Dependable information from the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk in 48 hours.  Each month library staff look at one of the many enquiries received and highlight selected resources, including the Virtual Library, that provide relevant answers.  

The enquiry this month 

• I need information about carbon capture     

Carbon capture or sequestration is the process of removing CO₂ produced by fossil fuel combustion to mitigate climate change.        

The RSC Virtual Library has full text resources of interest

From e-books collections:

Knovel: Sustainability and Environmental Impact of Renewable Energy Sources  with sections including: Carbon Sequestration and End Use Energy Efficiency

Referex:  Reaction Engineering for Pollution Prevention with sections such as: An analysis of the disposal of anthropogenic CO₂ in the ocean via a submerged hydrate crystallizer and Carbon dioxide mitigation via combustion modification

Springer: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, The Mediterranean Sea sections e.g. Nutrient, Oxygen and Carbon Ratios, CO₂ Sequestration and Anthropogenic Forcing in the Mediterranean Sea

From e-journals collections:

Environment Complete  from EBSCO  contains environment focussed articles such as:

Carbon Capture & Storage  Environmental Health Perspectives, Nov2007, Vol. 115 Issue 11, pA538-A545

Controls on Annual Forest Carbon Storage: Lessons from the Past and Predictions for the Future Bioscience, Jul/Aug2008, Vol. 58 Issue 7, p609-622

Utilization of Solar Radiation in High Energy Intensive of the World by PV System. By: Rahoma, U. Ali. American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2008, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p121-128

Springer:

Reversible chemisorption of carbon dioxide: simultaneous production of fuel-cell grade H₂ and compressed CO₂ from synthesis gas  Adsorption, Volume 13, Numbers 3-4 August, 2007

Addressing the CO₂ dilemma  Catalysis Letters, Volume 114, Numbers 3-4 April, 2007

As part of the services of the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk we can supplement the information above with references retrieved from Chemical Abstracts, Scopus, Web of Science.

Members can carry out their own high quality research from the Virtual Library simply by logging in to a resource with their membership number and password.