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EUBCE 2024 - Matthias MÜLLER - Biogas Plants as a Future Opportunity towards Material and Energy Use of CO2 - An LCA Perspective

Biogas Plants as a Future Opportunity towards Material and Energy Use of CO2 - An LCA Perspective

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Climate change assessments: from case studies to system investigations

Biogas Plants as a Future Opportunity towards Material and Energy Use of CO2 - An LCA Perspective

Short Introductive summary

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted during numerous anthropogenic activities and hereby contributes significantly to climate change by radiative forcing. In contrast, there is a growing demand for CO2 on a global scale, because of its vast field of application. One potential CO2 source are biogas plants and biogas treatment plants, where CO2 is currently an emission (and a potential future by-product) of the anaerobic digestion process. The CO2 is in this case easily accessible, originating from biogenic sources, and can be turned from an emission into a product. For the first time, an LCA is conducted evaluating the whole process chain identifying environmental hotspots and optimisation potentials of CO2 for material and energy use.

Presenter

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Matthias MÜLLER

Universität Stuttgart, GERMANY

Presenter's biography

Studies: Environmental engineering (M.Sc.) in Stuttgart and Ankara Profession: 5 years of experience as Life Cycle Engineer / LCA expert at University of Stuttgart Research fields: Power to X (PtX) technologies, e-fuels, CO2 sequestration, biogas cleaning and upgrading

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Co-authors:

M. Müller, Universität Stuttgart, GERMANY

Session reference: 2BV.7.1