Win-Win More Sustainable Routes for Acetic Acid Synthesis.

ABSTRACT: Current efforts to decarbonize the chemical sector by using captured CO₂ and electrolytic H₂ typically lead to high production costs and environmental collateral damage. Hence, there is a clear need to look for alternative, more efficient synthesis routes that could pave the way for a fully sustainable chemical industry. Bearing this in mind, here, we evaluate the economic and environmental implications of two low technology readiness level (TRL) novel single-step synthesis routes for acetic acid production using CO₂ as a raw material: gas-to-acid methane carboxylation and semiartificial photosynthesis. Using process simulation and life-cycle assessment, we determine that these pathways, under a specific set of assumptions, could outperform the business-as-

SUBMITTER: Medrano-Garcia JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11795521 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature