Conversion of Greenhouse Gases to Value Added Products

Carbon nanofiber is a material with extraordinary mechanical, thermal, electrical, and chemical properties. It has applications in a wide variety of industries including transportation vehicles, concrete, electronic devices, textiles, ink, coatings, lubricants, tires, and agriculture. Yet, the production of carbon nanofibers is an expensive and energy-intensive process. This project targets to develop Carbonova cycle, a catalytic chemical process that enables producing premium quality carbon nanofibers from utilizing greenhouse gases and waste heat. It is not only a viable solution to reduce CO2 emissions from other processes but also it is an economic and sustainable way of producing high-quality nanomaterials.

Faculty Supervisor:

Pedro Pereira-Almao;Sudarshan (Raj) Mehta

Student:

Lilia Prieto

Partner:

CarboNova

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary