SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF LARGE-SCALE CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION DEPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM BOUNDARIES - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Most power generation in the United States is derived from the combustion of fossil fuels, primarily coal and natural gas. As a result, greenhouse gases (GHGs) are generated, and they act to trap radiant heat from the Earth. When GHGs are discussed, attention is usually concentrated on carbon dioxide (CO2) because it is believed to be the most manageable anthropogenic GHG. Therefore, introducing new technologies, primarily those which deal with CO2 capture and storage, is seen as a potential option for managing GHGs. Oil and gas reservoirs, saline formations, and un-mineable coal beds are examples of underground CO2 storage sites. In the United States, it has been estimated that these sites together have the potential capacity to store the country’s CO2 emissions for the next 500 years. For this reason, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) has become a very attractive approach by several industries, including the coal-fired power industry, to reduce their GHG emissions. However, the implementation of CCS on a broad scale will require an enormous input of resources and energy, which will be used during the CCS production, installation, and operation phases. The eventual result of this implementation will be an increased demand for fuel, which in turn will lead to further

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Abotalib, Mohammed

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fu Zhao
• Loring Nies
• Suresh Rao
• Andres Clarens

• carbon capture and sequestration
• carbon intensity
• game theory
• global warming potential
• life cycle assessment
• power plants

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1205

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2421