Climate Curve

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Project Summary / Description:

To successfully deploy Carbonate Cement technology as a Portland Cement replacement, the world CO2 supplies need to be supplemented by a factor of 10. The absence of a well distributed source, and inexpensive capture, storage, and transports solution threatens CO2 price stability and availability, which in turn will doom the CO2 utilization technologies that can make any significant impact on worldwide emissions. Thus, this project was formed to addressed the for a stable source of CO2 by changing the supply chain from compressed and refrigerated gases to solid-state technology.

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Impact on Underrepresented Groups:

The Riman Research Laboratory supports women and other underrepresented groups both in the research team and integrating them into the work-force. The balance of women in the research group on average is about 40%. Prof. Riman was also the first professor in the U.S. to place his first African American Ph.D. student into a faculty position in a Materials Science & Engineering Department.

Mission Statement:

Riman Research Group (R2G) uses fundamental principles of physics and chemistry to invent and commercialize high-impact sustainable manufacturing and materials solutions. A myriad of research is now ongoing in R2G focused on technologies that avoid as well as utilize CO2 emissions. One of the most significant problems solved is the invention, patenting and commercialization of a high-performance concrete technology that reduces CO2 emissions by 70% (~3 GtCO2/y). Solidification is triggered by CO2 instead of water. This application focuses on the development of a novel solution for a CO2 distribution network that would enable CO2 price stability and significantly improve supply logistics to enable wide-spread deployment of carbonate cement technology.

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Group Website: http://riman.rutgers.edu Richard Riman‚ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-riman-5a831711/ Daniel Kopp‚ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvkopp/