A life cycle assessment on carbon capture and solidification method on ship

Wang, Haibin and Zhou, Peilin (2018) A life cycle assessment on carbon capture and solidification method on ship. In: 4th International Symposium on Ocean Science and Technology, 2018-08-30 - 2018-08-31.

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Abstract

Greenhouse gas reduction has become a severe topic in the shipping industry and researchers are striving to investigate different GHG reduction technologies to determine their feasibility especially on the environment impact. However, there is no specific evaluation process currently available so this paper presents a Life Cycle Assessment for a carbon emission reduction method to introduce Life Cycle Assessment as a systematic evaluation approach which can guide policy makers to evaluate the performances and help ship owners to select suitable reduction technologies. The carbon reduction method proposed by authors was proved to be cost effective in previous works and this paper applies life cycle analysis focusing on all stages of ship life to investigate, determine and compare the feasibility of this method. The environmental impacts are considered to be the most significant standard for the assessment. From the results of the assessment, the proposed reduction method meets the carbon reduction target and can lead to a lower global warming potential while leveling up the carbon reduction target. This paper also indicates, to achieve carbon reduction target set up by regulations, a marginal target will be necessary due to the energy requirement and efficiency of the method/system as well as the consideration of activities in different life stages. It is also recommended that the evaluation of carbon reduction method could apply Life Cycle Assessment so that policy makers and ship owners are provided with comparable results for reasonable decision makings.

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Wang, Haibin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-6856 and Zhou, Peilin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4808-8489;
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