A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks

The success of catalytic schemes for the large-scale valorization of CO2 does not only depend on the development of active, selective and stable catalytic materials but also on the overall process design. Here we present a multidisciplinary study (from catalyst to plant and techno-economic/lifecycle...

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Autores: Cordero Lanzac, Tomás, Ramirez, Adrian, Navajas, Alberto, Gevers, Lieven, Brunialti, Sirio, Gandía Pascual, Luis María, Aguayo Urquijo, Andrés Tomás, Sarathy, S.Mani, Gascon, Jorge
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Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:CO2
methanol
kinetic modeling
process simulation
life cycle assessment
dimethyl ether synthesis
carbon-dioxide
captured CO2
hydrogenation
purification
conversion
efficient
systems
syngas
sector
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spelling A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecksCordero Lanzac, TomásRamirez, AdrianNavajas, AlbertoGevers, LievenBrunialti, SirioGandía Pascual, Luis MaríaAguayo Urquijo, Andrés TomásSarathy, S.ManiGascon, JorgeCO2methanolkinetic modelingprocess simulationlife cycle assessmentdimethyl ether synthesiscarbon-dioxidecaptured CO2hydrogenationpurificationconversionefficientsystemssyngassectorThe success of catalytic schemes for the large-scale valorization of CO2 does not only depend on the development of active, selective and stable catalytic materials but also on the overall process design. Here we present a multidisciplinary study (from catalyst to plant and techno-economic/lifecycle analysis) for the production of green methanol from renewable H-2 and CO2. We combine an in-depth kinetic analysis of one of the most promising recently reported methanol-synthesis catalysts (InCo) with a thorough process simulation and techno-economic assessment. We then perform a life cycle assessment of the simulated process to gauge the real environmental impact of green methanol production from CO2. Our results indicate that up to 1.75 ton of CO2 can be abated per ton of produced methanol only if renewable energy is used to run the process, while the sensitivity analysis suggest that either rock-bottom H-2 prices (1.5 $ kg(-1)) or severe CO2 taxation (300 $ per ton) are needed for a profitable methanol plant. Besides, we herein highlight and analyze some critical bottlenecks of the process. Especial attention has been paid to the contribution of H-2 to the overall plant costs, CH4 trace formation, and purity and costs of raw gases. In addition to providing important information for policy makers and industrialists, directions for catalyst (and therefore process) improvements are outlined.The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) . T.Cordero-Lanzac and A.T. Aguayo acknowledge the financial support received from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation with some ERDF funds (CTQ2016-77812-R) and the Basque Government (IT1218-19) . T. Cordero-Lanzac also acknowledges the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport for the award of his FPU grant (FPU15-01666) . A. Navajas and L.M. Gandia gratefully acknowledge the financial support from Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades, and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF/FEDER) (grant RTI2018-096294-B-C31) . L.M. Gandia also thanks Banco de Santander and Universidad Publica de Navarra for their financial support under "Programa de Intensificacion de la Investigacion 2018" initiative.Elsevier202220222022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/57715reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN/CTQ2016-77812-R/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN/RTI2018-096294-B-C31/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095495621005738?via%3Dihubinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/2021 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. and Science Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Atribución 3.0 Españaoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/577152026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks
title A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks
spellingShingle A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks
Cordero Lanzac, Tomás
CO2
methanol
kinetic modeling
process simulation
life cycle assessment
dimethyl ether synthesis
carbon-dioxide
captured CO2
hydrogenation
purification
conversion
efficient
systems
syngas
sector
title_short A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks
title_full A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks
title_fullStr A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks
title_full_unstemmed A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks
title_sort A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cordero Lanzac, Tomás
Ramirez, Adrian
Navajas, Alberto
Gevers, Lieven
Brunialti, Sirio
Gandía Pascual, Luis María
Aguayo Urquijo, Andrés Tomás
Sarathy, S.Mani
Gascon, Jorge
author Cordero Lanzac, Tomás
author_facet Cordero Lanzac, Tomás
Ramirez, Adrian
Navajas, Alberto
Gevers, Lieven
Brunialti, Sirio
Gandía Pascual, Luis María
Aguayo Urquijo, Andrés Tomás
Sarathy, S.Mani
Gascon, Jorge
author_role author
author2 Ramirez, Adrian
Navajas, Alberto
Gevers, Lieven
Brunialti, Sirio
Gandía Pascual, Luis María
Aguayo Urquijo, Andrés Tomás
Sarathy, S.Mani
Gascon, Jorge
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CO2
methanol
kinetic modeling
process simulation
life cycle assessment
dimethyl ether synthesis
carbon-dioxide
captured CO2
hydrogenation
purification
conversion
efficient
systems
syngas
sector
topic CO2
methanol
kinetic modeling
process simulation
life cycle assessment
dimethyl ether synthesis
carbon-dioxide
captured CO2
hydrogenation
purification
conversion
efficient
systems
syngas
sector
description The success of catalytic schemes for the large-scale valorization of CO2 does not only depend on the development of active, selective and stable catalytic materials but also on the overall process design. Here we present a multidisciplinary study (from catalyst to plant and techno-economic/lifecycle analysis) for the production of green methanol from renewable H-2 and CO2. We combine an in-depth kinetic analysis of one of the most promising recently reported methanol-synthesis catalysts (InCo) with a thorough process simulation and techno-economic assessment. We then perform a life cycle assessment of the simulated process to gauge the real environmental impact of green methanol production from CO2. Our results indicate that up to 1.75 ton of CO2 can be abated per ton of produced methanol only if renewable energy is used to run the process, while the sensitivity analysis suggest that either rock-bottom H-2 prices (1.5 $ kg(-1)) or severe CO2 taxation (300 $ per ton) are needed for a profitable methanol plant. Besides, we herein highlight and analyze some critical bottlenecks of the process. Especial attention has been paid to the contribution of H-2 to the overall plant costs, CH4 trace formation, and purity and costs of raw gases. In addition to providing important information for policy makers and industrialists, directions for catalyst (and therefore process) improvements are outlined.
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