Carbon Capture, Employment, and Coming Home from Prison.

Finding and securing employment is a huge challenge for those who have been released from prison. In this paper, we argue that carbon capture technology carries the unique potential to positively impact employment opportunities for those who are undergoing the reentry process. Notably, these careers exist nearly entirely in industries which already employ ex-felons.

Theoretical DFT Study on the Mechanisms of CO/CO Conversion in Chemical Looping Catalyzed by Calcium Ferrite.

The CO/CO conversion mechanism on the calcium ferrite (CFO) surface in chemical looping was explored by a computational study using the density functional theory approach. The CFO catalytic reaction pathway of 2CO + O → 2CO conversion has been elucidated. Our results show that the Fe center in CFO plays the key role as a catalyst in the CO/CO conversion.

Kinetics, thermodynamics, and physical characterization of corn stover (Zea mays) for solar biomass pyrolysis potential analysis.

Solar pyrolysis of agricultural waste has huge potential for sustainable production of fuel and chemical feedstock. In this paper, the kinetics, thermodynamics, and physical characterization of corn stover (CS) collected from Wyoming, USA was conducted with respect to solar pyrolysis. The kinetics and thermodynamics of the CS pyrolysis was analyzed in detail using the methods described by KAS (Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose) and FWO (Flynn-Wall-Ozawa), from which the activation energy, Gibbs energy, Arrhenius pre-exponential factor, enthalpy, and entropy were derived.