Opportunities of Carbon Capture and Utilization in Thailand's Industries Toward Carbon Neutrality 2050

Abstract

The Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) is one of the plausible mitigation technologies, expected to support the limiting global warming temperature. Conceptually, carbon is captured from the emission sources, especially from the power plants and industries. A few amounts of captured CO2 can be recycled or utilized in many industrial processes by converting it into products and services instead of storing. The objective of this paper is to review and propose the opportunities of the implementation of CCU in Thailand's industries. The results indicate that four main industries have high opportunity in CO2 utilization. For instance, in the chemical industry, the captured CO2 can be utilized to produce olefin, polymer, and methanol, used as raw materials producing, i.e., fiber, plastic, elastomers, wood enamel, paints, drugs, etc. For the cement industry, the captured CO2 can be transformed into calcium or magnesium carbonates, which are the raw material used to produce the construction materials. The captured CO2 can be used as a solvent instead of water in the dyed fabric or textile industry. Lastly, it could be one of the natural refrigerants in cooling systems, replacing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).