Disputation
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Trial lecture
30th. of June 2022 at 10:15 AM, Zoom
Title: "Aerosol formation – chemistry and condensation processes"
Conferral summary
I sin avhandling har kandidaten undersøkt miljøpåvirkningen av kjemiske forbindelser som slippes ut i atmosfæren fra karbonfangstanlegg.
Main research findings
The climate crisis necessitates urgent decarbonisation, which can only be achieved through a variety of technologies and solutions. One of them is the chemical capture of CO2 released from industrial point sources and its storage in subsea formations.
On an industrial scale, CO2 is currently captured via reaction with amines, which are small organic molecules that “bind” the CO2 in the flue gas and thereby prevent it from entering the atmosphere. However, in this process trace amounts of amines are released into the atmosphere, where they can form particles and other air pollutants (e.g., nitrosamines) that are harmful to human health and the environment.
In my work, I have initially explored the capability of an ultra-sensitive mass spectrometer to detect traces of amines in the atmosphere. I have furthermore studied the degradation of three amines (tert-butylamine, 2-Amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, and piperazine) under simulated atmospheric conditions in a large outdoor chamber.
The products formed during atmospheric degradation were investigated using state-of-the-art theoretical and experimental methods.
One of the main findings was that amines very efficiently form particles in the atmosphere. I have, for the first time, used an advanced mass spectrometer to characterize the chemical composition of the particles formed from the breakdown of amines.