Jose Porfirio Del Angel Lozano
Email: j.del-angel-lozano.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Room 414 Postgraduate office.
Gregory Building, University of Glasgow.
G12 8QQ
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phd-msc-chem-eng-jpdelangellozano/
Research title: A comparison of atmospheric CO2 capture with steel slags in Mexico and the United Kingdom.
Research Summary
The environmental concern about greenhouse gas levels, specifically atmospheric carbon dioxide, has highlighted the need to increase research on CO2 sequestration technology. Evidence from laboratory experiments indicates an influence from external factors (humidity, atmospheric pressure, temperature variation) in the passive carbonation of steel slag, providing a knowledge gap to investigate the contrasting meteorological circumstances that impact the passive slag carbonation process on legacy steel slag heaps from Mexico and the United Kingdom. This will enable the determination of the volume of passive carbon dioxide sequestration by this natural reaction.
To evaluate the influence of the external factors overtime on the rates and volumes of carbon dioxide sequestration, my project uses Scanning Electron Microscope Imaging using Back-Scattered Electrons (SEM-BSE), Scanning Electron Microscopy / Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography (μCT) to determine the rates and volumes of passive carbon dioxide sequestration with steel slag.
The project aims to set mineral carbonation with steel slag as a mitigation solution to decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Determining the rates and volumes will give the underpinning scientific knowledge to guide governmental policy (in Mexico and the United Kingdom) about the use of mineral CO2 sequestration with industrial residues with a view to mitigating climate change impacts.
Supervisors
Grants
National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT Mexico) Scholarship – October 2019 – October 2022 – PhD, Geography and Earth Sciences, The University of Glasgow, UK.
National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT Mexico) Scholarship - September 2016 – October 2017 – MSc in Environmental and Energy Engineering, The University of Sheffield, UK.
Conference
Guest speaker during the "Carbon capture and storage, a solution to reduce climate change" conference as part of the environmental awareness campaign "Think lifecycle, be sustainable" organized by the company Petrofac México Servicios S.A. of C.V. in April 2018.
Additional Information
“Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage” online course – The University of Edinburgh - 2019.
