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Reviews and syntheses: Potential and limitations of oceanic carbon dioxide storage via reactor-based accelerated weathering of limestone
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, 2610, Belgium
Filip J. R. Meysman
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, 2610, Belgium
Sebastiaan J. van de Velde
Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Ōtepoti / Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington, 6022, New Zealand
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, 2610, Belgium
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To examine the potential of accelerated weathering of limestone as a CO2 mitigation technique, we describe AWL thermodynamically as a four-step process, thus providing a model framework that allows us to calculate the efficiency of the different steps as well as the overall CO2 sequestration potential. We then review the different reactor designs that have been proposed for the AWL process in recent years and evaluate their efficiency and potential in terms of CO2 emission mitigation capacity.
To examine the potential of accelerated weathering of limestone as a CO2 mitigation technique,...
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