Life cycle and cost assessment of mineral carbonation for carbon capture and storage in European power generation

Giannoulakis, Stylianos; Volkart, Kathrin; Bauer, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.12.002

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“…1,2 Chemical absorption is one of the most promising technologies to capture CO 2 . 3,4 Due to its high reactivity with CO 2 , monoethanolamine (MEA) has been used in industrial processes to capture CO 2 for many years.…”

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Mechanisms of CO₂ Capture into Monoethanolamine Solution with Different CO₂ Loading during the Absorption/Desorption Processes

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Though the mechanism of MEA-CO2 system has been widely studied, there is few literature on the detailed mechanism of CO2 capture into MEA solution with different CO2 loading during absorption/desorption processes. To get a clear picture of the process mechanism, (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was used to analyze the reaction intermediates under different CO2 loadings and detailed mechanism on CO2 absorption and desorption in MEA was evaluated in this work. The results demonstrated that the CO2 absorption in MEA started with the formation of carbamate according to the zwitterion mechanism, followed by the hydration of CO2 to form HCO3(-)/CO3(2-), and accompanied by the hydrolysis of carbamate. It is interesting to find that the existence of carbamate will be influenced by CO2 loading and that it is rather unstable at high CO2 loading. At low CO2 loading, carbamate is formed fast by the reaction between CO2 and MEA. At high CO2 loading, it is formed by the reaction of CO3(-)/CO3(2-) with MEA, and the formed carbamate can be easily hydrolyzed by H(+). Moreover, CO2 desorption from the CO2-saturated MEA solution was proved to be a reverse process of absorption. Initially, some HCO3(-) were heated to release CO2 and other HCO3(-) were reacted with carbamic acid (MEAH(+)) to form carbamate, and the carbamate was then decomposed to MEA and CO2.

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Mechanisms of CO₂ Capture into Monoethanolamine Solution with Different CO₂ Loading during the Absorption/Desorption Processes

Guo

Zhou

et al. 2015

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…Moreover, integration of MC for CCUS in power stations leads to an increase in electricity production cost (90%–370%) with a detrimental effect on the environment (Giannoulakis et al . ).…”

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“…While serpentine offers low-cost power generation. Olivine offers more merit for environmental consideration (Giannoulakis et al 2014).…”

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Trends, application and future prospectives of microbial carbonic anhydrase mediated carbonation process for CCUS

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Summary Growing industrialization and the desire for a better economy in countries has accelerated the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), by more than the buffering capacity of the earth's atmosphere. Among the various GHGs, carbon dioxide occupies the first position in the anthroposphere and has detrimental effects on the ecosystem. For decarbonization, several non‐biological methods of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) have been in use for the past few decades, but they are suffering from narrow applicability. Recently, CO2 emission and its disposal related problems have encouraged the implementation of bioprocessing to achieve a zero waste economy for a sustainable environment. Microbial carbonic anhydrase (CA) catalyses reversible CO2 hydration and forms metal carbonates that mimic the natural phenomenon of weathering/carbonation and is gaining merit for CCUS. Thus, the diversity and specificity of CAs from different micro‐organisms could be explored for CCUS. In the literature, more than 50 different microbial CAs have been explored for mineral carbonation. Further, microbial CAs can be engineered for the mineral carbonation process to develop new technology. CA driven carbonation is encouraging due to its large storage capacity and favourable chemistry, allowing site‐specific sequestration and reusable product formation for other industries. Moreover, carbonation based CCUS holds five‐fold more sequestration capacity over the next 100 years. Thus, it is an eco‐friendly, feasible, viable option and believed to be the impending technology for CCUS. Here, we attempt to examine the distribution of various types of microbial CAs with their potential applications and future direction for carbon capture. Although there are few key challenges in bio‐based technology, they need to be addressed in order to commercialize the technology.

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“…Furthermore, to achieve an acceptable reaction rate for industrial applications, alkaline wastes are usually ground down to fine particles (~ 100 μm) prior to use. The effect and toxicity of finely ground particles seems to cause significant health issues related to particulate formation, which is often believed to be a leading cause of respiratory disease (Koornneed and Nieuwlaar, 2009; International Energy Agency (IEA), 2013a; Giannoulakis et al, 2014).…”

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An Innovative Approach to Integrated Carbon Mineralization and Waste Utilization: A Review

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Chiang

Chang

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Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission reduction in industry should be a portfolio option; for example, the carbon capture and utilization by mineralization (CCUM) process is a feasible and proven technology where both CO 2 capture and alkaline waste treatment occur simultaneously through an integrated approach. In this study, the challengeable barriers and significant breakthroughs of CCUM via ex-situ carbonation were reviewed from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Recent progress on the performance of various carbonation processes for different types of alkaline solid wastes was also evaluated based on CO 2 capture capacity and carbonation efficiency. Moreover, several process intensification concepts such as reactor integration and co-utilization with wastewater or brine solution were reviewed and summarized. In addition, the utilization of carbonated products from CCUM as green materials including cement, aggregate and precipitate calcium carbonate were investigated. Furthermore, the current status of worldwide CCUM demonstration projects within the ironand steelmaking industries was illustrated. The energy consumption and cost analyses of CCUM were also evaluated.

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Life cycle and cost assessment of mineral carbonation for carbon capture and storage in European power generation

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Mechanisms of CO₂ Capture into Monoethanolamine Solution with Different CO₂ Loading during the Absorption/Desorption Processes

Mechanisms of CO₂ Capture into Monoethanolamine Solution with Different CO₂ Loading during the Absorption/Desorption Processes

Trends, application and future prospectives of microbial carbonic anhydrase mediated carbonation process for CCUS

An Innovative Approach to Integrated Carbon Mineralization and Waste Utilization: A Review

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Life cycle and cost assessment of mineral carbonation for carbon capture and storage in European power generation

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Mechanisms of CO2 Capture into Monoethanolamine Solution with Different CO2 Loading during the Absorption/Desorption Processes

Mechanisms of CO2 Capture into Monoethanolamine Solution with Different CO2 Loading during the Absorption/Desorption Processes

Trends, application and future prospectives of microbial carbonic anhydrase mediated carbonation process for CCUS

An Innovative Approach to Integrated Carbon Mineralization and Waste Utilization: A Review

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Mechanisms of CO₂ Capture into Monoethanolamine Solution with Different CO₂ Loading during the Absorption/Desorption Processes

Mechanisms of CO₂ Capture into Monoethanolamine Solution with Different CO₂ Loading during the Absorption/Desorption Processes