Carbon Dioxide Utilization and Recovery

Abstract

Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use depend on carbon dioxide content of the fuel and the fraction of the fuel consumed in combustion. The product of carbon dioxide content at full combustion and the combustion fraction yields an adjusted carbon dioxide emission factor for each fuel. CO2 also is used in industry and its market is heavily reliant on the oil and gas production, food and beverages and chemical processing industries.

This BCC study examines carbon dioxide recovery and use including carbon management strategies. The report offers a critical view of the markets for commercial carbon dioxide including demand scenarios. It assesses the role of carbon dioxide as an industrial gas that as such, is a key participant in almost all major markets that account for more than 50% of the global gross domestic product (GDP). It quantifies the demand for carbon dioxide by category, product type, application, purity and technology, and assesses relationships between major consumers and producers.

Focus also is placed on the key challenges to current developments and long-term carbon management strategies in developing the international carbon trading system and its impact on the global economy, the various technologies of CO2 recovery and sequestration including the critical stages of processing and how they relate to consumption and demand patterns.

SCOPE OF STUDY

The report contains:

• An overview of the CO2 industry in relation to the overall global economy
• A review of major products and applications
• Discussion of government environmental/ energy regulation
• Analysis of the merchant CO2 market by product type, use and technology with forecasts through 2008
• Assessment of the global carbon cycle and global management and emission reduction
• A patent evaluation and manufacturing technology overview
• Trade data by major company and region and forecasts for the 2003 - 2008 time frame
• Analysis of the structure of industry and competitive aspects and company profiles of more than 100 major players.