Generic Carbon Cascade Analysis technique for carbon emission management

Applied Thermal Engineering, Available online 28 March 2014, In Press, Corrected Proof
Generic Carbon Cascade Analysis technique for carbon emission management
Zainuddin Abdul Manan (a), Sharifah R. Wan Alwi (a), Muhammad M. Sadiq (b), Petar Varbanov (c)
a Process Systems Engineering Centre (PROSPECT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
b Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology Minna, P.M.B 65 Minna, Nigeria
c Centre for Process Integration and Intensification – CPI2, Research Institute of Chemical and Process Engineering – MÜKKI, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
Abstract
Presents the novel Generic Carbon Cascade Analysis (GCCA) algebraic approach that enables the minimum carbon targets to be determined for any range of CO2 concentration. The GCCA technique was designed to complement the generic graphical Source and Demand Curves (SDC) in terms of the efficiency, accuracy and the ability to handle cases involving a large number of stationary emission sources.
The GCCA technique is used with the Carbon Management Hierarchy (CMH) to systematically achieve the holistic minimum carbon targets through the application of all carbon minimization options, including direct reuse, source and demand manipulations, regeneration reuse, and carbon sequestration. Application of the GCCA tool on a refinery site can potentially result in the minimum fresh carbon target of 23.82 t/h, and zero carbon emission.
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