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

Cordero-Lanzac, Tomas; Ramirez, Adrián; Navajas León, Alberto; Gevers, Lieven; Brunialti, Sirio; Gandía Pascual, Luis; Aguayo, Andrés T.; Sarathy, S. Mani; Gascon, Jorge

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

dc.contributor.author	Cordero-Lanzac, Tomas
dc.contributor.author	Ramirez, Adrián
dc.contributor.author	Navajas León, Alberto
dc.contributor.author	Gevers, Lieven
dc.contributor.author	Brunialti, Sirio
dc.contributor.author	Gandía Pascual, Luis
dc.contributor.author	Aguayo, Andrés T.
dc.contributor.author	Sarathy, S. Mani
dc.contributor.author	Gascon, Jorge
dc.contributor.department	Zientziak	eu
dc.contributor.department	Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics - INAMAT2	en
dc.contributor.department	Ciencias	es_ES
dc.contributor.funder	Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa	es
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-05T11:01:09Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-05T11:01:09Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description.abstract	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 H2 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 H2 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 H2 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.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	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. Gandía gratefully acknowledge the financial support from Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF/FEDER) (grant RTI2018-096294-B-C31). L.M. Gandía also thanks Banco de Santander and Universidad Pública de Navarra for their financial support under ‘’Programa de Intensificación de la Investigación 2018’ initiative.	en
dc.format.extent	12 p.
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dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jechem.2021.09.045
dc.identifier.issn	2095-4956
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/42656
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Energy Chemistry, 68, (2022), 255-266	en
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CTQ2016-77812-R	en
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MECD//FPU15%2F01666/ES/	en
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-096294-B-C31/ES/	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2021.09.045
dc.rights	© 2021 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International	en
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dc.rights.accessRights	Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia	es
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	CO2	en
dc.subject	Kinetic modeling	en
dc.subject	Life cycle assessment	en
dc.subject	Methanol	en
dc.subject	Process simulation	en
dc.title	A techno-economic and life cycle assessment for the production of green methanol from CO2: catalyst and process bottlenecks	en
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