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Offsetting anthropogenic carbon emissions from biomass waste and mineralised carbon dioxide

Offsetting anthropogenic carbon emissions from biomass waste and mineralised carbon dioxide

Tripathi, Nimisha, Hills, Colin D., Singh, Raj S. and Singh, Jamuna S. (2020) Offsetting anthropogenic carbon emissions from biomass waste and mineralised carbon dioxide. Scientific Reports, 10:958. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57801-5)

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Abstract

The present work investigates biomass wastes and their ashes for re-use in combination with mineralised CO2 in cement-bound construction products. A range of biomass residues (e.g., wood derived, nut shells, fibres, and fruit peels) sourced in India, Africa and the UK were ashed and exposed to CO2 gas. These CO2-reactive ashes could mineralise CO2 gas and be used to cement ‘raw’ biomass in solid carbonated monolithic composites. The CO2 sequestered in ashes (125–414 g CO2/kg) and that emitted after incineration (400–500 g CO2/kg) was within the same range (w/w). The CO2-reactive ashes embodied significant amounts of CO2 (147–424 g equivalent CO2/kg ash). Selected ashes were combined with raw biomass and Portland Cement, CEM 1 and exposed to CO2. The use of CEM 1 in the carbonated products was offset by the CO2 mineralised (i.e. samples were ‘carbon negative’, even when 10% w/w CEM 1 was used); furthermore, biomass ashes were a suitable substitute for CEM 1 up to 50% w/w. The approach is conceptually simple, scalable, and can be applicable to a wide range of biomass ashes in a closed ‘emission-capture’ process ‘loop’. An extrapolation of potential for CO2 offset in Europe provides an estimate of CO2 sequestration potential to 2030.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: biomass residue, ash, carbon capture and utilisation (CCU), valorisation, construction products
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Engineering & Science
Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Engineering (ENG)
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2020 00:20
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/26679

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