The Gas Processing Centre (GPC) at Qatar University has revealed its plans to capture carbon from industrial and natural gas streams.
Dr Hassan al-Derham, Qatar university’s vice president for research said the aim of the project is to steer Qatar away from its carbon dependency. The country is said to have the “highest per-capita emission” of carbon dioxide globally.
Al-Derham said the GPC Carbon Capture and Management (CCM) team is developing a series of technologies for carbon dioxide capture, which will focus primarily on liquid solvent and solid sorbents as well as catalytic conversion technologies.
“We need to be the frontiers for this as a national university in order to move the society into this direction,” al-Derham said.
GPC director, Dr Mohamed Jaber al-Mari will play a major role in the project, which is expected to help achieve the Qatar National Vision 2030 by transforming the country from a carbon-based economy into a knowledge-based one.
