Synthetic natural gas (SNG) is of great interest in reducing fossil energy consumption while maintaining compatibility with existing NG infrastructure and end-use applications equipment. SNG can be produced using clean H2 generated from renewable or nuclear energy and CO2 captured from stationary sources or the atmosphere. In this study, we develop an engineering process model of SNG production using Aspen Plus® and production scales reported by the industry. We examine the levelized cost and life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of SNG production under various CO2 supply scenarios. Considering the higher cost of H2 transportation compared with CO2 transportation, we assume that CO2 feedstock is transported via pipeline to the H2 production location, which is collocated with the SNG plant. We also evaluate the cost of CO2 captured from the atmosphere, assuming the direct air capture process can occur near the SNG facility. Depending on the CO2 supply chain, the levelized cost of SNG is estimated to be in the range of $45–76 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) on a higher heating value (HHV) basis. The SNG production cost may be reduced to $27–57/MMBtu-HHV by applying a tax credit available in the United States for low-carbon H2 production (45 V). With a lower electricity price of 3ȼ/kWh for water electrolysis and accounting for a 45 V tax credit, the SNG cost reaches parity with the cost of fossil NG. Depending on the CO2 supply chain, SNG can reduce life cycle GHG emissions by 52–88 % compared with fossil NG.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102822
Yan Yang , Xiaotian Liu , Jingfu Jia , Haojia Chen , Xing Mao , Chao Xiong , Hongbing Ji
With the intensification of the global greenhouse effect, the utilization and fixation of CO2 has become one of the most important research fields in our world. However, there are still enormous challenges in achieving efficient fixation and conversion of carbon dioxide into high-value chemicals. Herein, the cycloaddition reaction strategy is adopted to achieve the fixation of supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) and the high-value conversion of carbon resources to propylene carbonate (PC) by using propylene oxide (PO) as the reaction precursor. Under tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as a catalyst and water (H2O) as a green solvent, the reaction factors, such as reaction temperature, reaction pressure, catalyst amount, water concentration and molar ratio of reactants, is conducted through the high-throughput screening technology to explore the catalytic performance in a self-designed microchannel reactor. The results indicate that the yield of PC can reach 91.82 % (along with a high selectivity of 99.12 %) at a reaction temperature of 160 ℃, reaction pressure of 8 MPa, catalyst amount of 0.72 mol %, reactants molar ratio of 8, and the residence time of 482 s. Besides, the thermodynamic and kinetic for carbonate synthesis are studied to fully understand the reaction process, and the activation energy of is explored. This work is more efficient than most similar reported works, which provide valuable insights into the practical application of CO2 in the supercritical state combined with microfluidics for synthesizing high-value monomers.
{"title":"Efficient high-throughput screening for the preparation of propylene carbonate in a supercritical microchannel continuous flow system","authors":"Yan Yang , Xiaotian Liu , Jingfu Jia , Haojia Chen , Xing Mao , Chao Xiong , Hongbing Ji","doi":"10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102822","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the intensification of the global greenhouse effect, the utilization and fixation of CO<sub>2</sub> has become one of the most important research fields in our world. However, there are still enormous challenges in achieving efficient fixation and conversion of carbon dioxide into high-value chemicals. Herein, the cycloaddition reaction strategy is adopted to achieve the fixation of supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO<sub>2</sub>) and the high-value conversion of carbon resources to propylene carbonate (PC) by using propylene oxide (PO) as the reaction precursor. Under tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as a catalyst and water (H<sub>2</sub>O) as a green solvent, the reaction factors, such as reaction temperature, reaction pressure, catalyst amount, water concentration and molar ratio of reactants, is conducted through the high-throughput screening technology to explore the catalytic performance in a self-designed microchannel reactor. The results indicate that the yield of PC can reach 91.82 % (along with a high selectivity of 99.12 %) at a reaction temperature of 160 ℃, reaction pressure of 8 MPa, catalyst amount of 0.72 mol %, reactants molar ratio of 8, and the residence time of 482 s. Besides, the thermodynamic and kinetic for carbonate synthesis are studied to fully understand the reaction process, and the activation energy of is explored. This work is more efficient than most similar reported works, which provide valuable insights into the practical application of CO<sub>2</sub> in the supercritical state combined with microfluidics for synthesizing high-value monomers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":350,"journal":{"name":"Journal of CO2 Utilization","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212982024001574/pdfft?md5=bbdbce3aace526abbc61a5e842a6eae6&pid=1-s2.0-S2212982024001574-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141164186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102792
Florian Johann Müller , Josef Fuchs , Stefan Müller , Franz Winter
Thermochemical conversion of CO2 in biomass gasification is a promising technology for utilizing CO2 as a feedstock to produce a CO-rich gas. Simultaneous decomposition reactions of biomass and various gas-solid and gas-gas reactions form the product gas in this process. The overlap in sub-processes makes it challenging to assess the conversion of feedstock CO2 with common methods like mass balancing. This work introduces stable carbon isotope ratio analysis (δ13C) to identify the sourcing of carbonaceous product gas components and determine the conversion of CO2. This methodology is applied to evaluate experiments conducted for one hour of continuous operation in a lab-scale fluidized bed gasifier. Softwood pellets and wood char are used as fuel, with Olivine as a bed material, a target heating temperature of 1000 °C and atmospheric pressure. Product gas with more than 80 vol% CO was generated when wood char was used as fuel. Stable carbon isotope measurements show that CO2 is converted at 48–93% in this process, underpinning the position of biomass CO2 gasification as carbon capture and utilization technology. These results were up to 25% higher than suggested by mass balancing, with higher discrepancies at lower CO2 conversions when using softwood as fuel. Therefore, stable carbon isotope ratio measurement can be a valuable tool for improving the process understanding of biomass CO2 gasification. The results can be used for carbon accounting and the technical development of gasifiers with high CO2 utilization efficiency.
在生物质气化过程中进行二氧化碳热化学转化,是利用二氧化碳作为原料生产富含二氧化碳气体的一项前景广阔的技术。在这一过程中,生物质的分解反应和各种气-固、气-气反应同时进行,形成产品气体。由于子过程的重叠,用质量平衡等普通方法评估原料二氧化碳的转化率具有挑战性。这项工作引入了稳定碳同位素比值分析(δ13C),以确定碳质产品气体成分的来源,并确定二氧化碳的转化率。该方法适用于评估在实验室规模的流化床气化炉中连续运行一小时的实验。软木颗粒和木炭用作燃料,床层材料为橄榄石,目标加热温度为 1000 °C,压力为大气压。当使用木炭作为燃料时,生成的气体中 CO 的含量超过 80%。稳定碳同位素测量结果表明,在这一过程中,二氧化碳的转化率为 48-93%,证明了生物质二氧化碳气化技术作为碳捕获和利用技术的地位。这些结果比质量平衡所显示的结果最多高出 25%,当使用软木作为燃料时,二氧化碳转化率较低时,差异会更大。因此,稳定碳同位素比值测量可以作为一种有价值的工具,用于提高对生物质二氧化碳气化过程的认识。测量结果可用于碳核算和具有高二氧化碳利用效率的气化炉的技术开发。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102817
Carina Mosquera, Aída Luz Villa
The cycloaddition reaction of CO2 with epoxides such as limonene epoxide (LE) to form cyclic carbonates is considered a promising alternative for reducing CO2 emissions. In this work, CO2 fixation on LE to produce cyclic carbonates was carried out over Zn/SBA-15 with tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as co-catalyst and over NH3X-Zn/SBA-15 (X= Cl, Br, or I) catalysts. The catalysts were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms, TEM, NH3-TPD, XPS, TGA and Py-FTIR. The Zn/SBA-15 support mainly presents Lewis’s acid sites of medium acidity; the surface area was 512 m2/g and 378 m2/g and the pore size were 9 nm and 7.2 nm, for Zn/SBA-15 and NH3Cl-Zn/SBA-15, respectively. The functionalization of Zn/SBA-15 was verified by FTIR, UV-vis, and XPS analysis. It was found that when Zn/SBA-15 was used as catalyst that reaction time had a significative effect on LE conversion and in the case of limonene carbonate selectivity, co-catalyst concentration variation had the main effect. Zn/SBA-15 catalyst can be reused up to 5 times without significant changes neither in conversion nor in limonene carbonate selectivity. The best LE conversion and limonene carbonate selectivity was 33% and 93%, respectively (1 M LE, 200 mg Zn/SBA-15, 7% TBAB; 30 bar, 18 h, 700 rpm and 20 mL diethyl carbonate). The reported catalytic system is a promising system for obtaining limonene carbonate using a heterogeneous catalyst.
{"title":"Cycloaddition of limonene epoxide and CO2 over Zn/SBA-15 catalysts for limonene carbonate synthesis","authors":"Carina Mosquera, Aída Luz Villa","doi":"10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102817","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The cycloaddition reaction of CO<sub>2</sub> with epoxides such as limonene epoxide (LE) to form cyclic carbonates is considered a promising alternative for reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. In this work, CO<sub>2</sub> fixation on LE to produce cyclic carbonates was carried out over Zn/SBA-15 with tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as co-catalyst and over NH<sub>3</sub>X-Zn/SBA-15 (X= Cl, Br, or I) catalysts. The catalysts were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, N<sub>2</sub> adsorption–desorption isotherms, TEM, NH<sub>3</sub>-TPD, XPS, TGA and Py-FTIR. The Zn/SBA-15 support mainly presents Lewis’s acid sites of medium acidity; the surface area was 512 m<sup>2</sup>/g and 378 m<sup>2</sup>/g and the pore size were 9 nm and 7.2 nm, for Zn/SBA-15 and NH<sub>3</sub>Cl-Zn/SBA-15, respectively. The functionalization of Zn/SBA-15 was verified by FTIR, UV-vis, and XPS analysis. It was found that when Zn/SBA-15 was used as catalyst that reaction time had a significative effect on LE conversion and in the case of limonene carbonate selectivity, co-catalyst concentration variation had the main effect. Zn/SBA-15 catalyst can be reused up to 5 times without significant changes neither in conversion nor in limonene carbonate selectivity. The best LE conversion and limonene carbonate selectivity was 33% and 93%, respectively (1 M LE, 200 mg Zn/SBA-15, 7% TBAB; 30 bar, 18 h, 700 rpm and 20 mL diethyl carbonate). The reported catalytic system is a promising system for obtaining limonene carbonate using a heterogeneous catalyst.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":350,"journal":{"name":"Journal of CO2 Utilization","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212982024001525/pdfft?md5=116508844f4fbede31cd7f651156a3ab&pid=1-s2.0-S2212982024001525-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141164183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102808
Malathi Arumugam, Hsi-Hsien Yang
Artificial photosynthesis is a viable technique for mitigating the ever-increasing energy demands by converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into energy-rich C1 and C2+ products. A massive contribution to climate change and global warming is the widespread use of fossil fuels, responsible for more than 90% of total CO2 emissions and more than 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The most efficient method to convert CO2 into renewable and clean energy is utilizing plentiful sun energy to accelerate photo-induced chemical reactions. Practical CO2 reduction (CO2R), including choosing promising wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor photocatalysts with more negative conduction band potential, would be a holy grail for selective fuels and chemicals production. This review article deliberates on the importance of WBG semiconductor photocatalysts and a specific energy level in the conduction band for selective photocatalytic CO2R, which may assist in guiding future photocatalyst design for CO2R. In addition, the summary and prospects of WBG semiconductor photocatalysts and techniques for improving CO2 conversion efficiency and selectivity are discussed.
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The popularization of recycled concrete (RC) is an important way to achieve efficient resource utilization of construction solid waste (CSW), which can coordinate the sustainable economic development with environmental protection. In this paper, CiteSpace software is used to quantitatively analyze the literatures on RC field, identifying its research hotspots and recent developments. Based on the Web of Science database, we screened published literatures in the field of RC from 2004 to 2023, and obtained 2011 articles. CiteSpace software and knowledge graph technology are adopted to visually analyze the literature information, including the collaborators, keywords and citation status. The results show that, Xiao JZ from Tongji University, Poon CS from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Tam VWY from University of Western Sydney publish a large number of articles and are frequently cited. It indicates that their researches are widely recognized in academic circles. There is a research team with a large size formed in the Chinese mainland, and the core members include Xiao JZ, Li WG, Chen ZP. At present, the research interest gradually shifts from recycled coarse aggregate to recycled fine aggregate, mainly focusing on microscale research of pore structure and interfacial transition zone. In addition, 8 co-citation clusters of selected references and the potential development trends are detailly analyzed. This study is helpful for researchers to fully understand the current hotspots and future research trends in the field of RC.
推广再生混凝土(RC)是实现建筑固体废弃物(CSW)高效资源化利用的重要途径,可协调经济可持续发展与环境保护的关系。本文利用 CiteSpace 软件对再生混凝土领域的文献进行定量分析,找出其研究热点和最新进展。基于 Web of Science 数据库,我们筛选了 2004 年至 2023 年 RC 领域发表的文献,共获得 2011 篇文章。采用CiteSpace软件和知识图谱技术对文献信息进行可视化分析,包括合作者、关键词和引用情况等。结果表明,同济大学的 Xiao JZ、香港理工大学的 Poon CS 和西悉尼大学的 Tam VWY 发表了大量文章,且被频繁引用。这表明他们的研究得到了学术界的广泛认可。中国大陆也形成了一支规模较大的研究团队,核心成员包括肖 JZ、李 WG、陈 ZP 等。目前,研究兴趣逐渐从再生粗骨料转向再生细骨料,主要集中在孔隙结构和界面过渡带的微观研究。此外,还详细分析了所选参考文献的 8 个共引集群及潜在发展趋势。本研究有助于研究人员全面了解再生骨料领域当前的研究热点和未来的研究趋势。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102815
Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed , Bassam A. Tayeh , Samadar S. Majeed , Yazan Issa Abu Aisheh , Musab Nimir Ali Salih
Seawater concrete (SWC) is an environmentally friendly construction material that addresses freshwater scarcity concerns by utilising seawater as a mixing water source. This review study comprehensively examines SWC by focusing on its fresh properties, hardened properties, seawater composition, microstructure and porosity, hydration process, durability, test methods and electrical resistivity. The study analyses the influence of additives and admixtures on SWC’s performance by considering constituents such as cement, aggregates and seawater. It also explores the impact of manufacturing techniques, including mix design. The potential of SWC is revealed and compared with that of conventional concrete by evaluating and comparing their mechanical properties, such as compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, stress-strain behaviours, tensile strength and flexural strength. This study primarily aims to thoroughly examine the characteristics of SWC in its fresh and hardened states. It also assesses the advantages and drawbacks of seawater as a mixing water source. Moreover, this study delves into the impact of seawater composition on crucial aspects, such as the hydration process, microstructure and porosity of concrete. It also used various test methods to explore SWC durability, including resistance to chloride ingress, sulphate attack and carbonation. Furthermore, the importance of electrical resistivity for corrosion prevention is discussed in this study. The carbon-negative cement production and carbonation curing of seawater concrete underscore groundbreaking advancements, emphasizing sustainability and climate mitigation in the construction industry. Overall, this study aims to enhance the comprehension of SWC and provide valuable insights for engineers, researchers and policymakers in concrete technology.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102820
Wencong Xu , Lukas C. Buelens , Vladimir V. Galvita , Annemie Bogaerts , Vera Meynen
A combination of a gliding arc plasmatron (GAP) reactor and a newly designed tubular catalyst bed (N-bed) was applied to investigate the post-plasma catalytic (PPC) effect for dry reforming of methane (DRM). As comparison, a traditional plasma catalyst bed (T-bed) was also utilized. The post-plasma catalytic effect of a Ni-based mixed oxide (Ni/MO) catalyst with a thermal catalytic performance of 77% CO2 and 86% CH4 conversion at 700 ℃ was studied. Although applying the T-bed had little effect on plasma based CO2 and CH4 conversion, an increase in selectivity to H2 was obtained with a maximum value of 89% at a distance of 2 cm. However, even when only α-Al2O3 packing material was used in the N-bed configuration, compared to the plasma alone and the T-bed, an increase of the CO2 and CH4 conversion from 53% and 53% to 69% and 69% to 83% was achieved. Addition of the Ni/MO catalyst further enhanced the DRM reaction, resulting in conversions of 79% for CO2 and 91% for CH4. Hence, although no insulation nor external heating was applied to the N-bed post plasma, it provides a slightly better conversion than the thermal catalytic performance with the same catalyst, while being fully electrically driven. In addition, an enhanced CO selectivity to 96% was obtained and the energy cost was reduced from ∼ 6 kJ/L (plasma alone) to 4.3 kJ/L. To our knowledge, it is the first time that a post-plasma catalytic system achieves this excellent catalytic performance for DRM without extra external heating or insulation.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102810
Manuel Molina-Muriel , Mahesh Eledath-Changarath , Archit Dhingra , Josep Albero , Juan Francisco Sánchez-Royo , Antonio Ribera , Hermenegildo García
Considering the flexibility in the synthesis that allows the formation of materials with more than two metals, the present study reports the preparation of trimetallic layered double hydroxides (LDHs) having Al as structural tri-positive cation, Ti as photocatalytically active d0 transition metal and either Ni or Co as dipositive cation. In addition, these LDHs were used as precursors of the corresponding trimetallic mixed oxides (MO). LDH and MO materials in combination with Ru(bpy)3Cl2 as photosensitizer and triethanolamine as sacrificial electron donor were used as catalysts for CO2 reduction under solar light irradiation. A different product selectivity, either CH4 for Ni-LDH or CO and H2 for Co-MO, was observed with production rates for CH4 or CO that are among the highest reported for these systems. The role of the inorganic materials in the photocatalytic process was supported by transient absorption spectroscopy that revealed the quenching of the Ru(bpy)3Cl2 triplet excited state by Ni-LDH or Co-MO. An important finding was that the trimetallic Co-Ti-Al oxide with cobaltite structure is able to perform CO2 reduction in spite that the reduction potential of its conduction band is not sufficient to perform the process, evidence by photoluminescence revealing the existence of an upper electronic state responsible for the reduction. These results show the interest in screening multimetallic materials in photocatalysis due to their improved performance and diverse properties.
考虑到合成的灵活性,可以形成含有两种以上金属的材料,本研究报告了三金属层状双氢氧化物(LDHs)的制备方法,其中 Al 为结构性三阳离子,Ti 为光催化活性 d0 过渡金属,Ni 或 Co 为二阳离子。此外,这些 LDHs 还被用作相应的三金属混合氧化物(MO)的前驱体。LDH 和 MO 材料与作为光敏剂的 Ru(bpy)3Cl2 和作为牺牲电子供体的三乙醇胺相结合,被用作催化剂在太阳光照射下还原 CO2。观察到了不同的产物选择性,Ni-LDH 为 CH4,Co-MO 为 CO 和 H2。无机材料在光催化过程中的作用得到了瞬态吸收光谱的支持,该光谱显示了 Ni-LDH 或 Co-MO 对 Ru(bpy)3Cl2 三重激发态的淬灭。一个重要的发现是,具有钴酸盐结构的三金属 Co-Ti-Al 氧化物能够进行二氧化碳还原,尽管其导带的还原电位不足以完成这一过程,光致发光证明存在一个负责还原的上层电子态。这些结果表明,在光催化过程中筛选多金属材料很有意义,因为它们具有更好的性能和多样化的特性。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102824
Jongdu Choi , Jonghun Lim , Yurim Kim , Seongbin Ga , Junghwan Kim
Ammonia-soda process, which produce soda ash, emits flue gas containing a large amount of CO2 and SOx. The wastewater discharged from the ammonia-soda process contains cations, such as Na+ and Ca2+, which can be recovered and reacted with a CO2 and SOx. In this study, we designed a CO2 and SOx utilization process for the sustainable production of sodium carbonate using wastewater recovery system, extracting Na+ and Ca2+. The proposed process involved the following steps: (1) metal-ion separation, which produces NaOH and Ca(OH)2; (2) capture and utilization of SOx using Ca(OH)2; and (3) capture and utilization of CO2 using NaOH and Ca(OH)2, respectively. The economic feasibility of the proposed process was verified by comparing its total annualized cost (TAC) with those of conventional processes. Approximately 99% of SOx was captured to produce high-purity desulfurized gypsum, and 99% of CO2 was captured to be transformed into CaCO3. To confirm the CO2 reduction of the process, the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) was calculated by evaluating the amount of greenhouse gases. The CO2e decreased to 71.4% compared with that of the conventional process. The TAC of the proposed process decreased by 10.67% and 19.63% compared with that of the ammonia-soda and Hou processes, respectively. Thus, this study proposes an industrially potential process design for sustainable sodium carbonate production by utilizing CO2 and SOx with wastewater recycling, without additional reactants, making it more economically viable.
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