Is Carbon Capture for Real?

Join Chris Wilmer, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, for a discussion of the future of carbon capture technology.

This very active area of engineering research is exploring the development of technologies that can be retrofit onto fossil fuel-based power plants to reduce greenhouse gases emissions into the atmosphere. Retrofitting thousands of coal power plants across the globe would be a massive undertaking, and researchers need to know how feasible such a project would be.

In his talk, Wilmer will consider this problem from the molecular scale and ask what the most efficient carbon capture membrane would look like-and whether it can realistically help mitigate global warming, and how it compares to existing technologies.

The Café Sci evening event includes a question-and-answer session in a pub-type atmosphere, with food and drinks available for purchase.

Presented as part of Carnegie Science Center's Café Sci.

Free. Limited seating. Registration required.