An Assessment of Canadian Corn Ethanol Life Cycle Climate Change Impacts and Potential Mitigation Pathways Including Carbon Capture and Sequestration

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dc.contributor.advisorBergerson, Joule A.
dc.contributor.advisorKeith, David William
dc.contributor.authorBurt, Daniel Martin
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T23:04:20Z
dc.date.available2013-06-15T07:01:47Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-25
dc.date.submitted2013en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an ethanol GHG life cycle assessment under several scenarios, or Cases. It also evaluates the effects of implementing CCS and biomass combustion at ethanol plants to compare it to other CO2 reduction opportunities. This thesis compares the 2009 CA-GREET “US Dry Mill Average” pathway with three others - an Ontario GREET case, an Ontario GHGenius case, and a site-specific case that substitutes publicly-known Suncor plant data. Life cycle emissions are compared on a “grams of CO2 equivalent per Megajoule of fuel energy provided” basis. Conventional corn-based ethanol can be an effective carbon mitigation strategy if the physical plant, site location and direct emissions are designed correctly. At current production levels, land use change is likely not significant in North America due to availability of sufficient fallow farmland and improving crop yields. Implementing fermentation CCS can abate almost 1 Mt in Canada and 86 Mt worldwide.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBurt, D. M. (2013). An Assessment of Canadian Corn Ethanol Life Cycle Climate Change Impacts and Potential Mitigation Pathways Including Carbon Capture and Sequestration (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24839en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24839
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/508
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.subjectEngineering--Environmental
dc.subjectEngineering--Petroleum
dc.subject.classificationBiofuelsen_US
dc.subject.classificationEthanolen_US
dc.subject.classificationgreenhouse gasesen_US
dc.subject.classificationCCSen_US
dc.subject.classificationCarbon Captureen_US
dc.subject.classificationLCAen_US
dc.subject.classificationLife Cycleen_US
dc.titleAn Assessment of Canadian Corn Ethanol Life Cycle Climate Change Impacts and Potential Mitigation Pathways Including Carbon Capture and Sequestration
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical and Petroleum Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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