Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternatives

Carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization alternatives for manufacturing formic acid (FA) such as electrochemical reduction (ER) or homogeneous catalysis of CO2 and H2 could be efficient options for developing more environmentally-friendly production alternatives to FA fossil-dependant production. However, t...

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Autores: Rumayor Villamil, Marta|||0000-0003-1653-8561, Domínguez Ramos, Antonio|||0000-0002-7322-4238, Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/13807
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbon capture and utilization
Formic acid
Life cycle assessment
Electrochemical reduction
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spelling Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternativesRumayor Villamil, Marta|||0000-0003-1653-8561Domínguez Ramos, Antonio|||0000-0002-7322-4238Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163Carbon capture and utilizationFormic acidLife cycle assessmentElectrochemical reductionCarbon dioxide (CO2) utilization alternatives for manufacturing formic acid (FA) such as electrochemical reduction (ER) or homogeneous catalysis of CO2 and H2 could be efficient options for developing more environmentally-friendly production alternatives to FA fossil-dependant production. However, these alternatives are currently found at different technological readiness levels (TRLs), and some remaining technical challenges need to be overcome to achieve at least carbon-even FA compared to the commercial process, especially ER of CO2, which is still farther from its industrial application. The main technical limitations inherited by FA production by ER are the low FA concentration achieved and the high overpotentials required, which involve high consumptions of energy (ER cell) and steam (distillation). In this study, a comparison in terms of carbon footprints (CF) using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool was done to evaluate the potential technological challenges assuring the environmental competitiveness of the FA production by ER of CO2. The CF of the FA conventional production were used as a benchmark, as well as the CF of a simulated plant based on homogeneous catalysts of CO2 and H2 (found closer to be commercial). Renewable energy utilization as PV solar for the reaction is essential to achieve a carbon-even product; however, the CF benefits are still negligible due to the enormous contribution of the steam produced by natural gas (purification stage). Some ER reactor configurations, plus a recirculation mode, could achieve an even CF versus commercial process. It was demonstrated that the ER alternatives could lead to lower natural resources consumption (mainly, natural gas and heavy fuel oil) compared to the commercial process, which is a noticeable advantage in environmental sustainability terms.This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) through the project CTQ2016-76231-C2-1-R. Marta Rumayor contract was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) through a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contract (FJCI-2015-23658).MDPIUniversidad de Cantabria20182018-06-02journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10902/13807Applied Sciences, 2018, 8(6), 914reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/138072026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternatives
title Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternatives
spellingShingle Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternatives
Rumayor Villamil, Marta|||0000-0003-1653-8561
Carbon capture and utilization
Formic acid
Life cycle assessment
Electrochemical reduction
title_short Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternatives
title_full Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternatives
title_fullStr Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternatives
title_full_unstemmed Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternatives
title_sort Formic acid manufacture: carbon dioxide utilization alternatives
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rumayor Villamil, Marta|||0000-0003-1653-8561
Domínguez Ramos, Antonio|||0000-0002-7322-4238
Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163
author Rumayor Villamil, Marta|||0000-0003-1653-8561
author_facet Rumayor Villamil, Marta|||0000-0003-1653-8561
Domínguez Ramos, Antonio|||0000-0002-7322-4238
Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163
author_role author
author2 Domínguez Ramos, Antonio|||0000-0002-7322-4238
Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Carbon capture and utilization
Formic acid
Life cycle assessment
Electrochemical reduction
topic Carbon capture and utilization
Formic acid
Life cycle assessment
Electrochemical reduction
description Carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization alternatives for manufacturing formic acid (FA) such as electrochemical reduction (ER) or homogeneous catalysis of CO2 and H2 could be efficient options for developing more environmentally-friendly production alternatives to FA fossil-dependant production. However, these alternatives are currently found at different technological readiness levels (TRLs), and some remaining technical challenges need to be overcome to achieve at least carbon-even FA compared to the commercial process, especially ER of CO2, which is still farther from its industrial application. The main technical limitations inherited by FA production by ER are the low FA concentration achieved and the high overpotentials required, which involve high consumptions of energy (ER cell) and steam (distillation). In this study, a comparison in terms of carbon footprints (CF) using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool was done to evaluate the potential technological challenges assuring the environmental competitiveness of the FA production by ER of CO2. The CF of the FA conventional production were used as a benchmark, as well as the CF of a simulated plant based on homogeneous catalysts of CO2 and H2 (found closer to be commercial). Renewable energy utilization as PV solar for the reaction is essential to achieve a carbon-even product; however, the CF benefits are still negligible due to the enormous contribution of the steam produced by natural gas (purification stage). Some ER reactor configurations, plus a recirculation mode, could achieve an even CF versus commercial process. It was demonstrated that the ER alternatives could lead to lower natural resources consumption (mainly, natural gas and heavy fuel oil) compared to the commercial process, which is a noticeable advantage in environmental sustainability terms.
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