Assessment of strategies for CO2 abatement in the European petroleum refining industry

Johansson, Daniella; Rootzén, Johan; Berntsson, Thore; Johnsson, Filip

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2012.03.039

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“…Many measures with great energy saving potentials have already been implemented at the refineries (Holmgren and Sternhufvud, 2008;Nordrum et al, 2011). It should be noted that further improvements in energy efficiency vary significantly across individual refineries (Johansson et al, 2012). In many cases the feasibility is low due to the high capital costs for waste heat recovery and to the low reductions in emissions (Nordrum et al, 2011).…”

Section: Energy Efficiency Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, an option to further reduce these emissions is through CCS (Straelen et al, 2010).In general, the largest potential reductions of CO 2 emissions in the refining industry are related to CCS (Johansson et al, 2012).…”

Section: Carbon Capture and Storagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The estimates of CO 2 emission reductions due to fuel substitution are based on the assumption that refineries close to natural gas grids could displace all liquid fuels (Johansson et al, 2012). For example, Elkamel et al (2008) showed that 30% of the CO 2 emissions could be reduced by switching all liquid fuels for natural gas.…”

Section: Switching To Low-carbon Energy Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This so-called "petroleum refining paradox" implies that efforts to produce cleaner fuels, which would contribute to reduce emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides in the transport sector, result in increased CO 2 emissions from the refineries (Chan, 2006;Szklo and Schaeffer, 2007;Johansson et al, 2012). Thus, it is important to consider strategies to reduce CO 2 emissions associated with the petroleum conversion process.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessment of Co2 Emission Mitigation for a Brazilian Oil Refinery

Chan

Sugiyama

Borges

2016

Braz. J. Chem. Eng.

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-Currently the oil refining sector is responsible for approximately 5% of the total Brazilian energy related CO 2 emissions. Possibilities to reduce CO 2 emissions and related costs at the largest Brazilian refinery have been estimated. The abatement costs related to energy saving options are negative, meaning that feasibility exists without specific income due to emission reductions. The assessment shows that short-term mitigation options, i.e., fuel substitution and energy efficiency measures, could reduce CO 2 emissions by 6% of the total current refinery emissions. It is further shown that carbon capture and storage offers the greatest potential for more significant emission reductions in the longer term (up to 43%), but costs in the range of 64 to162 US$/t CO 2 , depending on the CO 2 emission source (regenerators of FCC units or hydrogen production units) and the CO 2 capture technology considered (oxyfuel combustion or post-combustion). Effects of uncertainties in key parameters on abatement costs are also evaluated via sensitivity analysis.

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Assessment of Co2 Emission Mitigation for a Brazilian Oil Refinery

Chan

Sugiyama

Borges

2016

Braz. J. Chem. Eng.

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“…However, the nature of oil refining implies that even if a refinery is highly energy efficient, it will consume considerable amounts of energy, and therefore produce considerable amounts of CO 2 . The first two measures could reduce the current CO 2 emissions by 9-20 Mt/year, yet a 13-80 % reduction of CO 2 emissions could be achieved by implementing carbon capture (Johansson et al 2012). Thus, to meet mid-to longterm CO 2 reduction, cost-effective CO 2 separation technologies are the key issue for oil refineries.…”

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Optimization of CO2 separation technologies for Chinese refineries based on a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model

2015

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This study aims at determining the optimal CO 2 separation technology for Chinese refineries, based on current available technologies, by the method of comprehensive evaluation. Firstly, according to the characteristics of flue gas from Chinese refineries, three feasible CO 2 separation technologies are selected. These are pressure swing adsorption (PSA), chemical absorption (CA), and membrane absorption (MA). Secondly, an economic assessment of these three techniques is carried out in accordance with cash flow analysis. The results show that these three techniques all have economic feasibility and the PSA technique is the best. Finally, to further optimize the three techniques, a two-level fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model is established, including economic, technological, and environmental factors. Considering all the factors, PSA is optimal for Chinese refineries, followed by CA and MA. Therefore, to reduce Chinese refineries carbon emission, it is suggested that CO 2 should be captured from off-gases using PSA.

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Carbon Dioxide Mitigation

Al–Salem

Al-Mujaibel

2017

Springer Handbook of Petroleum Technology

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Assessment of strategies for CO2 abatement in the European petroleum refining industry

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Assessment of Co2 Emission Mitigation for a Brazilian Oil Refinery

Assessment of Co2 Emission Mitigation for a Brazilian Oil Refinery

Optimization of CO2 separation technologies for Chinese refineries based on a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model

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