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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 24, Pages 14615-14623Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/es503485z
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- National Science Foundation [CBET 1235688]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [1235688] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This article uses a market-based allocation method in a consequential life cycle assessment (LCA) framework to estimate the environmental emissions created by recovering carbon dioxide (CO2). We find that 1 ton of CO2 recovered as a coproduct of chemicals manufacturing leads to additional greenhouse gas emissions of 147-210 kg CO2 eq , while consuming 160-248 kWh of electricity, 254-480 MJ of heat, and 1836-4027 kg of water. The ranges depend on the initial and final purity of the CO2, particularly because higher purity grades require additional processing steps such as distillation, as well as higher temperature and flow rate of regeneration as needed for activated carbon treatment and desiccant beds. Higher purity also reduces process efficiency due to increased yield losses from regeneration gas and distillation reflux. Mass- and revenue-based allocation methods used in attributional LCA estimate that recovering CO2 leads to 19 and 11 times the global warming impact estimated from a market-based allocation used in consequential LCA.
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