To address the high energy consumption of the carbon capture and storage process in the shipping industry, the effects of several commonly used commercial catalysts, such as HZSM-5-25, γ-Al₂O₃, and SiO₂, as well as a self-prepared catalyst, Zr-HZSM-5-25, on the regeneration of MEA solution and MEA + MDEA mixed solution were investigated in this paper. The results showed that Zr-HZSM-5-25 had the best catalytic effect on the regeneration process of the MEA aqueous solution, which could increase the instantaneous maximum CO₂ regeneration rate of the MEA-rich solution by about 8.25% and the average regeneration rate by about 5.28%. For the MEA + MDEA mixed solution, the reaction between tertiary amine MDEA and CO₂ produced a large amount of HCO₃⁻ in the reaction system, which could accelerate the release of CO₂ to a large extent, which resulted in the catalytic effect of the Zr-HZSM-5-25 catalyst on the regeneration process of the mixed amine solution being significantly lower than that on the single MEA solution, with an increase of 4.91% in the instantaneous maximum regeneration rate. This instantaneous maximum regeneration rate was only increased by 4.91%. While Zr-HZSM-5-25 showed a better performance in the bench-scale test, it reduced CO₂ regeneration energy consumption by 7.3%.

Carbonic anhydrase (CA)-based biological CO₂ capture is emerging as a prominent carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. We developed a tagged CA–Ferritin chimera, resulting in a high-purity, high-activity, micrometer-sized CA aggregate, SazF, with a yield of 576.6 mg/L (protein/medium). SazF has an optimum temperature of 50 °C and demonstrates thermal stability between 40 and 60 °C. It operates efficiently in Tris–HCl buffer (pH = 8–9), making it compatible with ship exhaust conditions. For enhanced stability and reusability, SazF was encapsulated in SiO₂ and integrated into an epoxy resin to produce a corrosion-active coating. This coating, applied to foam metal fillers, showed less than 3% protein leakage after ten days and retained over 70% activity after a month at 60 °C. This simple preparation method and the cost-effective production of these biomaterials that can continuously and efficiently absorb CO₂ in high-temperature environments are suitable for most CO₂ capture devices. They have a broad application prospect in the field of industrial carbon capture.

Different from vehicle engines, Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) inactivation is an unavoidable issue for low-speed marine diesel engines fueled with Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO). This paper introduced a sulfur resisting material in Silicon Carbide (SiC)-DPF to improve DPF performance. The results of bench-scale experiments showed that the Balance Point Temperature of the modified DPF module was 300°C and DPF modules had a good filtration performance, with Particulate Matters (PMs) residual being less than 0.6 g per cycle. In pilot-scale tests, PMs emissions of unit power decreased with engine load going up, filtration efficiency of nucleation mode PMs being only 36% under 100% load, while DPF still had a good performance in accumulation mode PMs control, being 94.2% under the same load. DPF modules showed excellent regeneration durability in the 205h endurance test, with a regeneration period of 1.5-2h under 380°C. There was no obvious degeneration in the DPF module structure, with no cracks or breakage. Besides, the DPF module could also control gaseous emissions, total emissions decreased by 10.53% for NO and 57.19% for CO, respectively. The results suggested that introducing sulfur-resisting material in DPF could greatly improve the DPF performance of low-speed marine diesel engines fueled with HFO.

At present, the energy consumption and carbon emissions of maritime transportation have raised concerns about environmental issues. A potential way to reduce carbon emissions from vessels is the use of chemical-based carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. However, this technology faces challenges such as high energy consumption, large space occupation, and high processing costs. Therefore, the development of a technology with low energy consumption and compact CO₂ storage is crucial to promote the advancement of CCS technology. This paper introduces a magnesium CO₂ battery system that converts CO₂ into new energy, in the form of hydrogen, while storing CO₂. By preparing highly efficient catalytic electrodes and testing the electrolyte and CO₂ flow rate on the battery performance, the optimal process parameters were determined to be Pd/CeO₂-oct for the electrodes, a 0.5 mol/L NaOH solution for the electrolyte, and a CO₂ flow rate of 1 L/h. The battery system demonstrated high cycling stability and conversion efficiency at a current density of 8 mA·cm⁻², with a stable cycling time of 600 min (20 cycles), a cathode hydrogen production of 10.135 mL, and a Faraday efficiency of 97.03%.