Therma Plasma-coupled Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage
Unlocking the Potential of Thermal Plasma
- 1st Edition - April 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Vineet S. Sikarwar, Guido Van Oost, Apoorva Ranjekar
- Language: English
Therma Plasma-coupled Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage: Unlocking the Potential of Thermal Plasma presents a groundbreaking approach to addressing climate change throug… Read more
Therma Plasma-coupled Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage: Unlocking the Potential of Thermal Plasma presents a groundbreaking approach to addressing climate change through innovative waste management and carbon capture solutions. By integrating thermal plasma with CCUS technologies, the book examines how this synergy can advance sustainable development, emphasizing the importance of renewable hydrogen, lifecycle assessment, and catalysts. It provides a thorough exploration of conventional and plasma-coupled CCS systems, highlighting the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of adopting these technologies. The text serves as a vital guide for researchers and policymakers seeking practical strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and foster a circular economy.
In addition to covering technical fundamentals, the book offers comprehensive insights into the global landscape of CCUS, future possibilities, and the ethical, political, and social implications of climate action. It uniquely focuses on the role of thermal plasma in Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), detailing how harnessing biomass for energy while sequestering carbon can help mitigate climate threats. The resource stands out as essential reading for industry experts aiming to implement sustainable solutions and contribute meaningfully to the global transition toward low-carbon energy systems.
In addition to covering technical fundamentals, the book offers comprehensive insights into the global landscape of CCUS, future possibilities, and the ethical, political, and social implications of climate action. It uniquely focuses on the role of thermal plasma in Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), detailing how harnessing biomass for energy while sequestering carbon can help mitigate climate threats. The resource stands out as essential reading for industry experts aiming to implement sustainable solutions and contribute meaningfully to the global transition toward low-carbon energy systems.
- Provides insights on the potential of coupling Bioenergy with CCS and advanced technology such as thermal plasma
- Explores environmental assessment via Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and economic assessment for the next half century
- Covers the role of catalysis in thermal plasma-coupled CCUS systems
- Delivers an in-depth analysis of the current scenario of plasma-coupled CCS in the US, EU, China, and India
- Examines future prospects of plasma-coupled CCS technologies
Advanced university students in energy, chemical engineering, and petroleum engineering, early-career researchers and scientists
1. Fundamentals of thermal plasma
2. Conventional CCS technologies
3. Plasma-coupled CCS
4. Integration with renewable hydrogen
5. Role of catalysts
6. Lifecycle assessment
7. Current scenario of plasma-coupled CCS in the US, EU, China and India
8. Future of plasma-coupled CCS
9. Social, political and ethical aspects
2. Conventional CCS technologies
3. Plasma-coupled CCS
4. Integration with renewable hydrogen
5. Role of catalysts
6. Lifecycle assessment
7. Current scenario of plasma-coupled CCS in the US, EU, China and India
8. Future of plasma-coupled CCS
9. Social, political and ethical aspects
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: April 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Vineet S. Sikarwar
An avid teacher, researcher, consultant and author, Dr. Vineet Singh Sikarwar is currently serving as a Scientist in the Czech Academy of Sciences. He has an established teaching and research profiles in the field of energy and environmental engineering. He possesses more than a decade of promising research and teaching career in Belgium, Czech Republic, China and India, which enabled him to develop a broad skills base in all aspects of biomass conversion, waste valorization, thermal plasma, climate change and carbon capture, and solar desalination systems. He has been involved with renewable energy education for nearly a decade and has conducted a fair amount of research in this discipline. His research and academic work experiences at Ghent University, Czech Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague and, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, India, have provided him with the opportunities to undertake high quality research work and to contribute significantly to energy and environmental engineering discipline and, to publish widely in prestigious high impact journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientist, Czech Academy of Sciences, CzechiaGO
Guido Van Oost
Guido Van Oost for many years led the research unit Nuclear Fusion. He is the founder of the EU Erasmus Mundus “European Master in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics” (FUSION-EP) and of the Erasmus Mundus “International Doctoral College in Fusion Science and Engineering” (FUSION-DC). As an emeritus professor, he still maintains a strong link with the research unit, both in research and education.
As a researcher in the field of controlled magnetic fusion within the framework of the EU fusion programme, Guido worked at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, the Research Centre Jülich (Germany), Ghent University and the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (IPP.CR), resulting in more than 650 publications. He is also active in the field of plasma treatment of waste, in collaboration with IPP.CR. In addition, from 2015 to 2019 he was a guest professor at the National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI” (Moscow, Russia) and from 2018 to 2020 also at the National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute” (Moscow, Russia).
Guido obtained various scientific distinctions: Honorary Professor of the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Silver Commemorative Medal of Charles University in Prague, Ernst Mach Honorary Medal for Merit in the Physical Sciences (Czech Academy of Sciences) and a Medal of the Czech Technical University in Prague for outstanding contributions to the development of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Ghent University, BelgiumAR
Apoorva Ranjekar
Dr Rankejar is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated to the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis and works at KU-Innovation Park in West campus. He is currently working on ADM's project on the catalytic conversion of sugar derivatives into value-added chemicals. He has been appointed as the new Communications Director of KU Postdoctoral Association. Prior to joining here as a postdoc, he designed and taught an elective course ‘Introduction to Hydrogen as an energy carrier’ for even semester of the M. Tech in Energy Technology course at the Centre for Energy Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India. His past research has focused on sustainable hydrogen production using steam reforming of alcohols, its comparison, analysis, and catalyst development. He is an expert in handling the instruments for the characterization of catalysts. He also worked on molten salts and conducting polymers in the past.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Kansas, USA