Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Cement-Based Materials: A Spanish Case Study
The European parliament has declared a global “climate and environmental emergency” on 28 November 2019. Given that, climate change is a clear strategic issue all around the world. Then, greenhouse gas emissions are reported by each country to the United Nations Framework Convent...
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doaj-c02dfb3877e6447981ad2d4258f47bdb2020-11-25T00:33:36ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-01-0110133910.3390/app10010339app10010339Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Cement-Based Materials: A Spanish Case StudyMiguel Ángel Sanjuán0Carmen Andrade1Pedro Mora2Aniceto Zaragoza3Spanish Institute of Cement and its Applications (IECA), C/José Abascal, 53, 28003 Madrid, SpainCIMNE–MADRID (UPC), P General Martínez Campos, 41, 9, 28010 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Geological and Mines Engineering, Mine and Energy Engineering School, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), C/Ríos Rosas, 21, 28003 Madrid, SpainOficemen, C/José Abascal, 53, 28003 Madrid, SpainThe European parliament has declared a global “climate and environmental emergency” on 28 November 2019. Given that, climate change is a clear strategic issue all around the world. Then, greenhouse gas emissions are reported by each country to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) every year. In addition, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the “2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories” give the procedure to calculate and manage the national greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. However, these guidelines do not provide any method to consider the net carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere (released in clinker fabrication minus those due to concrete carbonation) by the Portland cement clinker industry. This topic should be implemented in the climatic models of the next IPCC assessment report. This paper provides an easy procedure of estimating net CO<sub>2</sub> emissions proposed in the “recarbonation project” (simplified method); that is to say, carbon dioxide uptake during the service-life stage is considered as the 20% of the CO<sub>2</sub> released by the calcination (process emissions), whereas the end-of-life and secondary usage is only the 3% of the CO<sub>2</sub> released by calcination. The outcome of this study reveals that 31,290.753 tons of carbon dioxide will be absorbed by the cement-based materials produced in Spain with the cements manufactured from 2005 to 2015.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/1/339climate emergencyclimate changeclimate modelscarbon dioxide uptakecarbonationco<sub>2</sub> capture and utilizationcement industrysustainability |
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Miguel Ángel Sanjuán Carmen Andrade Pedro Mora Aniceto Zaragoza Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Cement-Based Materials: A Spanish Case Study Applied Sciences climate emergency climate change climate models carbon dioxide uptake carbonation co<sub>2</sub> capture and utilization cement industry sustainability |
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Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Cement-Based Materials: A Spanish Case Study |
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Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Cement-Based Materials: A Spanish Case Study |
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Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Cement-Based Materials: A Spanish Case Study |
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carbon dioxide uptake by cement-based materials: a spanish case study |
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The European parliament has declared a global “climate and environmental emergency” on 28 November 2019. Given that, climate change is a clear strategic issue all around the world. Then, greenhouse gas emissions are reported by each country to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) every year. In addition, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the “2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories” give the procedure to calculate and manage the national greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. However, these guidelines do not provide any method to consider the net carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere (released in clinker fabrication minus those due to concrete carbonation) by the Portland cement clinker industry. This topic should be implemented in the climatic models of the next IPCC assessment report. This paper provides an easy procedure of estimating net CO<sub>2</sub> emissions proposed in the “recarbonation project” (simplified method); that is to say, carbon dioxide uptake during the service-life stage is considered as the 20% of the CO<sub>2</sub> released by the calcination (process emissions), whereas the end-of-life and secondary usage is only the 3% of the CO<sub>2</sub> released by calcination. The outcome of this study reveals that 31,290.753 tons of carbon dioxide will be absorbed by the cement-based materials produced in Spain with the cements manufactured from 2005 to 2015. |
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climate emergency climate change climate models carbon dioxide uptake carbonation co<sub>2</sub> capture and utilization cement industry sustainability |
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