Carbon Capture and Sustainable Utilization by Algal Polyacrylonitrile Fiber Production: Process Design, Techno-Economic Analysis, and Climate Related Aspects
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Carbon capture and sustainable utilization (CCU) is essential to accomplishing the targets of 2015’s Paris Agreement. A promising option consists of algal based CO 2 conversion into lipid rich biomass with further processing into polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber, the major precursor for carbon fiber production. A first feasibility analysis was carried out under multiple constraints for price, byproduct yield, and consumption of land, CO 2, and energy. Several process-route alternatives were composed, modeled, and compared in terms of mass and energy flows, resource needs, and cost. To quantify risks from market and modeling uncertainties, we conducted a primary techno-economic analysis (TEA) with variable process pathways in a dynamic economic model of a related project company (SPV), embedded in a Monte Carlo simulation. First results indicate that process combinations with algal biodiesel-production and biomass-liquefaction (BtL) components come close to meeting the multiple constraints and justify progressing to extended research and development activities.
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- Authors
- Arnold, U., Brück, T., De Palmenaer, A., & Kuse, K.
- Affiliations
- AHP GmbH & Co. KG, Karl-Heinrich-Ulrichs-Str. 11, D-10787 Berlin, Germany
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Institute of Textile Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Otto-Blumenthal-Straße 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- TechnoCarbonTechnologies GbR, Oberföhringer Strasse 175 a, D-81925 München, Germany
- Corresponding author
- Arnold, Uwe
- Venue
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2018-05-04
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 7922-7933
- ISSN
- 0888-5885 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5045
- OpenAlex
- W2801701552
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 1.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (publishedVersion)
- RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Business Council for Sustainable Energy
- Werner Siemens-Stiftung
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Energy Engineering and Power Technology › Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Keywords
- carbon capture and utilization, algal biomass, polyacrylonitrile fibers, carbon fiber precursors, CO2 conversion, techno-economic analysis, process design, Monte Carlo simulation, algal biodiesel, biomass liquefaction, climate change mitigation, process route comparison
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