scholarly journals An Integrated Approach to Determining the Capacity of Ecosystems to Supply Ecosystem Services into Life Cycle Assessment for a Carbon Capture System

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 622
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Morales Mora ◽  
Rene D. Martínez Bravo ◽  
Carole Farell Baril ◽  
Mónica Fuentes Hernández ◽  
Sergio A. Martínez Delgadillo
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Stock Flow ◽  
The Impact

In the life cycle assessment (LCA) method, it is not possible to carry out an integrated sustainability analysis because the quantification of the biophysical capacity of the ecosystems to supply ecosystem services is not taken into account. This paper considers a methodological proposal connecting the flow demand of a process or system product from the technosphere and the feasibility of the ecosystem to supply based on the sink capacity. The ecosystem metabolism as an analytical framework and data from a case study of an LCA of combined heat and power (CHP) plant with and without post-combustion carbon capture (PCC) technology in Mexico were applied. Three scenarios, including water and energy depletion and climate change impact, are presented to show the types of results obtained when the process effect of operation is scaled to one year. The impact of the water–energy–carbon nexus over the natural infrastructure or ecological fund in LCA is analyzed. Further, the feasibility of the biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) from this result for Mexico is discussed. On the supply side, in the three different scenarios, the CHP plant requires between 323.4 and 516 ha to supply the required oil as stock flow and 46–134 ha to supply the required freshwater. On the sink side, 52–5,096,511 ha is necessary to sequester the total CO2 emissions. Overall, the CHP plant generates 1.9–28.8 MW/ha of electricity to fulfill its function. The CHP with PCC is the option with fewer ecosystem services required.

Life cycle assessment of carbon capture and storage/utilization: From current state to future research directions and opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 103309
Author(s):  
Tatiane Tobias da Cruz ◽  
José A. Perrella Balestieri ◽  
João M. de Toledo Silva ◽  
Mateus R.N. Vilanova ◽  
Otávio J. Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
And Storage

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment of Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage with Low-Carbon Energy Sources

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Terlouw ◽  
Karin Treyer ◽  
christian bauer ◽  
Marco Mazzotti
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Solid Sorbent ◽  
Low Carbon Energy ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Limited Scope

Prospective energy scenarios usually rely on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technologies to achieve the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. CDR technologies aim at removing CO2 from the atmosphere in a permanent way. However, the implementation of CDR technologies typically comes along with unintended environmental side-effects such as land transformation or water consumption. These need to be quantified before large-scale implementation of any CDR option by means of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) is considered to be among the CDR technologies closest to large-scale implementation, since first pilot and demonstration units have been installed and interactions with the environment are less complex than for biomass related CDR options. However, only very few LCA studies - with limited scope - have been conducted so far to determine the overall life-cycle environmental performance of DACCS. We provide a comprehensive LCA of different low temperature DACCS configurations - pertaining to solid sorbent-based technology - including a global and prospective analysis.

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment of SEWGS Technology Applied to Integrated Steel Plants

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Letitia Petrescu ◽  
Dora-Andreea Chisalita ◽  
Calin-Cristian Cormos ◽  
Giampaolo Manzolini ◽  
Paul Cobden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Steel Mill ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Environmental Evaluation ◽  
Liquid Absorption

The environmental evaluation of the sorption-enhanced water–gas shift (SEWGS) process to be used for the decarbonization of an integrated steel mill through life cycle assessment (LCA) is the subject of the present paper. This work is carried out within the STEPWISE H2020 project (grant agreement No. 640769). LCA calculations were based on material and energy balances derived from experimental activities, modeling activities, and literature data. Wide system boundaries containing various upstream and downstream processes as well as the main integrated steel mill are drawn for the system under study. The environmental indicators of the SEWGS process are compared to another carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology applied to the iron and steel industry (e.g., gas–liquid absorption using MEA). The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for SEWGS technology is about 40%. For the other impact indicators, there is an increase in the SEWGS technology (in the range of 7.23% to 72.77%), which is mainly due to the sorbent production and transportation processes. Nevertheless, when compared with the post-combustion capture technology, based on gas–liquid absorption, from an environmental point of view, SEWGS performs significantly better, having impact factor values closer to the no-capture integrated steel mill.

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment analysis of supercritical coal power units

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Andrzej Ziębik ◽  
Krzysztof Hoinka ◽  
Marcin Liszka
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Power Unit ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Energy Component ◽  
Cumulative Energy ◽  
Coal Power

Life cycle assessment analysis of supercritical coal power unitsThis paper presents the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis concerning the selected options of supercritical coal power units. The investigation covers a pulverized power unit without a CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) installation, a pulverized unit with a "post-combustion" installation (MEA type) and a pulverized power unit working in the "oxy-combustion" mode. For each variant the net electric power amounts to 600 MW. The energy component of the LCA analysis has been determined. It describes the depletion of non-renewable natural resources. The energy component is determined by the coefficient of cumulative energy consumption in the life cycle. For the calculation of the ecological component of the LCA analysis the cumulative CO2emission has been applied. At present it is the basic emission factor for the LCA analysis of power plants. The work also presents the sensitivity analysis of calculated energy and ecological factors.

Comparative life cycle assessment of biomass co-firing plants with carbon capture and storage

2014 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 441-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wouter Schakel ◽  
Hans Meerman ◽  
Alireza Talaei ◽  
Andrea Ramírez ◽  
André Faaij
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment
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