Harnessing Heat from the Refinery and Petrochemical Sectors for Future Commercial-Scale DAC Systems in Saudi Arabia

Principal Fellow- Climate & Sustainability Naser is leading research on carbon dioxide removals (CDRs), bioenergy, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage. He holds a BSc…

Naser is leading research on carbon dioxide removals (CDRs), bioenergy, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage. He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Engineering, and he has 20 years of experience in the U.K. in both academia and consultancy. His main interests are industrial decarbonization, technology innovation, and policy modelling. In the U.K., Naser led the conceptualization of the U.K. government-funded BIOCCUS system, a community-scale biomass pyrolysis-based cogeneration technology with biochar production and CCUS. His current research interests are understanding the challenges and requirements for integrating CDR within industrial processes and assessing the opportunities for carbon utilization in industry in Saudi Arabia as part of the Circular Carbon Economy.

Expertise

• Carbon Dioxide Removals
• Industrial Decarbonization
• Bioenergy
• CCUS

Lead- Climate and Sustainability Raphael Apeaning is a Lead Researcher in the Climate and Sustainability Program at KAPSARC and an integrated assessment modeler with…

Raphael Apeaning is a Lead Researcher in the Climate and Sustainability Program at KAPSARC and an integrated assessment modeler with expertise in energy transition strategies and policy. Prior to joining KAPSARC, he was a researcher at the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal in Washington, DC, where he contributed to expanding the portfolio of carbon dioxide removal technologies for climate modeling and to developing market mechanisms for negative emission technologies.