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Carbon neutral manufacturing via on-site CO₂ recycling.

ABSTRACT: The chemical industry needs to significantly decrease carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in order to meet the 2050 carbon neutrality goal. Utilization of CO₂ as a chemical feedstock for bulk products is a promising way to mitigate industrial emissions; however, CO₂-based manufacturing is currently not competitive with the established petrochemical methods and its deployment requires creation of a new value chain. Here, we show that an alternative approach, using CO₂ conversion as an add-on to existing manufactures, can disrupt the global carbon cycle while minimally perturbing the operation of chemical plants. Proposed closed-loop on-site CO₂ recycling processes are economically viable in the current market and have the potential for rapid introduction in the industries. Retrofit-based CO₂ recycling can reduce annually between 4 and 10 Gt CO₂ by 2050 and contribute to achieving up to 50% of the industrial carbon neutrality goal.

SUBMITTER: Barecka MH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8188500 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Carbon neutral manufacturing via on-site CO2 recycling.

Barecka Magda H MH Ager Joel W JW Lapkin Alexei A AA

iScience 20210504 6

The chemical industry needs to significantly decrease carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in order to meet the 2050 carbon neutrality goal. Utilization of CO2 as a chemical feedstock for bulk products is a promising way to mitigate industrial emissions; however, CO2-based manufacturing is currently not competitive with the established petrochemical methods and its deployment requires creation of a new value chain. Here, we show that an alternative approach, using CO<s ...[more]

PMID: 34142030

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