Identification of hazards and environmental impact assessment for an integrated approach to emerging risks of CO_2 capture installations

摘要

New and intensified technologies are being defined within the field of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) and the uptake is set to increase dramatically. This contribution focuses on three representative installations for CCS capture, whose safety and environmental issues might potentially be underestimated based on their presence in other industrial fields, but with different scales and uses. A simplified Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and the new hazard identification technique denominated DyPASI (Dynamic Procedure for Atypical Scenarios Identification) were used to identify respectively environmental impact and atypical accident scenarios and add a useful dimension to risk information that can particularly help in determining the best technological options.