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Carbon dioxide plays a natural role in maintaining Earth's thermal balance by retaining radiant energy, preventing extreme cold. However, rising atmospheric levels from the combustion of petroleum and other fuels, as well as biological respiration, intensify global warming. Controlling these emissions requires separating the gas during fuel combustion processes in power plants before it reaches the atmosphere. Beyond emission reduction, captured carbon dioxide can be converted into valuable materials and products. By synthesising existing literature across emission sources, capture methods, and conversion pathways, this broad overview connects distinct areas of research into a unified perspective. It highlights the primary emission sources driving environmental harm, outlines practical strategies to capture carbon at industrial generation sites, and points towards future investigations needed to mitigate negative planetary impacts.
Unchecked carbon emissions accelerate global warming and threaten environmental stability. Understanding where these gases originate, how to trap them directly at power plants, and how to recycle them into beneficial products provides a cohesive framework for addressing climate change. Integrating separate scientific findings allows stakeholders to recognise practical methods for reducing industrial emissions while finding productive uses for captured gases.
The abstract points to the application of separation technologies during fuel combustion in power plants, alongside processes that convert captured gas into value-added products. Potential users include power station operators and industrial processors seeking to eliminate direct emissions. Because the abstract describes a literature review synthesising disparate findings rather than testing a specific mechanism, these technologies appear to sit at varying stages of conceptual and early-stage industrial application.
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Abstract Carbon dioxide is both the planet’s enemy and friend since it maintains the balance of the planet as this gas retains some of the radiant energy that the planet receives. Thus, it keeps the Earth’s heat, without which the Earth would be unbearably cold. However, the increase in the quantity of CO 2 in the Earth’s atmosphere contributes to the exacerbation of global warming. CO 2 is mainly produced from the processes of combustion of fuel and petroleum, as well as from the breathing process of living organisms. This study aims to provide a comprehensive view of carbon dioxide, including the main sources of emissions that resulted in negative effects, as well as the various ways to control these emissions by conducting a separation process during fuel combustion in power plants and preventing the release of large quantities into the atmosphere. Finally, an objective viewpoint on how to benefit from separated carbon dioxide and turn it into highly valuable products is presented. Given that this is a global problem that affects our planet, this review links other literature that deals with each part separately, and thus it presents a clear and comprehensive vision that enables the reader to be aware of carbon dioxide gas from all perspectives, concluding with future studies that are required to prevent an increase in negative effects in order to preserve the quality of life in our planet. Graphical abstract
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DOI: 10.1007/s10098-023-02599-9
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