Could the energy cost of using supercritical fluids be mitigated by using CO2 from carbon capture and storage (CCS)?

This article explores the possibility of utilising supercritical CO2 obtained from carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a solvent and examines the hydrogenation of isophorone to 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanone using supercritical CO2 with added N-2, CO or H2O to emulate the contaminants expected in CO2 from CCS. None of the impurities appear to cause insuperable problems in the hydrogenation of isophorone when present at concentrations likely to be found in CO2 from CCS. N-2 introduces modest changes in phase behaviour at some pressures, while CO and H2O reduce the activity of the catalyst. However, the activity can be largely regained by increasing the reaction temperature.