Power Generation Technology ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (4): 575-589.DOI: 10.12096/j.2096-4528.pgt.23088

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Review of Carbon Footprint for Thermal Power Industry in China

Sike SHAN1,2, Hanxiao LIU1,2,3,4, Meiling LIU1, Shuai WANG1, Ying CUI1   

  1. 1.Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Coal Flue Gas Purification Equipment Research (Zhejiang Feida Environmental Science & Technology Co. , Ltd. ), Zhuji 311800, Zhejiang Province, China
    2.School of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Changping District, Beijing 102206, China
    3.State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Wuhan 430074, Hubei Province, China
    4.Zhejiang Environmental Protection Group Eco-Environmental Research Institute, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China
  • Received:2023-07-27 Revised:2023-10-29 Published:2024-08-31 Online:2024-08-27
  • Contact: Hanxiao LIU
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC3701501);“Vanguard” Plan of Zhejiang Province(2022C03030)

Abstract:

Objectives Under the background of the “double-carbon” target, thermal power is facing great pressure to reduce emissions. Thermal power carbon footprint evaluation can directly show the greenhouse gas emissions of thermal power and help tap the potential of carbon reduction. Therefore, the research status of thermal power carbon footprint assessment was reviewed. Methods This paper introduced the main standards and methods for thermal power footprint evaluation, and summarized the thermal power footprint evaluation process. The differences in the evaluation process were reviewed and some suggestions were given. The life cycle is divided into upstream, core and downstream. According to the high concentration of carbon emissions in the core links, the carbon footprint of the construction, decommissioning and power transmission of coal-fired power plants can be ignored in some cases. Conclusions The life cycle of different types of thermal power generation is similar, but the carbon footprint of waste incineration power generation does not include the acquisition process of domestic waste. Regardless of the form of thermal power, in the absence of measured emission factors, it is recommended that the emission factors select the default values of the published standards, literature and databases at home and abroad.

Key words: thermal power industry, carbon footprint, full life cycle, evaluation method, greenhouse gas, emission factor, carbon emission

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