Proceedings of FOCAPD 2024ISSN: 2818-4734
Volume: 3 (2024)
LAPSE:2024.1601
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LAPSE:2024.1601
Biofuels with Carbon Capture and Storage in the United States Transportation Sector
Caleb H. Geissler, Christos T. Maravelias
August 16, 2024. Originally submitted on July 9, 2024
There is a need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While significant progress has been made in electrifying transport, heavy duty transportation and aviation are not likely to be capable of electrification in the near term, spurring significant research into biofuels. When coupled with carbon capture and storage, biofuels can achieve net-negative greenhouse gas emissions via many different conversion technologies such as fermentation, pyrolysis, or gasification to produce ethanol, gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel. However, each pathway has a different efficiency, capital and operating costs, and potential for carbon capture, making the optimal pathway dependent on policy and spatial factors. We use the Integrated Markal-EFOM System model applied to the USA, adding a rich suite of biofuel and carbon capture technologies, region-specific CO2 transportation and injection costs, and government incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act. We find that under current government incentives, biofuels and carbon capture from biorefineries are primarily focused in the Midwest and South of the USA, but play a relatively small role in the overall USA transportation sector even in 2055. However, increased government incentives, biomass availability, or oil price could lead to increased biofuel production and reduced transportation emissions.
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Geissler CH, Maravelias CT. Biofuels with Carbon Capture and Storage in the United States Transportation Sector. Systems and Control Transactions 3:738-743 (2024) https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.167890
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Geissler CH: Princeton University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, USA
Maravelias CT: Princeton University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, USA; Princeton University, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Systems and Control Transactions
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2024
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2024-07-10
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PII: 0738-0743-676055-SCT-3-2024, Publication Type: Journal Article
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