Deep CCS: Moving Beyond 90% Carbon Dioxide Capture.

Autor: Dods MN; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States., Kim EJ; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States., Long JR; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.; Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States., Weston SC; Corporate Strategic Research, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, New Jersey 08801, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental science & technology [Environ Sci Technol] 2021 Jul 06; Vol. 55 (13), pp. 8524-8534. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 23.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07390
Abstrakt: The large-scale deployment of carbon capture technologies is expected to play a crucial role in efforts to meet stringent climate targets set forth by the Paris Agreement, but current models rely heavily upon carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies for which viability at the gigatonne scale is uncertain. While most 1.5 and 2 °C scenarios project rapid decarbonization of the energy sector facilitated by carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), they generally assume that CCS units can only capture ∼90% of the CO 2 in coal and natural gas combustion flues because this was previously considered the optimal condition for aqueous amine scrubbers. In this Perspective, we discuss a small but growing body of literature that examines the prospect of moving significantly beyond 90% capture-a concept we term deep CCS-in light of recent developments in materials and process design. The low incremental costs associated with performing varying degrees of deep CCS suggest that this approach is not only feasible but may also alleviate burdens placed upon CDR techniques facing significant barriers to large-scale deployment. We estimate that rapid deployment of deep CCS in deep decarbonization pathways could avoid more than 1 gigatonne of CO 2 globally each year. The principles of deep CCS could also be applied directly to the CDR strategy of employing bioenergy with CCS, which could lead to a significant alleviation of the land and freshwater burden associated with this technology.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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