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In this live webcast from May 6, 2024, learn more about the science behind carbon capture and removal technology with Senior Research Engineer at the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) Howard J. Herzog ’74, SM ’75, CHE ’80.
Herzog's research delves into carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, supporting MITEI’s quest for zero- and low-carbon solutions. He will elaborate on the workings of CCS and its potential contribution to mitigating climate change.
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS), or Carbon Capture for short, has the potential to be a significant player in addressing the climate change problem. In this talk, Howard will first present the fundamentals of how a CCS system works. He will then give a brief history of CCS and look at the different roles it can play as we move forward to address climate change. These roles include decarbonizing power and industrial plants, producing low-carbon hydrogen, and removing CO2 from the atmosphere (i.e., Carbon Removal). There will be a brief discussion of the universe of Carbon Removal and highlight some of the challenges it faces. The talk will conclude by discussing some of the current and proposed policies to incentivize carbon capture and carbon removal.
Howard J. Herzog ’74, SM ’75, CHE ’80
Senior Research Engineer, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Howard J. Herzog is a senior research engineer in the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). He received his undergraduate and graduate education in chemical engineering at MIT. He has industrial experience with Eastman Kodak, Stone & Webster, Aspen Technology, and Spectra Physics. Since 1989, he has been on the MIT research staff, where he works on sponsored research involving energy and the environment, with an emphasis on greenhouse gas mitigation technologies. He was a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (released September 2005), a co-author on the MIT Future of Coal Study (released March 2007), and a US delegate to the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum's Technical Group (June 2003-September 2007). He was awarded the 2010 Greenman Award by the IEAGHG “in recognition of contributions made to the development of greenhouse gas control technologies”. In 2018, he authored a book entitled Carbon Capture for the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.
In this live webcast from May 6, 2024, learn more about the science behind carbon capture and removal technology with Senior Research Engineer at the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) Howard J. Herzog ’74, SM ’75, CHE ’80.
Herzog's research delves into carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, supporting MITEI’s quest for zero- and low-carbon solutions. He will elaborate on the workings of CCS and its potential contribution to mitigating climate change.
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS), or Carbon Capture for short, has the potential to be a significant player in addressing the climate change problem. In this talk, Howard will first present the fundamentals of how a CCS system works. He will then give a brief history of CCS and look at the different roles it can play as we move forward to address climate change. These roles include decarbonizing power and industrial plants, producing low-carbon hydrogen, and removing CO2 from the atmosphere (i.e., Carbon Removal). There will be a brief discussion of the universe of Carbon Removal and highlight some of the challenges it faces. The talk will conclude by discussing some of the current and proposed policies to incentivize carbon capture and carbon removal.
Howard J. Herzog ’74, SM ’75, CHE ’80
Senior Research Engineer, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Howard J. Herzog is a senior research engineer in the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). He received his undergraduate and graduate education in chemical engineering at MIT. He has industrial experience with Eastman Kodak, Stone & Webster, Aspen Technology, and Spectra Physics. Since 1989, he has been on the MIT research staff, where he works on sponsored research involving energy and the environment, with an emphasis on greenhouse gas mitigation technologies. He was a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (released September 2005), a co-author on the MIT Future of Coal Study (released March 2007), and a US delegate to the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum's Technical Group (June 2003-September 2007). He was awarded the 2010 Greenman Award by the IEAGHG “in recognition of contributions made to the development of greenhouse gas control technologies”. In 2018, he authored a book entitled Carbon Capture for the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.
