Technology Assessments

Szulczewski, M.L., C.W. MacMinn, H.J. Herzog, and R. Juanes, "Lifetime of Carbon Capture and Storage as a Climate-change Mitigation Technology," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol 109:14, pp 5185-5189, April (2012). <PDF> <MIT Press Release> <PNAS cover image>

House, K.Z., A.C. Baclig, M. Ranjan, E.A. van Nierop, J. Wilcox, H.J. Herzog, "Economic and Energetic Analysis of Capturing CO2 from Ambient Air," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol 108:51, pp. 20428-20433, December (2011). <PDF> <MIT Press Release>

Bashadi, S. and H. Herzog, "Using Auxiliary Gas Power for CCS Energy Needs in Retrofitted Coal Power Plants," presented at the 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September (2010). <PDF>

Ranjan, M. and H. Herzog, "Feasibility of Air Capture," presented at the 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September (2010). <PDF>

Simeon, F., "Development of Electrochemically Mediated Separation for Carbon Capture," presented at the 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September (2010). <PDF>

Kothandaraman, A., "Carbon Dioxide Capture by Chemical Absorption: A Solvent Comparison Study," M.I.T. Ph.D. Dissertation, June (2010). <PDF>

Bashadi, S., "Using Auxiliary Gas Power for CCS Energy Needs in Retrofitted Coal Power Plants," M.I.T. Masters Thesis, June (2010). <PDF>

Ranjan, M., "Feasibility of Air Capture," M.I.T. Masters Thesis, June (2010). <PDF>

Shu, G., "Economics and Policies for Carbon Capture and Sequestration in the Western United States: A Marginal Cost Analysis of Potential Power Plant Deployment," M.I.T. Masters Thesis, January (2010). <PDF>

Herzog, H., J. Meldon, A. Hatton, "Advanced Post-Combustion CO2 Capture," prepared for the Clean Air Task Force under a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation, April (2009). [http://www.catf.us/publications/reports/Coal_Without_Carbon.pdf]

Herzog, H., "A Research Program for Promising Retrofit Technologies," prepared for the MIT Symposium on Retro-fitting of Coal-Fired Power Plants for Carbon Capture, March (2009). [http://web.mit.edu/mitei/research/reports.html]

Raza, Y., "Uncertainty Analysis of Capacity Estimates and Leakage Potential for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers," M.I.T. Masters Thesis, May (2009). <PDF>

Herzog, H., J. Meldon, A. Hatton, "Advanced Post-Combustion CO2 Capture," prepared for the Clean Air Task Force under a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation, April (2009). <PDF>

Herzog, H., "A Research Program for Promising Retrofit Technologies," prepared for the MIT Symposium on Retro-fitting of Coal-Fired Power Plants for Carbon Capture, March (2009). <PDF>

Kothandaraman, A., L. Nord, O. Bolland, H.J. Herzog and G.J. McRae, "Comparison of Solvents for Post-combustion Capture of CO2 by Chemical Absorption," presented at the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Washington, DC, November (2008). <PDF>

Nord, L.O., A. Kothandaraman, H. Herzog, G. McRae and O. Bolland, "A Modeling Software Linking Approach for the Analysis of an Integrated Reforming Combined Cycle with Hot Potassium Carbonate CO2 Capture," presented at the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Washington, DC, November (2008). <PDF>

Maurstad, O., H. Herzog, O. Bolland, J. Beér, "Impact of Coal Quality and Gasifier Technology on IGCC Performance,"  presented at the 8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June (2006). <PDF>

Ide, T., S.J. Friedmann, H. Herzog, "CO2 Leakage through Existing Wells: Current Technology and Regulations," presented at the 8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June (2006). <PDF>

Esber, G.S., "Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology for the Coal-Powered Electricity Industry: A Systematic Prioritization of Research Needs," M.I.T. Masters Thesis, (2006). <PDF>

Maurstad, O., "An Overview of Coal based Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Technology," MIT LFEE 2005-002 WP, September (2005). <PDF>

Herzog, H.J., "Carbon Sequestration via Mineral Carbonation: Overview and Assessment," March (2002). <PDF>

Caldeira, K., H. Herzog, and M. Wickett, "Predicting and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Ocean Carbon Sequestration by Direct Injection," presented at the First National Conference on Carbon Sequestration, Washington, DC, May 14-17 (2001). <PDF>

Herzog, H., K. Caldeira, and E. Adams, "Carbon Sequestration via Direct Injection," in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences , eds. J.H. Steele, S.A. Thorpe, and K.K. Turekian, Vol. 1, pp 408 - 414, Academic Press, London, UK, September (2001). <PDF>

Herzog, H., E. Adams, M. Akai, G. Alendal, L. Golmen, P. Haugan, S. Masuda, R. Matear, S. Masutani, T. Ohsumi, and C. S. Wong, "Update on the International Experiment on CO2 Ocean Sequestration," presented at the Fifth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Cairns, Australia, August 13 - August 16 (2000). <PDF>

Herzog, H. and O. Falk-Pedersen, "The Kvaerner Membrane Contactor: Lessons from a Case Study in How to Reduce Capture Costs," presented at the Fifth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Cairns, Australia, August 13 - August 16 (2000). <PDF>

Herzog, H. J., "An Introduction to CO2 Separation and Capture Technologies," Energy Laboratory Working Paper, (1999). <PDF>