Development of an Integrated Life Cycle Framework to Evaluate Emerging Carbon Capture Technologies: An Albertan Case Study
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2014-01-29
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The critical evaluation of emerging carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies is essential to facilitate successful deployment. CCS offers much promise in reducing the carbon footprint of electricity production, but there are significant cost and energy penalties associated. Evaluation is complicated by the fact that unique variability and uncertainty are introduced when evaluating prior to commercialization.
In this thesis, an evaluation of an advanced carbon capture technology is conducted using a developed framework based on life cycle assessment, energy system modeling, and life cycle costing. The developed framework can be used to inform the benchmarking of CCS technologies. The results take into account the significant upstream impacts from the additional extraction and transport of input fuel required to compensate for CCS implementation. The development and application of this integrated life cycle-based tool, will inform current CCS R&D activities and provide better information to energy policy and investment decision makers.
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Energy, Engineering--Environmental, Engineering--Mechanical
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Ceh, M. (2014). Development of an Integrated Life Cycle Framework to Evaluate Emerging Carbon Capture Technologies: An Albertan Case Study (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25667