@Article{fhmt.2025.071222,
AUTHOR = {Lei Wang, Hongyang Zhou, Xiaofan Liu, Junkun Mu, Jinpeng Bi, Youkang Jin, Juan Ge, Yuexia Lv},
TITLE = {Life Cycle Assessment of Solar-Assisted Post-Combustion CO<sub>2</sub> Capture Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors},
JOURNAL = {Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer},
VOLUME = {23},
YEAR = {2025},
NUMBER = {6},
PAGES = {1811--1832},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/fhmt/v23n6/65231},
ISSN = {2151-8629},
ABSTRACT = {Membrane gas absorption and solar-assisted absorbent regeneration offer a sustainable approach to reduce the energy penalty of post-combustion CO<sub>2</sub> capture. This study introduces a novel system integrating solar thermal energy with membrane gas absorption to capture CO<sub>2</sub> from a 580 MWe pulverized coal power plant. The environmental impacts across six scenarios at varying solar fractions are evaluated via life cycle assessment. Results show a 7.61%–13.04% reduction in global warming potential compared to a steam-driven CO<sub>2</sub> capture system. Electricity and steam consumption dominate the operational phase, contributing 15%–64% and 18%–61% to environmental impacts in non-TES scenarios, respectively. While TES reduces most impacts, it increases stratospheric ozone depletion and marine eutrophication due to nitrate-based phase change materials and monoethanolamine. Higher solar fractions lower impacts in non-TES scenarios but elevate specific impacts in TES scenarios, highlighting trade-offs for sustainable CO<sub>2</sub> capture deployment.},
DOI = {10.32604/fhmt.2025.071222}
}