scholarly journals An Overview of Natural Gas Conversion Technologies for Co-Production of Hydrogen and Value-Added Solid Carbon Products

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Dagle ◽  
Vanessa Dagle ◽  
Mark D. Bearden ◽  
Jamelyn D. Holladay ◽  
Theodore R. Krause ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Solid Carbon ◽  
Natural Gas Conversion ◽  
Production Of Hydrogen ◽  
Conversion Technologies ◽  
Gas Conversion

scholarly journals An Overview of Economic Analysis and Environmental Impacts of Natural Gas Conversion Technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 10148
Author(s):  
Freida Ozavize Ayodele ◽  
Siti Indati Mustapa ◽  
Bamidele Victor Ayodele ◽  
Norsyahida Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Steam Reforming ◽  
Natural Gas Conversion ◽  
Operating Expenditure ◽  
Conversion Technologies ◽  
Gas Conversion

This study presents an overview of the economic analysis and environmental impact of natural gas conversion technologies. Published articles related to economic analysis and environmental impact of natural gas conversion technologies were reviewed and discussed. The economic analysis revealed that the capital and the operating expenditure of each of the conversion process is strongly dependent on the sophistication of the technical designs. The emerging technologies are yet to be economically viable compared to the well-established steam reforming process. However, appropriate design modifications could significantly reduce the operating expenditure and enhance the economic feasibility of the process. The environmental analysis revealed that emerging technologies such as carbon dioxide (CO2) reforming and the thermal decomposition of natural gas offer advantages of lower CO2 emissions and total environmental impact compared to the well-established steam reforming process. Appropriate design modifications such as steam reforming with carbon capture, storage and utilization, the use of an optimized catalyst in thermal decomposition, and the use of solar concentrators for heating instead of fossil fuel were found to significantly reduced the CO2 emissions of the processes. There was a dearth of literature on the economic analysis and environmental impact of photocatalytic and biochemical conversion processes, which calls for increased research attention that could facilitate a comparative analysis with the thermochemical processes.

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