Thermal Plasma-Coupled Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage

Vineet S. Sikarwar is a scientist in the Department of Plasma Chemical Technologies at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and a researcher in the Department of Power Engineering at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic. His research focuses on thermal plasma assisted valorization of difficult waste streams, methane pyrolysis for clean hydrogen production, and the development of value-added carbon materials, with an emphasis on process design, scale-up considerations, and industrial applicability.

Prior to joining his current institutions, he conducted research on conventional gasification and biofuel synthesis at the School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China. His broader research interests include the integration of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) with thermal plasma systems, biofuel synthesis, climate and sustainability studies, and solar desalination technologies.

Guido Van Oost is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Applied Physics at Ghent University (Belgium). In Russia, he was a visiting professor at the National Research University for Nuclear Energy and at the National Research University "Moscow Energy Engineering Institute". He is an honorary professor at the Peter the Great Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg. His research focuses on controlled magnetic fusion and thermal plasma processing for the valorization of problematic waste, in collaboration with the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. He was director of a NATO Peace project on plasma gasification of toxic waste with the Institute for Heat and Mass Transfer of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk.