Thermal Plasma-Coupled Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage
Unlocking the Potential of Thermal Plasma
- 1st Edition - June 7, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Vineet S. Sikarwar, Apoorva Ranjekar, Guido Van Oost
- Language: English
Thermal Plasma-Coupled CCUS: Exploring Sustainable Solutions for Climate Change explores the use of thermal plasma with CCUS to combat climate change and promote sustainable develo… Read more
Description
Description
This unique text offers valuable insights into the opportunities, constraints, and practical implementation of thermal plasma coupled CCUS systems and practical solutions for addressing climate challenges, making it an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and industry experts seeking to drive positive change in the global fight against climate change.
Key features
Key features
- 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
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
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
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 8, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Vineet S. Sikarwar
Vineet S. Sikarwar is a scientist in the Department of Plasma Chemical Technologies at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and a researcher in the Department of Power Engineering at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic. His research focuses on thermal plasma assisted valorization of difficult waste streams, methane pyrolysis for clean hydrogen production, and the development of value-added carbon materials, with an emphasis on process design, scale-up considerations, and industrial applicability.
Prior to joining his current institutions, he conducted research on conventional gasification and biofuel synthesis at the School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China. His broader research interests include the integration of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) with thermal plasma systems, biofuel synthesis, climate and sustainability studies, and solar desalination technologies.
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Apoorva Ranjekar
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Guido Van Oost
Guido Van Oost is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Applied Physics at Ghent University (Belgium). In Russia, he was a visiting professor at the National Research University for Nuclear Energy and at the National Research University "Moscow Energy Engineering Institute". He is an honorary professor at the Peter the Great Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg. His research focuses on controlled magnetic fusion and thermal plasma processing for the valorization of problematic waste, in collaboration with the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. He was director of a NATO Peace project on plasma gasification of toxic waste with the Institute for Heat and Mass Transfer of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk.