Dr. Mike Zorn (Chemistry, Associate Dean of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology) has coauthored an article that was recently published in Catalysts, titled “Catalytic Oxidation of Ethanol for Treatment of Commercially Produced Carbon Dioxide Using Aqueous Sol–Gel-Derived Catalyst Materials.“
The purpose of the study was to design a catalytic-based treatment system that could be used to remove ethanol and oxygen gas from a feed stream of carbon dioxide. Bench-scale experiments conducted in a lab were followed by a pilot-scale installation in a major commercial beer brewing facility. Using this catalytic treatment system, a feed stream of highly purified carbon dioxide could be collected by a brewery for internal reuse or for external sale rather than simply discharging this “waste” stream to the ambient air.
You can read the full article here.