Researchers Transform CO2 Emissions Using Electro-Reduction Carbon
Two UBC researchers are responsible for a creating a technology that could change the way the world uses carbon dioxide emissions.Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr Colin Oloman and PhD graduate Dr Hui Li have invented a new technology that converts carbon dioxide into useable compounds for commercial use through electro-reduction technology.
Electro-Reduction Carbon (ERC) is an electrochemical process that converts carbon dioxide emissions directly from blast furnaces into formic acid. The compound is a liquid fuel that is used for many industrial processes, including a chemical intermediate in the manufacturing of various chemicals such as caffeine and artificial sweeteners, and in the cleaning of steel during manufacture. Formic acid is also a non-toxic, biodegradeable, reusable compound which yields oxygen as a by-product, which can be used to improve combustion in blast furnaces.
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Electro-Reduction Carbon (ERC) is an electrochemical process that converts carbon dioxide emissions directly from blast furnaces into formic acid. The compound is a liquid fuel that is used for many industrial processes, including a chemical intermediate in the manufacturing of various chemicals such as caffeine and artificial sweeteners, and in the cleaning of steel during manufacture. Formic acid is also a non-toxic, biodegradeable, reusable compound which yields oxygen as a by-product, which can be used to improve combustion in blast furnaces.
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