents suitable for CO2 capture applications using gas-liquid absorption
  • Includes contributions that analyse the latest developments in sustainable CO2 capture applications
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Process Implications of CO2 Capture Solvent Selection

    • Leigh T. Wardhaugh, Ashleigh Cousins
    Pages 27-67
  3. Phase Change Solvents for CO2 Capture Applications

    • Kathryn A. Mumford, Kathryn H. Smith, Geoffrey W. Stevens
    Pages 99-116
  4. Aqueous Amino Acid Salts and Their Blends as Efficient Absorbents for CO2 Capture

    • Azmi Mohd Shariff, Muhammad Shuaib Shaikh
    Pages 117-151
  5. Ionic Liquids: Advanced Solvents for CO2 Capture

    • Xiangping Zhang, Lu Bai, Shaojuan Zeng, Hongshuai Gao, Suojiang Zhang, Maohong Fan
    Pages 153-176
  6. Amine-Blends Screening and Characterization for CO2 Post-combustion Capture

    • Abdullah Al Hinai, Nabil El Hadri, Mohammad Abu Zahra
    Pages 177-189
  7. Energy Efficient Absorbents for Industry Promising Carbon Dioxide Capture

    • Y. S. Yu, T. T. Zhang, Z. X. Zhang
    Pages 217-240
  8. The Absorption Kinetics of CO2 into Ionic Liquid—CO2 Binding Organic Liquid and Hybrid Solvents

    • Ozge Yuksel Orhan, Cyril Sunday Ume, Erdogan Alper
    Pages 241-261
  9. Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Aqueous Solutions of Linear Polyamines

    • Jian Chen, Ruilei Zhang, Zhongjie Du, Jianguo Mi
    Pages 263-277

About this book

This book reviews and characterises promising single-compound solvents, solvent blends and advanced solvent systems suitable for CO2 capture applications using gas-liquid absorption.


Focusing on energy efficient solvents with minimal adverse environmental impact, the contributions included analyse the major technological advantages, as well as research and development challenges of promising solvents and solvent systems in various sustainable CO2 capture applications.


It provides a valuable source of information for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as for chemical engineers and energy specialists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development, Consulting Services, Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development, Wrocław, Poland

    Wojciech M. Budzianowski

About the editor

Dr. Wojciech Budzianowski obtained a Ph.D. in chemical engineering (1998) with a thesis topic relating to reactive gas-liquid absorption. His research work has been dedicated to energy systems and one of his areas of active research has been CO2 capture. In 2014 he obtained a D.Sc. in mechanical engineering (field - energy). He has published several papers on CO2 capture by gas-liquid absorption which received international citations underlining that the topic attracts significant audiences.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Energy Efficient Solvents for CO2 Capture by Gas-Liquid Absorption

  • Book Subtitle: Compounds, Blends and Advanced Solvent Systems

  • Editors: Wojciech M. Budzianowski

  • Series Title: Green Energy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47262-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47261-4Published: 15 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83694-2Published: 05 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47262-1Published: 01 December 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1865-3529

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 277

  • Number of Illustrations: 81 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Environmental Management, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

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eBook USD 99.00
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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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