TECHNO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BASED ON NATURAL GAS STEAM REFORMING PROCESS

Authors

  • Stefan GALUSNYAK Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Corresponding author: cormos@chem.ubbcluj.ro. Email: stefan.galusnyak@ubbcluj.ro.
  • Letiția PETRESCU Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: letitiapetrescu@chem.ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0763-0561
  • Călin-Cristian CORMOȘ Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: cormos@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1215-1167

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2020.4.01

Keywords:

Hydrogen production; Natural gas steam reforming; Carbon capture by chemical scrubbing; Techno-economic and environmental assessment

Abstract

Hydrogen is foreseen as a promising energy vector for the future on the road to develop a low carbon economy. In this respect, developing energy-efficient improved hydrogen production systems with low CO2 emissions is an important aspect. This study is evaluating the most relevant economic and environmental impact elements for hydrogen production based on catalytic natural gas steam reforming. As an illustrative example, an industrial-relevant hydrogen production plant with an output of 50000 Nm3/h was investigated. In addition, a pre-combustion carbon capture feature, based on reactive gas-liquid absorption using alkanolamines (Methyl-DiEthanol-Amine - MDEA), was considered to reduce the CO2 emissions. The overall carbon capture rate was 70%. Similar natural gas reforming plant without decarbonization feature is also discussed to quantify the efficiency and economic penalties for CO2 capture. As assessment methods, computational tools, thermal integration analysis and an in-depth techno-economic and environmental procedure were used. For instance, to quantify the overall environmental impact, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was used. Various relevant technical, economic and environmental indicators are calculated and discussed in the present work.

References

S. Akerboom; W. Botzen; B.A. Michels; M. van Rijswicke; Energy Policy, 2020, 138, 111210

C. Ye; Q. Ye; X. Shi; Y. Sun; Energy Policy, 2020, 137, 111094

European Commission; A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030, 2014, COM (2014) 15 final, Brussels, Belgium

K. Liu; C. Song; V. Subramani; Hydrogen and syngas production and purification technologies, Wiley AICheE, 2010, pp. 1 - 12

T. L. Le Valley; A.R. Richard; M. Fan; Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 2014, 39, 16983-17000

F. Dawood; M. Anda; G.M. Shafiullah; Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 2020, 45, 3847-3869

A.L. Kohl; R. Nielsen; Gas purification, Gulf Professional Publishing, 1997, pp. 40 - 186

C.C. Cormos; L. Petrescu; A.M. Cormos; Comput. Aided Chem. Eng., 2014, 33, 1081-1086

S. Galusnyak; S. Drăgan; Stud. U. Babes-Bol. Che., 2019, 64, 7-18

M. Voldsund; K. Jordal; R. Anantharaman; Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 2016, 41, 4969-4992

International Energy Agency - Greenhouse gas R & D Programme; Decarbonisation of fossil fuels, 1996

K. Aasberg-Petersen; I. Dybkjær; C.V. Ovesen; N.C. Schjødt; J. Sehested; S.G. Thomsen; J. Nat. Gas. Sci. Eng., 2011, 3, 423-459

A.M. Cormos; V.C. Sandu; C.C. Cormos; J. Clean. Prod., 2020, 259, 120834

M. van der Spek; S. Roussanaly; E. S. Rubin; Int. J. Greenh. Gas Con., 2019, 83, 91-104

International Energy Agency - Greenhouse gas R & D Programme; Techno - economic evaluation of SMR based standalone (merchant) hydrogen plant with CCS, 2017

D.A. Chisalita; C.C. Cormos; Energy, 2020, 181, 331-344

D.A. Chisalita; L. Petrescu; C.C. Cormos; Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev., 2020, 130, 109964

K. Atsonios; K.D. Panopoulos; A. Doukelis; A. Koumanakos; Em. Kakaras; Energy Convers. Manag., 2012, 60, 196-203

S. Cloete; L. Hirth; Energy, 2020, 192, 116671

Sandbag - Smarter Climate Policy; Carbon price viewer, www.sandbag.org.uk/carbon-price-viewer/, 2020.

Downloads

Published

2020-12-30

How to Cite

GALUSNYAK, S. ., PETRESCU, L. ., & CORMOȘ, C.-C. . (2020). TECHNO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BASED ON NATURAL GAS STEAM REFORMING PROCESS. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 65(4), 7–19. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2020.4.01

Issue

Section

Articles

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Similar Articles

<< < 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 > >> 

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.