carbon capture and storage
1Carbon capture and storage — (CCS) is an approach to mitigating global warming based on capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources such as fossil fuel power plants and storing it instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. Although CO2 has been injected into… …
2Carbon capture and storage — Unter CO2 Sequestrierung versteht man die Deponierung von Kohlenstoffdioxid (CO2), das in Kraftwerken erzeugt wird, die mit fossilen Rohstoffen wie Kohle, Gas oder Öl betrieben werden. Die Sequestrierung ist Teil der Kohlendioxid Abscheidung und… …
3Carbon capture and storage in Australia — Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an approach to mitigate global warming by capturing carbon dioxide CO2 from large point sources such as fossil fuel power plants and storing it instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. CCS is also used for… …
4carbon capture and storage — noun carbon capture, followed by its containment in a holding medium or geological formation so as to prevent its release into the atmosphere. Abbrev.: CCS One of the methods proposed to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide gas released into the… …
5carbon capture and storage — UK / US noun [uncountable] the process of collecting carbon dioxide that is produced by burning coal or oil and storing it to stop it getting into the atmosphere …
6Carbon Capture and Usage — CCU (Carbon Capture and Usage, zu deutsch: CO2 Abscheidung und Verwendung) bezeichnet die Abscheidung von Kohlenstoffdioxid(CO2) insbesondere aus Verbrennungs Abgasen sowie dessen angeschlossene Verwendung bei weiteren chemischen Prozessen. Der… …
7carbon capture — UK US noun [U] (also carbon capture and storage, ABBREVIATION CCS) ► ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY a way of catching the carbon produced by machines and processes so that it is not released into the environment: »Many of the latest… …
8Carbon sequestration — is the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) and may refer specifically to: The process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and depositing it in a reservoir. [1] When carried out deliberately, this may also be referred to as carbon dioxide removal,… …
9Carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide …
10Carbon dioxide equivalent — (CDE) and Equivalent carbon dioxide (or CO2) are two related but distinct measures for describing how much global warming a given type and amount of greenhouse gas may cause, using the functionally equivalent amount or concentration of carbon… …
