The extensive use of fossil energy leads to wanton emission of CO2 and serious environmental problems. The exploration of high-performance catalysts plays a pivotal role in CO2 resource utilization. In this paper, CuCeyK catalysts are prepared by wet impregnation method using ordered mesoporous SiO2 as support for the reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction. The physicochemical properties of the prepared catalysts are characterized by H2-TPR, BET, XRD, Quasi in-situ XPS, H2-TPD, and CO2-TPD techniques. The results demonstrate thatthe Cu0 species can form synergistic effects with oxygen vacancies (Ov) to enhance the CuCeyK catalytic performance. Additionally, the electronic effects between Ce and Cu not only enhances the adsorption and activation performances of the catalyst towards CO2 and H2 molecules, but also effectively suppresses the sintering of Cu0 species, thereby enhancing the stability of the corresponding catalyst. It is worth mentioning that the Ce content also directly affects the catalytic performances of the CuCeyK catalyst. The CuCe15K catalyst with a Ce content of 15% displays excellent CO2 hydrogenation performances, and the CO2 conversion and CO selectivity up to 41 % and 100 % at 420 °C, respectively. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The CO2-derived dimethyl carbonate (DMC) synthesis process becomes greatly attentive but suffers high energy consumption in DMC distillation process. In this work, the DMC-MeOH azeotropes separation process by pressure swing distillation and extractive distillation was compared, and key operating parameters, including the total number of trays and the feeding position of the mixture liquid, were optimized with the minimum total annual cost (TAC) as the objective function. On the basis of this optimization, economic evaluation of different distillation processes was conducted, and it was found that extractive distillation was more economical than pressure swing distillation. The application of the dividing-wall distillation process upgraded by extractive distillation can significantly reduce the minimum annual total cost by 37.4% and 10.7% compared to the original pressure swing distillation and extractive distillation process, respectively. The optimization of relevant heat exchange network based on pinch technology resulted in energy consumption reduction by 27.2% and 25.9% for its hot and cold utilities, respectively. Carbon life cycle assessment (LCA) on the DMC distillation process revealed over 50% of energy as well as carbon emissions from steam consumption, whose reduction can significantly minimize CO2 emissions, energy consumption, and ultimate cost. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Natural gas hydrate (NGH), is a new green-sustainable energy source, and the process of recovering CH4 from NGH by replacing CO2 is regarded as an advantageous way to mine NGH. However, improving the replacement efficiency of CO2-CH4 hydrate is a critical problem in the CO2 replacement mining process. The feasibility study of the replacement for CO2-CH4 hydrate, as well as the research status of the replacement characteristics for various situations, is examined in this review. Additionally, the microscopic mechanism of CO2-CH4 hydrate replacement in porous media is explored in detail. The basic molecular dynamic (MD) simulation method and primary influencing factors of CO2-CH4 hydrate replacement were summarized systematically. Finally, the shortcomings of MD simulation of CO2-CH4 hydrate replacement process in porous medium system and the future development direction are pointed out. The relevant results will offer helpful direction for future NGH exploitation. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The environmental and economic performance of a post-combustion solvent-based carbon capture system (CCS) combined with a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system is investigated on a 48,600 kW engine container ship to meet the International Maritime Organization's emission reduction strategies through 2050. The proposed system uses aqueous ammonia to mitigate the produced CO2 and NOX emissions onboard a ship. Moreover, the combined system is investigated through a voyage-based case study using an engine room simulator, assuming that CCS and SCR are implemented on the reference ship. During the case study, the referenced container ship sailed from Rotterdam to New York, and the estimations were made by using Netpas Distance 4.0 software program. Results indicate that a total of 3,606.04 ton-CO2 and 92.40 ton-NOX are produced, while 3,345.43 ton-CO2 and 40.67 ton-NOX are captured during the voyage. Furthermore, an economic analysis is carried out after the case study. Findings of the economic analysis are: CAPEX of CCS is $32.07 MM and SCR is $2.19 MM, while OPEX of CCS and SCR are $188,873 and $103,681, respectively. In addition, it was calculated that implementing CCS could avoid the CO2 tax cost of $19,472, while the economic value of the CO2 captured was $113,590. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The cover image is based on the Modeling and Analysis Mechanistic analysis of acid gas storage and oil recovery in naturally fractured reservoirs using single matrix block approach by Goran Shirzad et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.2276.