{"title":"A life cycle analysis on magnesium production processes: Energy consumption, carbon emission and economics","authors":"Xiaorui Huang, Zifu Xu, Liangliang Fu, Zhennan Han, Kun Zhao, Kangjun Wang, Dingrong Bai, Guangwen Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.10.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crcon.2023.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"Magnesium is widely used in manufacturing industry because of its excellent physical and chemical properties and has its increasing demand due to environmental requirements. China, as the world s biggest producer and exporter of metallic magnesium, produces metallic magnesium in its western provinces through the silico-thermic process known as the Pidgeon process. However, there are few metallic magnesium plants in eastern China, especially in Liaoning province where magnesite is rich in reserves. The short supply of magnesium has limited the growth of the magnesium casting industry and the local magnesite industry. Under the carbon market established to face the challenges of climate change, how to choose an economical and feasible route for magnesium production, is a key factor to determine the development of magnesium industry in Liaoning. In this paper, life cycle analysis models are developed to study the energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and economics from cradle to gate for six different metal magnesium production processes using data accounting for different geographical environments, process equipment, and energy supply pathways based on the Chinese Life Cycle Database (CLCD). The influence of carbon trading prices on economic performance of the six processes is also investigated. Compared with the current process widely used in China, the new magnesium production technology using Liaoning s abandoned magnesite as raw material and the coke oven gas from steelworks as fuel showed the best economic performance in terms of cost for greenhouse gas emissions.","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"159 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135760562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ze-Zheng Li , Wei-Jia Jiang , Yu-Gao Wang , Zhi-Lei Wang , Jun Shen , Xian-Yong Wei
{"title":"A novel method for producing benzene polycarboxylic acids by electrochemical oxidation of Zhaotong lignite in aqueous NaCl solution","authors":"Ze-Zheng Li , Wei-Jia Jiang , Yu-Gao Wang , Zhi-Lei Wang , Jun Shen , Xian-Yong Wei","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The development of a coal-based synthetic route to produce benzene polycarboxylic acids (BPCAs) is of great importance for the highly efficient utilization of lignites. In this paper, aqueous NaCl electrolytic system was used to oxidize Zhaotong lignite to prepare BPCAs. The electrochemical oxidation of lignite in aqueous NaCl solution could produce more BPCAs than that in aqueous NaOH solution. The aqueous NaCl electrolytic system could <em>in-suit</em> produce a stable OCl<sup>−</sup>, which was synthesized by the combination reaction between Cl<sub>2</sub> and OH<sup>−</sup> generated in the anode or cathode, respectively. The <em>in-suit</em> produced OCl<sup>−</sup> would degrade the organic structures of the lignite dispersing in the electrolyte to generate BPCAs. The formation of BPCAs could be greatly affected by current density, electrolysis time and the addition amount of NaCl in the electrolytic system, which resulted from that the factors played an important role in the generation of OCl<sup>−</sup>. The coal related model compounds including anthracene and phenanthrene were used to investigate the electrochemical oxidation mechanism of the lignite. The results indicated that the aromatic ring structures in the lignite were attacked by O<sub>2</sub><sup><img>−</sup> from the OCl<sup>−</sup> to afford BPCAs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 2","pages":"Article 100200"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000716/pdfft?md5=f21d8773ec41b1bfce72712fc34c443b&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000716-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135387652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shadeera Rouf , Yaser E. Greish , Bart Van der Bruggen , Sulaiman Al-Zuhair
{"title":"Surface modification of HKUST-1 for enhanced activity of immobilized formate dehydrogenase used in CO2 hydrogenation","authors":"Shadeera Rouf , Yaser E. Greish , Bart Van der Bruggen , Sulaiman Al-Zuhair","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Post synthetic modification of a hydrophilic metal–organic framework (MOF), HKUST-1, with stearic acid (SA) was carried out to enhance the stability of HKUST-1 in aqueous solution to be used as a support for formate dehydrogenase (FDH) used for CO<sub>2</sub> conversion to formate. SA modification improved the hydrophobicity without affecting the morphology and crystal structure of MOF. Adsorption of FDH on the modified MOF (SA@HKUST-1) was compared to that of the native HKUST-1 and ZIF-L. The adsorption kinetics on all MOFs was found to follow pseudo-second order kinetics and the isotherm was best described by Freundlich model. The high stability of SA@HKUST-1 and enhanced hydrophobic interaction between support and CO<sub>2</sub> resulted in high catalytic efficiency and stability of FDH@SA@HKUST-1. The immobilized enzyme retained 95.1% of its initial activity after 4 cycles of repeated use. It was also shown that FDH@SA@HKUST-1 retained morphology and crystal structure after repeated use. Results of the present work provide novel insight into the influence of hydrophobic MOFs on the activity and stability of immobilized FDH. These findings are expected to assist in developing highly active and stable biocatalysts for CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation at commercial level.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 1","pages":"Article 100199"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000704/pdfft?md5=bea436ffa4d2d11afdb4af0191399007&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000704-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135387649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Submerged cultivation of selected macro-fungi to produce mycelia rich in β-glucans and other bioactive compounds, valorizing side streams of the food industry","authors":"Sotirios Pilafidis , Erminta Tsouko , Glykeria Sougleri , Panagiota Diamantopoulou , Konstantinos Gkatzionis , Zacharias Ioannou , Dimitris Sarris","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study reports the valorization of four side-streams derived from the food industry as fermentation media to cultivate edible and medicinal macrofungi of the genera <em>Cyclocybe</em> sp., <em>Ganoderma</em> sp<em>., Grifola</em> sp., <em>Hericium</em> sp., <em>Morchella</em> sp., <em>Pleurotus</em> sp., <em>Schizophyllum</em> sp. and <em>Trametes</em> sp.. Initial screening experiments revealed the suitability of brewer’s spent grain extract (BSGE) and diluted wine distillery effluent (WDE) as the sole carbon sources for significant mycelial mass production. Subsequent fermentations investigated the effect of static and agitated conditions on biomass production, protein content and glucan content of fungal biomass. Considerably higher biomass and concentrations of total glucans, α-glucans and β-glucans were determined in macrofungi cultivated in BSGE compared to WDE. Agitated BSGE-based cultures of <em>Schizophyllum commune</em> resulted in the maximum biomass synthesis (27.6 g/L), while the highest total glucans of 70.8 % w/w with a β-glucan content of 57.2 % w/w were determined for <em>G. lingzhi</em>, when the culture was also agitated. The protein content of mycelia ranged from 12.3 up to 26.5 % w/w in the strains that were examined. ATR-FTIR spectra of the mycelia demonstrated the characteristic bands associated with fungal polysaccharides.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 2","pages":"Article 100198"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000698/pdfft?md5=a2de756388be7ac9f94f2ff9f5f99114&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000698-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135890175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Konstantin Paliienko , Anna Topchylo , Sergei Alekseev , Alain Géloën , Yurii Milovanov , Tetiana Lysenko , Valeriy Skryshevsky , Tatiana Borisova , Vladimir Lysenko
{"title":"Green synthesis of biocompatible Gd3+-doped ultrasmall carbon-based nanohybrids from coffee wastes","authors":"Konstantin Paliienko , Anna Topchylo , Sergei Alekseev , Alain Géloën , Yurii Milovanov , Tetiana Lysenko , Valeriy Skryshevsky , Tatiana Borisova , Vladimir Lysenko","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A cheap method allowing fabrication of biocompatible, ultra-small (2–10 nm) and fluorescent (λ<sub>em</sub> = 425–500 nm) nanohybrids (NHs) from coffee wastes is reported. The gadolinium-doped nanohybrids (GDNHs) or gadolinium-free carbon dots (GFCDs) can be synthesized in a domestic microwave oven according to green synthesis principles. Hydrodynamic sizes, chemical composition, impact on proton magnetic resonance relaxation time and optical properties of the GDNHs and GFCDs were studied in details and compared. In particular, doping of the NHs with Gd<sup>3+</sup> ions, up to 1.87 % w/w of gadolinium per particles’ weight, will allow their application for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Furthermore, cell culture tests on human adenocarcinomic alveolar basal epithelial cells line (A549) have shown high biocompatibility of the GDNHs and in a wide concentration range 100–1000 µg/ml.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"7 2","pages":"Article 100197"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588913323000686/pdfft?md5=e3fc0c33b2a4c6e936136fa2fec72ec3&pid=1-s2.0-S2588913323000686-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135248667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xuan Hu , Dachao Ma , Guangyi Zhang , Mengxue Ling , Qiaoling Hu , Kangyi Liang , Jiacheng Lu , Yifan Zheng
{"title":"Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of waste plastics for their resource reuse: A technical review","authors":"Xuan Hu , Dachao Ma , Guangyi Zhang , Mengxue Ling , Qiaoling Hu , Kangyi Liang , Jiacheng Lu , Yifan Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rapidly increasing plastics have been used and finally become wastes, resulting in increasing pressures to the environment. Microwave-assisted pyrolysis is a promising technology for converting organic wastes as waste plastics into value-added products. At present, many works on microwave-assisted pyrolysis of plastics have been published, but the achievements, challenges, and future directions of microwave-assisted pyrolysis of waste plastics have not been well summarized and discussed. In this work, the principle of microwave-assisted pyrolysis technology is introduced. Then, the progress of its application to recover useful products from plastics is reviewed and discussed in terms of key parameters including microwave power, pyrolysis temperature, reaction time, types of catalyst, microwave absorbents and feedstock mixing ratio. Especially, the yields and properties of the produced oil, gas and char are correlated with the process parameters. Finally, the existing challenges and prospects of disposal/reuse of waste plastics by microwave-assisted pyrolysis technology are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 215-228"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42056780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Test and performance optimization of nozzle inclination angle and swirl combustor in a low-tar biomass gasifier: a biomass power generation system perspective” [Carbon Resour. Convers. (2022) 139–149]","authors":"Md Mashiur Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Page 183"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49704021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mazizah R.A. Helmi , Dyah Utami C. Rahayu , Arnia P. Pratama , Irena Khatrin , Anita N. Ramadhani , Yuni K. Krisnandi
{"title":"Comparative study of microwave-assisted versus conventional heated reactions of biomass conversion into levulinic acid over hierarchical Mn3O4/ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts","authors":"Mazizah R.A. Helmi , Dyah Utami C. Rahayu , Arnia P. Pratama , Irena Khatrin , Anita N. Ramadhani , Yuni K. Krisnandi","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Conversion of delignified cellulose from rice husk biomass, and model compounds of cellobiose and glucose to levulinic acid (LA) over hierarchical Mn<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/ZSM-5 catalyst was carried out using a household microwave method, and then compared to the established conventional thermos-reaction method. The hierarchical ZSM-5 was prepared using a double template method, aiming for micro and mesoporous systems developed in the structure. The as-prepared ZSM-5 were modified with Mn<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> through incipient wetness impregnation with Mn<sup>2+</sup> solution followed by calcination at 550 °C. The catalysts were characterized using various techniques such as powder XRD, SEM, BET, AAS, and FT-IR which indicated the hierarchical structure of MFI zeolite (Si/Al of 30–34) with Mn loading of 2.14 wt%. The conversion products were analyzed using HPLC, <sup>1</sup>H NMR, and <sup>13</sup>C NMR instruments. The microwave-assisted reaction using 600 W for 180 s using delignified cellulose, cellobiose, and glucose gave conversion of 37.27%, 46.35%, and 54.29%, respectively which is close to the conversion given by the conventional reaction carried out at 130 °C for 4 h (36.75%, 55.62%, and 60.9%, respectively). Interestingly, the LA yield from the microwave-assisted reaction (4.33%, 6.12%, and 9.57%) is higher than the yield from the conventional reaction, which only produced 5.2%, 4.88%, and 6.93% respectively. The microwave-assisted method is also shown to give less by-products compared to the thermochemical reaction. Therefore, it could be considered an alternative method for converting cellulose to LA.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 245-252"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49704203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}