Environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol
Hydrogen is an interesting energy source alternative to fossil fuel which commonly produced from a non-renewable resource such as methane. Alternatively, ethanol is an attractive resource option for producing hydrogen because of its renewability. Assessing both alternatives is important for selectio...
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| description | Hydrogen is an interesting energy source alternative to fossil fuel which commonly produced from a non-renewable resource such as methane. Alternatively, ethanol is an attractive resource option for producing hydrogen because of its renewability. Assessing both alternatives is important for selection of better and sustainable option. In this work, we perform an environmental and economic assessment of both hydrogen production pathways and compare its performance. In doing that, both processes were modelled and simulated in Aspen Plus V8.6. Sensitivity analysis were performed as well. Life cycle assessment (LCA) ReciPe method was performed to evaluate the environmental performance using GaBi sotware. Overall, 16 categories impact assessment were evaluated. Economic assessment was based on capital expenditure (CAPEX) of all main equipment and operating expenditure (OPEX) of utilities. From LCA results, three categories were identified as highly significant namely climate change, fossil depletion and water depletion. Methane shows a higher impact on climate change. In contrary, ethanol shows a higher impact on fossil fuel resource depletion and water resources. Economic assessment shows that in term of capital expenditure (CAPEX) methane is 5.2% less compared to ethanol. Whereas, for operating expenditure (OPEX) methane is 12.8% less compared to ethanol. Overall, our findings show that methane outwit ethanol despite the latter uses a renewable source for hydrogen production. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-849492020-02-29T13:51:11Z http://eprints.utm.my/84949/ Environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol Othman, Mohamad Rizza Amran, Umarul Imran Ahmad, Arshad TP Chemical technology Hydrogen is an interesting energy source alternative to fossil fuel which commonly produced from a non-renewable resource such as methane. Alternatively, ethanol is an attractive resource option for producing hydrogen because of its renewability. Assessing both alternatives is important for selection of better and sustainable option. In this work, we perform an environmental and economic assessment of both hydrogen production pathways and compare its performance. In doing that, both processes were modelled and simulated in Aspen Plus V8.6. Sensitivity analysis were performed as well. Life cycle assessment (LCA) ReciPe method was performed to evaluate the environmental performance using GaBi sotware. Overall, 16 categories impact assessment were evaluated. Economic assessment was based on capital expenditure (CAPEX) of all main equipment and operating expenditure (OPEX) of utilities. From LCA results, three categories were identified as highly significant namely climate change, fossil depletion and water depletion. Methane shows a higher impact on climate change. In contrary, ethanol shows a higher impact on fossil fuel resource depletion and water resources. Economic assessment shows that in term of capital expenditure (CAPEX) methane is 5.2% less compared to ethanol. Whereas, for operating expenditure (OPEX) methane is 12.8% less compared to ethanol. Overall, our findings show that methane outwit ethanol despite the latter uses a renewable source for hydrogen production. Penerbit UTM Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/84949/1/ArshadAhmad2019_EnvironmentandEconomicAssessmentofHydrogen.pdf Othman, Mohamad Rizza and Amran, Umarul Imran and Ahmad, Arshad (2019) Environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol. Journal of Energy and Safety Technology, 2 (2). pp. 15-32. ISSN 2637-1030 https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jest.v2n2.23 DOI:10.11113/jest.v2n2.23 |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Othman, Mohamad Rizza Amran, Umarul Imran Ahmad, Arshad Environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol |
| title | Environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol |
| title_full | Environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol |
| title_fullStr | Environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol |
| title_short | Environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol |
| title_sort | environment and economic assessment of hydrogen production from methane and ethanol |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/84949/1/ArshadAhmad2019_EnvironmentandEconomicAssessmentofHydrogen.pdf |
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