Carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrate production offers a universal and chemical-free solution to carbon storage, according to US researchers.
The University of Texas at Austin’s team developed a technique for rapid formation of CO2 hydrates whose ice-like materials can bury CO2 in the ocean and prevent release into the atmosphere – and reported a sixfold increase in the hydrate formation rate compared with previous methods.
Vaibhav Bahadur, Professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering who led the research, said, “We’re staring at a huge challenge – finding a way to safely remove gigatons of carbon from our atmosphere – and hydrates offer a universal solution for carbon storage.”
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