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An overview of economic analysis and environmental impacts of natural gas conversion technologies

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dc.contributor.authorAyodele F.O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMohammad N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMustapa S.I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAyodele B.V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57200615209en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57220108757en_US
dc.contributor.authorid36651549700en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56862160400en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T08:06:51Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T08:06:51Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptioncarbon dioxide; economic analysis; environmental impact; fossil fuel; natural gas; thermal decompositionen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study presents an overview of the economic analysis and environmental impact of natural gas conversion technologies. Published articles related to economic analysis and environmental impact of natural gas conversion technologies were reviewed and discussed. The economic analysis revealed that the capital and the operating expenditure of each of the conversion process is strongly dependent on the sophistication of the technical designs. The emerging technologies are yet to be economically viable compared to the well-established steam reforming process. However, appropriate design modifications could significantly reduce the operating expenditure and enhance the economic feasibility of the process. The environmental analysis revealed that emerging technologies such as carbon dioxide (CO2) reforming and the thermal decomposition of natural gas offer advantages of lower CO2 emissions and total environmental impact compared to the well-established steam reforming process. Appropriate design modifications such as steam reforming with carbon capture, storage and utilization, the use of an optimized catalyst in thermal decomposition, and the use of solar concentrators for heating instead of fossil fuel were found to significantly reduced the CO2 emissions of the processes. There was a dearth of literature on the economic analysis and environmental impact of photocatalytic and biochemical conversion processes, which calls for increased research attention that could facilitate a comparative analysis with the thermochemical processes. � 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.ArtNo10148
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su122310148
dc.identifier.epage18
dc.identifier.issue23
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85097440354
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dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25117
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold, Green
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleSustainability (Switzerland)
dc.titleAn overview of economic analysis and environmental impacts of natural gas conversion technologiesen_US
dc.typeReviewen_US
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