{"id":129,"date":"2026-08-20T13:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T03:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/?p=129"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T00:44:26","slug":"dr-ali-kiani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/dr-ali-kiani\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Ali Kiani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poster: Characterisation of a Commercial Cooling Tower as an Air Contactor for Direct Air Capture<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"nba-block nba-csiro__staff-card wp-block-nba-csiro-staff-card\" data-block-id=\"2f13e820-44c21d5b-cc2837d0\" data-block-type=\"nba-csiro__staff-card\"><div class=\"nba-layout\"><div class=\"card contact__card section--gray-lighter contact__card__img-circle\"><div class=\"card__container\"><div class=\"card__block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.csiro.au\/k\/a\/ali-kiani\" class=\"reversed\"><div class=\"card__image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image card__image--cover is-nba-thumb\" style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; background-size: cover;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/08\/Ali-K-150x150.jpg\"><\/div><h2 class=\"card__title h3 more-link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/people.csiro.au\/k\/a\/ali-kiani\"><span class=\"contact__card__name\">Ali Kiani<\/span><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"card__text\"><div class=\"card__text\"><ul class=\"card__text contact__card__detail-block contact__card__bio-group\"><li class=\"contact__card__detail-item contact__card__bio\"><span class=\"contact__card__detail-value\">Learn more about me\u2026<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Kiani\u2019s poster is in regard to a study that evaluated a commercial cooling tower as a low-cost air contactor compared to conventional contactors for direct air capture. Results showed effective CO2 capture with much lower pressure drop than packed columns, offering significant energy savings and supporting scalable, low-cost DAC deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>An article on Dr Kiani is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/meet-the-researcher-dr-ali-kiani\/\">Meet the researcher: Dr Ali Kiani<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>More information on Dr Kiani and his team\u2019s work is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csiro.au\/en\/research\/technology-space\/energy\/Carbon-management\/Sustainable-Carbon-Technologies\">Sustainable Carbon Technologies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poster: Characterisation of a Commercial Cooling Tower as an Air Contactor for Direct Air Capture Dr Kiani\u2019s poster is in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nba-redirect":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21,19],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presenters","tag-advances-in-capture-technology","tag-poster"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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