Turning waste ash into carbon capture technology

From top left (clockwise): Prof Lim Teik Thye (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering), Asst Prof Grzegorz Lisak (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering), Asst Prof Paul Liu (School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering), and Prof Simon Redfern (Dean, College of Science) 

Scientists from NTU have developed a new way to turn ash generated from its waste treatment facility, into sorbents that can capture carbon dioxide from exhaust fumes. The project was one of 12 awarded a combined $55 million in grants under the national Low-Carbon Energy Research Funding Initiative, which seeks to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

 

For more information:

• NTU News Release
• The Straits Times article