Antonio Gasos

Research area

Indirect mineral carbonation of alkaline waste materials for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS):

Our work studies the two-step indirect aqueous mineral carbonation of alkaline wastes. First, calcium is leached out of the materials, while CO₂ absorption and precipitation to calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) occur in a second step. We focus on the following key aspects of the process: (i) study of alternative reactors configurations for improved process performance, and fully continuous operation; (ii) characterisation of the process performance and solvent degradation over cyclic operation; (iii) modelling of the process steps based on experimental results; (iv) life-cycle assessment and technical analysis of the process.

This work is part of the ACCSESS projectcall_made, an EU Horizon 2020 project aiming at providing access to cost-efficient, replicable, safe and flexible Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) across industrial sectors.

Membrane technologies for gas separations:

We focus on studying the potential of membrane modules for gas separation, in particular for Carbon Capture, namely: (i) model development and validation with experimental data; (ii) techno-economic analysis and optimisation of the process; (iii) development of an Artificial Neural-Network tool used as a surrogate model for faster simulations.

Student projects:

If interested, please contact me by email. We can then organise a discussion about project opportunities.