Economic accounting and high-tech strategy for sustainable production: A case study of methanol production from CO2 hydrogenation

Su, Chenqing and Wei, Haoran and Wang, Zhanao and Ayed, Hamdi and Mouldi, Abir and Shayesteh, Ali Akbar (2022) Economic accounting and high-tech strategy for sustainable production: A case study of methanol production from CO2 hydrogenation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47 (62). pp. 25929-25944. ISSN 0360-3199, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.01.124.

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Abstract

The global proposal of `carbon neutrality' puts forward higher innovation demand for the cleaner energy production. The potential for employing ``green'' methanol produced from hydrogen obtained by water electrolysis and collected CO2 from a gas-fired power station is examined in this study.The consumption of electricity for renewable methanol production is 1.045 times as much as that for traditional methanol production, the traditional method consumes 2.5 times as much thermal energy as the renewable methanol process. In addition, the total direct and indirect CO2 emissions from renewable methanol production are almost one-third of the emissions from the traditional method. The total cost of setting up the units of a renewable and a traditional methanol production plant with an annual capacity of 100,000 tons is $50.1 million and $46.806 million in this study case, respectively. If the methanol price hits $310 per ton, renewable methanol production will be highly economically viable. But if electricity and gas prices rise or CO2 emission tax is imposed, renewable and conventional methanol production plants will lose their economic feasibility. Therefore, in order to deal with this risk, the establishment of special high-tech parks is of great significance to reduce costs and stabilize the sustainable development of relevant industries.(c) 2022 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Funders: King Khalid University [R.G.P.2/2/43] [18ZDA093]
Uncontrolled Keywords: Techno-economic assessment; CO2 hydrogenation; Methanol synthesis; ASPEN HYSYS; Water electrolysis
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 28 Aug 2023 02:20
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2023 02:20
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/40944

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