Molecular Chemistry Aimed Towards New Technologies for Atmospheric CO2 Depletion

分子化学致力于开发大气二氧化碳消耗新技术

• 批准号: 7997214
• 负责人: John Joseph Curley
• 金额: $ 4.84万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-12-01 至 2012-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7997214
• 关键词: Address; Adopted; Breathing; Burn injury; Carbon; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase; Catalysis; Chemicals; Chemistry; Complex; Electricity; Environment; Enzymes; Fossil Fuels; Gases; Generations; Global Warming; Goals; Health; Human; Hypersensitivity; Lead; Mediating; Metals; Methods; Molecular; Pattern; Reaction; Research; Series; Temperature; Thermodynamics; Transportation; Vector-transmitted infectious disease; Work; atmospheric carbon dioxide; catalyst; design; enzyme model; greenhouse gases; new technology; planetary Atmosphere; pollutant; scaffold

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Atmospheric content of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide has been rising since the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century. This gas is a major contributor to global warming. Global warming is a threat to human health both nationally and globally. Increasing global temperature may alter the local environment; therefore, changing the seasonal patterns of allergies and vector-borne diseases. Because carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels used for transportation and generation of electricity, there are two strategies for lowering the atmospheric content of this pollutant: To develop carbon-neutral fuels that are widely adopted, or to find methods to remove the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. I have chosen to focus on the latter method because it addresses the immediate problem of directly regulating the carbon dioxide content of our global atmosphere.

描述（由申请人提供）：自19世纪工业革命以来，温室气的大气含量一直在上升。这种气体是全球变暖的主要贡献者。全球变暖都是对全国和全球人类健康的威胁。全球温度的升高可能会改变当地环境；因此，改变过敏和媒介传播疾病的季节性模式。由于二氧化碳通过用于运输和发电的化石燃料的燃烧释放到大气中，因此有两种降低这种污染物大气含量的策略：要开发广泛采用的碳中性燃料，或者发现从大气中清除二氧化碳的方法。我选择专注于后一种方法，因为它解决了直接调节我们全球气氛中二氧化碳含量的直接问题。