TY - JOUR
T1 - Greener pathways for energy-intensive commodity chemicals
T2 - Opportunities and challenges
AU - Yao, Yuan
AU - Graziano, Diane
AU - Riddle, Matthew
AU - Cresko, Joe
AU - Masanet, Eric
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by DOE under contract number DE-AC02-06CH11357 . The data and views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and are not endorsed by the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States government.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - The chemical industry is poised for significant growth and investment, which presents an opportunity for adoption of greener chemical technologies. This article reviews available and emerging technologies for reducing the fossil fuel demand associated with the ammonia, ethylene, methanol, propylene, and benzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTX) industries. These few energy-intensive commodity chemicals (EICCs) account for around half of the energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the global chemical industry. Available data are harmonized to characterize potential energy use and GHG emissions savings, while technical and economic barriers to adoption are discussed. This information sheds light on the status of future technological options for reducing the impacts of the chemicals industry, and provides quantitative data to industry analysts and policy makers seeking a greater understanding of such options for EICCs.
AB - The chemical industry is poised for significant growth and investment, which presents an opportunity for adoption of greener chemical technologies. This article reviews available and emerging technologies for reducing the fossil fuel demand associated with the ammonia, ethylene, methanol, propylene, and benzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTX) industries. These few energy-intensive commodity chemicals (EICCs) account for around half of the energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the global chemical industry. Available data are harmonized to characterize potential energy use and GHG emissions savings, while technical and economic barriers to adoption are discussed. This information sheds light on the status of future technological options for reducing the impacts of the chemicals industry, and provides quantitative data to industry analysts and policy makers seeking a greater understanding of such options for EICCs.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.coche.2014.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.coche.2014.10.005
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84912077543
SN - 2211-3398
VL - 6
SP - 90
EP - 98
JO - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering
JF - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering
ER -