Bottom-up methodology for assessing electrification options for deep decarbonisation of industrial processes
(2018) ECEEE Industrial Efficiency 2018. p.389-397- Abstract
- Industrial processes currently account for a signifcant share (25–35 %) of the world’s total energy demand and related emissions. During recent years, the amount of low-carbon electricity from renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) has increased continuously. Tere is therefore an increasing interest
in electrifcation of industrial processes in order to achieve long-term decarbonisation goals. Structural changes in the capital-intensive processing industry take a long time to implement. Furthermore, the number of possible technologies and systems for electrifcation of industrial processes is high, and diferent technologies and combinations of technologies will have diferent performance both in terms of economy and carbon... (More) - Industrial processes currently account for a signifcant share (25–35 %) of the world’s total energy demand and related emissions. During recent years, the amount of low-carbon electricity from renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) has increased continuously. Tere is therefore an increasing interest
in electrifcation of industrial processes in order to achieve long-term decarbonisation goals. Structural changes in the capital-intensive processing industry take a long time to implement. Furthermore, the number of possible technologies and systems for electrifcation of industrial processes is high, and diferent technologies and combinations of technologies will have diferent performance both in terms of economy and carbon footprint. For industrial
decision-makers, it is important both to understand such systemic efects of electrifcation technologies and to discard low-performing candidates at an early stage. So far, studies on industrial electrifcation have focused on top-down approaches using explorative scenarios for analysing the consequences of
a sector-wide full electrifcation assuming greenfeld investments. Tere is a lack of studies adopting a bottom-up perspective for investigation of partial electrifcation options in brownfeld investments at existing sites including process integration aspects and system consequences as well as the impacts on overall energy efciency. The objective of this paper is to propose a methodology for bottom-up assessments of industrial electrifcation options and to demonstrate this methodology with a case study. For this purpose, a bottom-up methodology that especially accounts for the systematic efects of increased electrifcation on a plant level was developed and then applied to the steam system of an oil refnery plant in Sweden. Te results show that the energy and
carbon footprint consequences of such measures are hard to predict without detailed modelling studies since industrial process unit operations are highly interlinked. Furthermore, the results from the techno-economic as well as carbon footprint bottomup assessments can be used to compare electrifcation with other decarbonisation options and to formulate detailed roadmaps for
decarbonization of energy-intensive industrial processes.
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- Industrial processes currently account for a significant share (25–35 %) of the world’s total energy demand and related emis- sions. During recent years, the amount of low-carbon electric- ity from renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) has increased continuously. There is therefore an increasing inter- est in electrification of industrial processes in order to achieve long-term decarbonisation goals.
Structural changes in the capital-intensive processing in- dustry take a long time to implement. Furthermore, the num- ber of possible technologies and systems for electrification of industrial processes is high, and different technologies and combinations of technologies will have different performance both in terms of economy... (More) - Industrial processes currently account for a significant share (25–35 %) of the world’s total energy demand and related emis- sions. During recent years, the amount of low-carbon electric- ity from renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) has increased continuously. There is therefore an increasing inter- est in electrification of industrial processes in order to achieve long-term decarbonisation goals.
Structural changes in the capital-intensive processing in- dustry take a long time to implement. Furthermore, the num- ber of possible technologies and systems for electrification of industrial processes is high, and different technologies and combinations of technologies will have different performance both in terms of economy and carbon footprint. For indus- trial decision-makers, it is important both to understand such systemic effects of electrification technologies and to discard low-performing candidates at an early stage. So far, studies on industrial electrification have focused on top-down approaches using explorative scenarios for analysing the consequences of a sector-wide full electrification assuming greenfield invest- ments. There is a lack of studies adopting a bottom-up per- spective for investigation of partial electrification options in brownfield investments at existing sites including process inte- gration aspects and system consequences as well as the impacts on overall energy efficiency.
The objective of this paper is to propose a methodology for bottom-up assessments of industrial electrification options and to demonstrate this methodology with a case study. For this purpose, a bottom-up methodology that especially accounts for the systematic effects of increased electrification on a plant level was developed and then applied to the steam system of an oil refinery plant in Sweden. The results show that the energy and carbon footprint consequences of such measures are hard to pre- dict without detailed modelling studies since industrial process unit operations are highly interlinked. Furthermore, the results from the techno-economic as well as carbon footprint bottom- up assessments can be used to compare electrification with other decarbonisation options and to formulate detailed roadmaps for decarbonization of energy-intensive industrial processes.
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- Wiertzema, Holger ; Åhman, Max LU and Harvey, Simon
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- 2018-06-20
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- industrial processes, process integration, electrifcation, decarbonisation
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- Eceee Industrial Summer Study Proceedings
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- 2018
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- 389 - 397
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- European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE)
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- ECEEE Industrial Efficiency
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- Berlin, Germany
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- 2018-06-11 - 2018-06-13
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- scopus:85049910827
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- 978-919838782-7
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- Opportunities for decarbonisation of industrial processes through increased electrification
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- English
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abstract = {{Industrial processes currently account for a signifcant share (25–35 %) of the world’s total energy demand and related emissions. During recent years, the amount of low-carbon electricity from renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) has increased continuously. Tere is therefore an increasing interest<br/>in electrifcation of industrial processes in order to achieve long-term decarbonisation goals. Structural changes in the capital-intensive processing industry take a long time to implement. Furthermore, the number of possible technologies and systems for electrifcation of industrial processes is high, and diferent technologies and combinations of technologies will have diferent performance both in terms of economy and carbon footprint. For industrial<br/>decision-makers, it is important both to understand such systemic efects of electrifcation technologies and to discard low-performing candidates at an early stage. So far, studies on industrial electrifcation have focused on top-down approaches using explorative scenarios for analysing the consequences of<br/>a sector-wide full electrifcation assuming greenfeld investments. Tere is a lack of studies adopting a bottom-up perspective for investigation of partial electrifcation options in brownfeld investments at existing sites including process integration aspects and system consequences as well as the impacts on overall energy efciency. The objective of this paper is to propose a methodology for bottom-up assessments of industrial electrifcation options and to demonstrate this methodology with a case study. For this purpose, a bottom-up methodology that especially accounts for the systematic efects of increased electrifcation on a plant level was developed and then applied to the steam system of an oil refnery plant in Sweden. Te results show that the energy and<br/>carbon footprint consequences of such measures are hard to predict without detailed modelling studies since industrial process unit operations are highly interlinked. Furthermore, the results from the techno-economic as well as carbon footprint bottomup assessments can be used to compare electrifcation with other decarbonisation options and to formulate detailed roadmaps for<br/>decarbonization of energy-intensive industrial processes.<br/>}},
author = {{Wiertzema, Holger and Åhman, Max and Harvey, Simon}},
booktitle = {{Eceee Industrial Summer Study Proceedings}},
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title = {{Bottom-up methodology for assessing electrification options for deep decarbonisation of industrial processes}},
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