Due to the rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, carbon capture and storage methods are being researched. Carbon mineralization is reviewed as an alternative to conventional geologic storage. In situ mineralization is a component of underground geologic sequestration, while in ex situ mineralization, the carbonation reaction occurs in a separate reactor or industrial process.

Wood is a promising renewable alternative for petroleum-based bio-fuels and useful biomaterials such as cellulose and lignin. However, processing of wood biomass has so far been expensive and time consuming. A green approach is the dissolution in ionic liquids. Here, the dissolution process and its influences as well as the economic impacts are discussed.

Until the beginning of the 20th century mixing was treated merely incidentally. Nowadays, stirring technology is scientifically largely well understood. The article presents groundbreaking research activities which have contributed to this impressive increase in knowledge over the last century.

Ionic liquids are organic salts remaining liquids even under ambient temperatures. They normally consist of an organic cation and a polyatomic inorganic or organic anion. Due to their advantages, such as near-zero vapor pressure and good chemical and thermal stabilities, they are good replacements for conventional solvents in supported ionic liquid membranes. Here, the focus lies on gas separation applications.

Molecular simulation has become very versatile due to the advance of high performance computing. It is possible to predict thermodynamic properties through physically realistic molecular models. Transport processes and heterogeneous systems can also be simulated reliably.