An overview of economic analysis and environmental impacts of natural gas conversion technologies
carbon dioxide; economic analysis; environmental impact; fossil fuel; natural gas; thermal decomposition
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my.uniten.dspace-251172023-05-29T16:06:51Z An overview of economic analysis and environmental impacts of natural gas conversion technologies Ayodele F.O. Mohammad N. Mustapa S.I. Ayodele B.V. 57200615209 57220108757 36651549700 56862160400 carbon dioxide; economic analysis; environmental impact; fossil fuel; natural gas; thermal decomposition This study presents an overview of the economic analysis and environmental impact of natural gas conversion technologies. Published articles related to economic analysis and environmental impact of natural gas conversion technologies were reviewed and discussed. The economic analysis revealed that the capital and the operating expenditure of each of the conversion process is strongly dependent on the sophistication of the technical designs. The emerging technologies are yet to be economically viable compared to the well-established steam reforming process. However, appropriate design modifications could significantly reduce the operating expenditure and enhance the economic feasibility of the process. The environmental analysis revealed that emerging technologies such as carbon dioxide (CO2) reforming and the thermal decomposition of natural gas offer advantages of lower CO2 emissions and total environmental impact compared to the well-established steam reforming process. Appropriate design modifications such as steam reforming with carbon capture, storage and utilization, the use of an optimized catalyst in thermal decomposition, and the use of solar concentrators for heating instead of fossil fuel were found to significantly reduced the CO2 emissions of the processes. There was a dearth of literature on the economic analysis and environmental impact of photocatalytic and biochemical conversion processes, which calls for increased research attention that could facilitate a comparative analysis with the thermochemical processes. � 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Final 2023-05-29T08:06:51Z 2023-05-29T08:06:51Z 2020 Review 10.3390/su122310148 2-s2.0-85097440354 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097440354&doi=10.3390%2fsu122310148&partnerID=40&md5=95a55f8610eda6f55c4657b5c661eea4 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25117 12 23 10148 1 18 All Open Access, Gold, Green MDPI Scopus |
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