Sustainable Development Goals assessment of carbon capture on-board
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2023
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Conference Paper
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Abstract
The shipping industry of cargo containers is a very efficient freight mode, yet it is still entirely reliant on fossil fuels. While sustainable fuels penetrate the market, carbon capture and storage has been proposed as an interim solution for low-carbon shipping. In this work, we assess the technical feasibility, economic and environmental performance of a cargo ship with a retrofitted carbon capture plant on-board that captures 94 % of direct emissions at 85 $2019/tCO2. Compared to the current scenario, our solution reduces climate change by 50 %, while the direct air capture technology stands at a 45 % reduction. Our environmental assessment is based on absolute thresholds to quantify the impacts relative to the Earth's carrying capacity and shows that burden-shifting occurs in all the categories but climate change. Finally, the results are analyzed in light of five Sustainable Development Goals using 16 life cycle impact assessment metrics and their associated absolute thresholds.
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Proceedings of the 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE33)
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52
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2929 - 2934
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Elsevier
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33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE33)
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container ship; maritime emissions; carbon capture on-board; life cycle assessment; sustainable development goals
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09655 - Guillén Gosálbez, Gonzalo / Guillén Gosálbez, Gonzalo