Recent Progress in Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 February 2022) | Viewed by 13400
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Interests: hydrogen energy; pyrolysis and gasification of coal and biomass; waste to energy and resource recovery; solar energy; biofuel for IC engines; CFD and process modelling; corrosion and tribology
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Dear Colleagues,
According to the International Energy Agency (IAE), global CO2 emission from the energy industries contributes 33.2 Gt-CO2 with a share of about 75% considering all sectors. Currently, the average concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is approximately 410 ppm compared to 280 ppm in the pre-industrial era. Thus, to limit the average global temperature rise to 2 °C in this century, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) can play a vital role. BECCS is a technology used to convert energy from biomass resources integrated with geological storage of carbon emitted as a byproduct. Several technologies are used to convert biomass resources, which include pyrolysis, gasification, combustion, fermentation, putrefaction, and biodegradation. During these conversion processes, the CO2 emitted is captured and stored underground to achieve carbon-negative emission. Carbon-negative emission using BECCS technology will potentially help to compensate for the emissions from other sectors which are hard to control, such as agriculture. Various kinds of biomass resources are used, such as forest wood and residue, crops and residue, sugars/starch crop, algae, organic waste, industrial residue, animal residue, municipal solid waste, and sewage sludge. The application of BECCS technology includes power generation, chemical production, biofuel production, steel manufacturing, and waste-to-energy. Depending on the application, the cost of BECCS for CO2 reduction varies widely with $40–400/ton CO2. BECCS technology aims to reduce CO2 emission by 3.3 Gt/year by 2100, which will potentially require 300–700 hectares of land and two-fold increase of water use in agriculture.
However, BECCS technology is not mature enough due to a range of uncertainties. Such uncertainties include the availability of biomass resources, storage capacity, conflict with food security and biodiversity, and competitive biomass production resources, i.e., land, water, fertiliser, and availability of funding.
BECCS technology is a potential research area capable of meeting the increasing energy demand while at the same time substantially reducing emission. Hence, we invite researchers around the globe to contribute to this Special Issue and share their ideas, innovation, knowledge, and experience towards the progress of BECCS technology. Both technical and review/analytical articles are welcome.
Dr. Shahabuddin Ahmmad
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Biomass and bioenergy
- Carbon capture and storage
- Pyrolysis
- Gasification
- Combustion
- Fermentation
- Anaerobic digestion
- Biodegradation
- Biomass to biofuel
- Renewable energy
- Carbon negative emission technology
- Waste-to-energy
- Modelling of BECCS
- Sustainability
- Life cycle assessment
- Technoeconomic analysis
