Life cycle assessment and feasibility analysis of a combined chemical looping combustion and power-to-methane system for CO2 capture and utilization

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作者
Bareschino, P. [1 ]
Mancusi, E. [1 ]
Urciuolo, M. [2 ]
Paulillo, A. [3 ,4 ]
Chirone, R. [3 ]
Pepe, F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sannio, Dept Ingn, Pzza Roma 21, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
[2] CNR, Ist Ric Combust, Ple V Tecchio 80, I-80125 Naples, Italy
[3] ELoop SrlVleA, Gramsci 17-B, I-80122 Naples, Italy
[4] UCL, Dept Chem Engn, Torrington Pl, London WC1 E7JE, England
关键词
CO2 capture and utilization; Thermal power plants; CLC-CLOU; Methanation; Life cycle assessment; Two-stage fuel reactor; Environmental performances; GAS; REACTOR;
D O I
10.1016/j.rser.2020.109962
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The ability to store effectively excess of electrical energy from peaks of production is key to the development of renewable energies. Power-To-Gas, and specifically Power-To-Methane represents one of the most promising option. This works presents an innovative process layout that integrates Chemical Looping Combustion of solid fuels and a Power-to-Methane system. The core of the proposed layout is a multiple interconnected fluidized bed system (MFB) equipped with a two-stage fuel reactor (t-FR). Performances of the system were evaluated by considering a coal as fuel and CuO supported on zirconia as oxygen carrier. A kinetic scheme comprising both heterogeneous and homogeneous reactions occurring in the MFB was considered. The methanation unit was modelled developing a thermodynamic calculation method based on minimization of the free Gibbs energy. The performance of the system was evaluated by considering that the CO/CO2 stream coming from the t-FR reacts over Ni supported on alumina catalyst with a pure H-2 stream generated by an array of electrolysis cells. The number of cells to be stacked in the array was evaluated by considering that a constant H-2 production able to convert the whole CO/CO2 stream produced by the CLC process should be attained. The environmental performance of the proposed process was quantified using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. The analysis shows i) that the majority originate from the production and disposal of the oxygen carrier used in the tFR, and ii) that reusing part of the oxygen produced by the electrolysis cells improves significantly the environmental performance of the proposed process.
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