Life Cycle Assessment of applying CO2 post-combustion capture to the Spanish cement production

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dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Gusano, Diego
dc.contributor.authorGarraín, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorHerrera, Israel
dc.contributor.authorCabal, Helena
dc.contributor.authorLechón, Yolanda
dc.contributor.institutionPLANIFICACIÓN ENERGÉTICA
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-21T07:55:01Z
dc.date.available2024-08-21T07:55:01Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-01
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.description.abstractAlthough cement production is a very energy-intensive industry which releases huge amounts of pollutants to the environment, there is a lack of environmental studies focused on applying CO2 capture technologies to mitigate global warming in this industry. Furthermore, other environmental and human health impacts are omitted or underestimated. This paper carries out a detailed Life Cycle Assessment of the Spanish cement production in order to analyse the effect of applying post-combustion CO2 capture technology using monoethanolamine as absorbent. Moreover, the work discusses the pros and cons of CO2 capture within the cement manufacture from an environmental point of view. On the basis of the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) 2011 midpoint method, results show improvements in global warming, ozone depletion and abiotic depletion potentials but acidification, photochemical ozone formation, eutrophication, human toxicities, ionising radiation, particulate matter, ecotoxicity, and land use potentials are increased by several times. Besides, the paper shows the decisive contribution of the cogeneration plant required to produce heat. It is necessary to carry out more research concerning how to face the energy penalty. Authors strongly recommend exploring natural gas or biomass CHP plants implementation as well as synergies between cement facilities and power plants.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.format.extent11
dc.identifier.citationGarcía-Gusano , D , Garraín , D , Herrera , I , Cabal , H & Lechón , Y 2015 , ' Life Cycle Assessment of applying CO 2 post-combustion capture to the Spanish cement production ' , Journal of Cleaner Production , vol. 104 , pp. 328-338 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.11.056
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.11.056
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11556/4776
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84931575999&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Cleaner Production
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject.keywordsCement
dc.subject.keywordsEnergy penalty
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental impacts
dc.subject.keywordsLife Cycle Assessment
dc.subject.keywordsPost-combustion CO capture
dc.subject.keywordsSpain
dc.subject.keywordsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
dc.subject.keywordsGeneral Environmental Science
dc.subject.keywordsStrategy and Management
dc.subject.keywordsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.titleLife Cycle Assessment of applying CO2 post-combustion capture to the Spanish cement productionen
dc.typejournal article
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