This   project   is   sponsored   by   the   Consortium   for   Clean   Coal   Utilization   being 
coordinated by Washington University at St Louis (WUStL), and is part of larger  
programme to study carbon capture in natural aquifers. It is proposed to study the  
rates  of absorption of carbon dioxide in aqueous suspensions of selected minerals 
with   the   objective   of   identifying   effective   absorbents,   and   assessing   the   speed   of 
capture.   The   project   also   has   a   theory/modelling/computational   element   where 
transport   phenomena­reaction   kinetic   based   models   will   be   developed   for   these 
experiments. Scholars working on this project will have the opportunity to spend 3 to 
6 months at WUStL