Developments in mineral carbonation for Carbon sequestration

Muhammad Imran Rashid; Zahida Yaqoob; M A Mujtaba; H Fayaz; C Ahamed Saleel

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21796

Developments in mineral carbonation for Carbon sequestration

Heliyon. 2023 Oct 30;9(11):e21796. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21796. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Authors

Muhammad Imran Rashid^{1

2}, Zahida Yaqoob³, M A Mujtaba⁴, H Fayaz⁵, C Ahamed Saleel⁶

Affiliations

¹ Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore (New Campus), 39021, Pakistan.
² Discipline of Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia.
³ Department of Material Science and Engineering, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (New Campus), Lahore 54890, Pakistan.
⁵ Modeling Evolutionary Algorithms Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Asir-Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Mineral technology has attracted significant attention in recent decades. Mineral carbonation technology is being used for permanent sequestration of CO₂ (greenhouse gas). Temperature programmed desorption studies showed interaction of CO₂ with Mg indicating possibility of using natural feedstocks for mineral carbonation. Soaking is effective to increase yields of heat-activated materials. This review covers the latest developments in mineral carbonation technology. In this review, development in carbonation of natural minerals, effect of soaking on raw and heat-activated dunite, increasing reactivity of minerals, thermal activation, carbonations of waste materials, increasing efficiency of carbonation process and pilot plants on mineral carbonation are discussed. Developments in carbonation processes (single-stage carbonation, two-stage carbonation, acid dissolution, ph swing process) and pre-process and concurrent grinding are elaborated. This review also highlights future research required in mineral carbonation technology.

Keywords: Carbonation processes; Concurrent grinding; Mineral carbonation; Pilot plants; Thermal activation.

Publication types

Review