Which will be a promising route among integrated CO2 capture and conversion to valuable chemicals

• Published in: Energy conversion and management 2025-01, Vol.323, p.119269, Article 119269
• Main Authors: Xie, Zhicheng, Tan, Zhenfeng, Wang, Kewen, Shao, Bin, Zhu, Yuanming, Li, Jingkun, Mao, Yuanhong, Hu, Jun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Chemical products; Energy sources; Integrated CO2 capture and conversion; Process simulation; Techno-economic analysis
• ISSN: 0196-8904
• DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2024.119269

•Simulations of iCCC technology with various chemical products are developed.•Fluidized DFM particles circulate in parallel CO2 capture and conversion towers.•Levelized criteria provide a benchmark for techno-economic analysis of iCCC-X.•iCCC-Methanol performs best overall in profits, energy consumption, and CO2 emission.•Techno-economic performances of iCCC depend much on the costs of H2 production. Facing challenges of industrial decarbonization, the integrated CO2 capture and conversion (iCCC) technology attracts intensive attention but lacks a benchmark techno-economic analysis to figure out the most promising route among intricate processes and various energy sources. Herein, based on the design and simulation of four novel iCCC-X (X = Syngas, Methane, Methanol, Olefins) technologies for the same flue gas treatment, we propose a benchmark for techno-economic analysis by levelized criteria in terms of technical practicability, energy consumption, net CO2 emission, and economic feasibility. The effects of technical processes, energy sources, prices of H2 and products, carbon tax, and operating conditions on the mass and energy balance, and hence the techno-economic performances are comprehensively investigated. Among them, the iCCC-Methanol exhibits thebest overall performance with aconsiderable economic profit of 84.5 $/tCO2 when taking coal as the energy source; moreover, powered by wind, the lowest energy consumption of 4.2 GJ/tCO2 and negative net CO2 emission of −0.8 tCO2/tCO2 are achieved, demonstrating a promising route for future industrial decarbonizations.