Since the industrial revolution, carbon dioxide (CO2) has been a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions due to several human activities. The CO2 limit in the atmosphere is considered safer if it is less than 350 ppm. However, in December 2018, it crossed safety limits and reached 409 ppm. Energy demand has been increasing enormously due to a rise in the human population and a comfortable lifestyle. India has more than 1.4 billion people, consuming energy from coal and natural gas-based power plants and emitting CO2 into the atmosphere. To contribute to these needs, easily accessible fossil fuel resources are rapidly consuming. CO2 is the major emitter in the transportation industry (i.e., automobiles), power generation, and deforestation in agricultural fields. There is an urgent requirement for novel technologies to reduce this carbon emissions effect on the environment. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology is getting much attention due to the rise in temperature levels. The CCS technique can be divided into three stages. In the first stage, the CO2 gas is extracted from the emission gas stream, and then the CO2 is concentrated and captured at high pressures. The supercritical fluid is transported to the CO2 storage site, where fluid is injected into the underground rocks for permanent storage. This technology has the advantage of strategy-wise collecting CO2, storing CO2 and utilising the stored gas.

Carbon capture is a significant step in the CCS technology. The adsorption based carbon capture process has advantages over the existing technologies, such as fast kinetics, excellent energy efficiency, clean environment applications, high gas storage capacities, etc. However, the thorough understanding of the conventional adsorption swing processes such as Pressure swing adsorption (PSA), Vacuum Swing Adsorption (VSA) and Temperature swing adsorption (TSA) and novel hybrid swing adsorption processes such as Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption (VPSA) and Temperature Vacuum Swing Adsorption process (TVSA) is missing. This course covers the fundamentals of adsorption, the advancement of adsorption in the field of carbon capture, ongoing challenges and sustainable solutions.

Significant improvements in computational power over the last two decades have encouraged researchers to develop mathematical models for accurate forecasting of experiments. Transport modelling of the carbon capture units packed with porous adsorbents mitigates the experimental effort, which is energy-consuming and expensive. In this course, we demonstrate the development of mathematical models and the application of commercial software tools to solve carbon capture units in the real world.

The course will be taught by distinguished international and national academicians and researchers who are well recognized in this field for their experience in research, teaching and consultancy. Industrially relevant case studies will be discussed as part of the tutorial session which provides Hand’s on experience to participants on advanced software tools. This course contribute to the nation's net zero emission goal by training manpower to pursue their career in CCUS.