The carbon footprint of the carbon feedstock CO<sub>2</sub>
Leonard Jan Müller, Arne Kätelhön, Stefan Bringezu, Sean McCoy, Sangwon Suh, Robert Edwards, Volker Sick, Simon Kaiser, Rosa M. Cuéllar-Franca, Aïcha El Khamlichi, Jay H. Lee, Niklas von der Aßen, André Bardow
Abstract
This paper reviews methodological approaches for determining the carbon footprint of captured CO<sub>2</sub> as carbon feedstock, and shows why some approaches lead to suboptimal choices of CO<sub>2</sub> sources and that increased consistency in life cycle assessment (LCA) studies on CCU is needed.
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Carbon footprintRaw materialCarbon fibersLife-cycle assessmentConsistency (knowledge bases)Environmental scienceFootprintComputer scienceProduction (economics)Greenhouse gasChemistryEconomicsGeographyGeologyAlgorithmArtificial intelligenceOceanographyMacroeconomicsOrganic chemistryArchaeologyComposite numberCarbon Dioxide Capture TechnologiesEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies