The aim of this work was to assess the burdens of a process in terms of environmental and health impacts, resource depletion issues, and energy demand based on the ability of the Life Cycle Assessment methodology to link the environmental impacts with the mass and energy flows. The analysis was done in terms of process and environmental performances of high pressure water scrubbing (HPWS) system applied for biogas upgrading. The application of process simulation based on the Aspen Plus® software has been considered as supportive for the calculation of mass and energy balances.
Data processed using GaBi 4: Software showed that global warming, acidification, and human toxicity potentials were the main impact categories associated with the HPWS process. These indicators are largely related to the exhaust gas from the desorption column and the indirect emissions generated during energy consumption. The life cycle inventory study resulted in the development of a database with a vast inventory of data regarding HPWS technology. A basis for assessing potential improvements in the environmental performance of the system is provided. Future studies in this area will address the economical evaluation of the HPWS technology, so as to maximize economic efficiency and minimize environmental impacts.
Aus der Kinetik zu Beginn des Sorptionsvorgangs lässt sich der Diffusionskoeffizient bestimmen, und für lange Sorptionszeiten erhält man den Gleichgewichtswert und somit einen Punkt der Sorptionsisotherme. Für die Messungen wurde eine Sorptionsapparatur mit einer Magnetschwebekupplung konstruiert und aufgebaut. Es wurde die Stoffsysteme Polyvinylacetat/Methanol und Polyvinylacetat/Toluol bei 40 C, 50 C und 60 C untersucht. Die Lösungsmittelaktivität wurde mit Hilfe des Flory-Huggins-Modells und die Diffusionskoeffizienten mit der Freie-Volumen-Theorie berechnet und angepasst. Die gemessenen Werte wurden mit Literaturdaten und berechneten Werten verglichen.
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