?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Can+the+use+of+captured+CO2+lower+the+environmental+impacts+of+formate+production%3F&rft.creator=Pucciarelli%2C+M&rft.creator=Grimaldi%2C+F&rft.creator=Paulillo%2C+A&rft.creator=Lettieri%2C+P&rft.description=The+majority+of+bulk+chemicals+(e.g.+olefins+and+alcohols)+are+organic+compounds+that+are+almost+exclusively+produced+from+fossil+feedstocks+such+as+natural+gas.+Utilisation+of+carbon+dioxide+captured+from+anthropogenic+sources%2C+which+are+both+inexpensive+and+abundantly+available%2C+represents+an+alternative+pathway+that+is+drawing+increasing+attention%2C+mainly+for+its+potential+to+decreasing+emissions+of+greenhouse+gases+and+resource+depletion+of+chemicals+production.+Notably%2C+carbon+utilisation+does+not+represent+an+approach+to+CO2+mitigation+because+it+only+delays+its+emissions+rather+than+removing+it+over+a+long+timescale%3B+hence%2C+the+relevant+question+that+we+aim+to+address+is%3A+%22Can+captured+CO2+be+used+as+feedstock+to+reduce+the+environmental+impacts+of+chemicals'+production%3F%22.+As+a+case+study%2C+this+work+focuses+on+the+production+of+formate+and+presents+a+prospective+comparative+life+cycle+assessment+(LCA)+between+the+conventional+fossil-based+pathway+and+an+innovative%2C+CO2-based+process%2C+that+involves+the+electro-catalytic+reduction+of+CO2+using+an+ionic+liquid+as+solvent.+CO2+is+assumed+to+originate+from+a+natural+gas-fired+power+plant+and+captured+after+combustion%2C+through+a+conventional+monoethanolamine+absorption+system.+Ionic+liquids+are+used+to+enanche+the+reduction+of+CO2+and+its+conversion+to+formate.+The+study+adopts+a+cradle-to-gate+perspective+and+analyses+multiple+impact+categories+including%2C+but+not+limited+to%2C+global+warming+and+resources+depletion.&rft.publisher=Engineers+Australia&rft.date=2019-10-02&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=Chemeca+2019&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+Chemeca+2019%3A+Chemical+Engineering+Megatrends+and+Elements.++(pp.+pp.+324-335).++Engineers+Australia%3A+Sydney%2C+Australia.+(2019)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10092367%2F7%2FGrimaldi_Full%2520paper%2520UCL%2520discovery.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10092367%2F&rft.rights=open