The early-stage design of plasma for the conversion of CO2 to chemicals: A prospective techno-economic assessment

CO2 conversion to CO via plasma and electrolysis: a techno-economic and energy cost analysis

“…39 However, these examples focused on the process design and only analyse the minimum selling price of CO. Lamberts-Van Assche et al (2022) define a more general process where only the DBD plasma reactor is modelled in the foreground system, highlighting the electricity price and power supply investment as significant cost factors. 5 All these examples conclude that plasma-based CO production is not yet competitive, emphasizing the need for substantial improvements in conversion and reductions in electricity costs. While other plasma applications, such as nitrogen fixation for various chemicals, [40][41][42][43] air pollutants removal 44 and landfill waste treatment, 45 initially demonstrated limited competitiveness in early economic studies, subsequent advancements have aligned with predictions, nearing industrial use.…”

“…In scenario (5), variations in plasma power resulted in a AE27% change in UCOP not only due to the different electricity requirements but also to the different size of required power supply unit-reactor system.…”

“…In contrast to scenarios where changes in parameter costs affected the UCOP of both plants in the same direction, the results were unpredictable when the variation of one parameter implied a comparable variation in another parameter. For the electrolysis-based plant, when the cell voltage was reduced in scenario (5), instead of decreasing the UCOP, it resulted in a 31% increase in UCOP, the highest among all scenarios ($1264 per tonne CO). This occurred because the current density was reduced to a similar extent as the cell voltage, leading to a dramatic increase in the Capex and fixed costs of the CO 2 conversion section.…”

“…3,4 CO is traditionally produced on a very large plant at a cost of approximately $300 per tonne. 5,6 In contrast, highpurity CO cylinders can cost up to $3000 per tonne. 6 Two alternative technologies for CO production are CO 2 electrolysis and CO 2 activation by plasma, which operate with electricity and captured CO 2 .…”

Sustainable Hydrogen and Ammonia Technologies with Nonthermal Plasma Catalysis: Mechanistic Insights and Technoeconomic Analysis

“…Lamberts-Van Assche et al simulated a catalytic plasma conversion of CO 2 and CH 4 (i.e., DRM feed gas) to ascertain the potential for employing plasma technology for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). 195 With their optimized reactor configuration for a pilot-scale production of a 100 m 3 h −1 overall flow rate capacity, plasma catalytic DRM is capable of producing 20.12 tons per year with an energy consumption of 196.82 GWh at a high CO 2 conversion rate of ca. 85%, which can be translated to a 0.102 g-H 2 kWh −1 energy yield of H 2 production.…”